Schipper E Lisa F, Dubash Navroz K, Mulugetta Yacob
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QY UK.
Centre for Policy Research, Dharma Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021 India.
Clim Change. 2021;168(3-4):18. doi: 10.1007/s10584-021-03237-3. Epub 2021 Oct 18.
Growing political pressure to find solutions to climate change is leading to increasing calls for multiple disciplines, in particular those that are not traditionally part of climate change research, to contribute new knowledge systems that can offer deeper and broader insights to address the problem. Recognition of the complexity of climate change compels researchers to draw on interdisciplinary knowledge that marries natural sciences with social sciences and humanities. Yet most interdisciplinary approaches fail to adequately merge the framings of the disparate disciplines, resulting in reductionist messages that are largely devoid of context, and hence provide incomplete and misleading analysis for decision-making. For different knowledge systems to work better together toward climate solutions, we need to reframe the way questions are asked and research pursued, in order to inform action without slipping into reductionism. We suggest that interdisciplinarity needs to be rethought. This will require accepting a plurality of narratives, embracing multiple disciplinary perspectives, and shifting expectations of public messaging, and above all looking to integrate the appropriate disciplines that can help understand human systems in order to better mediate action.
寻求气候变化解决方案所面临的政治压力日益增大，这导致越来越多的人呼吁多学科参与，特别是那些传统上不属于气候变化研究范畴的学科，以贡献新的知识体系，从而为解决这一问题提供更深入、更广泛的见解。认识到气候变化的复杂性迫使研究人员借鉴跨学科知识，将自然科学与社会科学和人文学科结合起来。然而，大多数跨学科方法未能充分融合不同学科的框架，导致信息简化，在很大程度上缺乏背景，因此为决策提供了不完整且具误导性的分析。为了让不同的知识体系更好地共同致力于气候解决方案，我们需要重新构建提出问题和开展研究的方式，以便为行动提供信息而不陷入简化论。我们认为跨学科性需要重新思考。这将需要接受多元的叙述方式，接纳多种学科视角，改变对公众信息传播的期望，最重要的是寻求整合能够帮助理解人类系统的适当学科，以便更好地协调行动。
