The politicization of climate issues and the unsynchronized efforts of stakeholders are hindering the effectiveness of climate adaptation governance in the U.S. According to a new study published by Princeton researchers, the design characteristics of quasi-governmental organizations (QGOs) could provide insights on how to depoliticize climate information sources and foster multi-level stakeholder coordination.
With central democratic institutions falling short on climate solutions, grassroots efforts are filling some of the gaps. But would autocracies do a better job?
UPDATE: New table added below. While searching for something else, I came across this entertaining collection of grand predictive failures related to resources and climate change, along with some of the biggest predictive failures of Paul Ehrlich. I thought it worth sharing. Exhaustion of Resources "Indeed it is certain, it is clear to see, that
Speakers: João Biehl, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology. Chair, Department of Anthropology. Princeton University Michel Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute. Director, Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment. Princeton University Anu Ramaswami, Sanjay Swani ’87 Professor of India Studies. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute. Director, Chadha Center for Global India. Princeton University Elke Weber, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Professor of Psychology and the School of Public and International Affairs. Associate Director for Education, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. Director, Fung Global Fellows Program. Princeton University Moderator: Deborah Yashar, Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and Intern