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  • 24 - Boundary Objects

  • from Part V - Influence
  • Edited by Kari De Pryck, Université de Genève, Mike Hulme, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
    Published online:
    08 December 2022
    Print publication:
    22 December 2022, pp 225-233
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    Research on the interaction between climate science and policy has pointed to the production of so-called ‘boundary objects’ as one way in which the IPCC has influenced climate policymaking and broader climate discourses. By providing a common framework that enables interaction across social worlds, while still allowing more localised use by different groups of actors, such objects have been key in bringing together climate science and policy, in turn shaping the trajectory of both. This chapter reviews several concepts that have been analysed as boundary objects — such as the concept of climate sensitivity and the 2 °C and 1.5 °C targets — and explains how they have been productive of new science/policy relations. It also points to new challenges for the IPCC as climate policy development moves towards implementation and increases demand for more ‘solution-oriented’ knowledge.