Purpose of Review

This special issue on “Bridging Research and Policy on Climate Change and Conflict” brings together the results of a 2018 workshop organized by the Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) and the Wilson Center with six papers that address different aspects of the translation of the research on climate change and conflict to policy and practice. Here, we provide an overview of the workshop and papers to highlight key opportunities and challenges to linking the climate-conflict scholarship with pressing issues in diplomacy, development, and security.

Recent Findings

Multiple methods, especially comparative case studies, should be applied to elucidate the more complex mechanisms of the climate-conflict link. This approach may also enhance engagement with the policymakers who draw on examples and narratives. There is also a need for both predictive models that capture contextual factors and policy interactions as well as decision-support tools, such as integrated assessment models, that can be used to test the implications of different theories and models in the literature.

Summary

Scholars should engage the policy community to formulate research questions that are more policy relevant, such as the effectiveness of interventions. There is also the need for models and frameworks that help practitioners synthesize the academic results. Practitioners are encouraged to leverage the comparative advantages of academic researchers in new policy and projects to inform data collection and future analysis of effectiveness.

中文翻译：

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桥接气候变化和冲突的研究和政策。

审查目的

本期关于“气候变化与冲突的桥梁研究和政策”的特刊汇集了奥斯陆和平研究所 (PRIO) 和威尔逊中心组织的 2018 年研讨会的成果，其中有六篇论文涉及翻译的不同方面研究气候变化和冲突到政策和实践。在这里，我们概述了研讨会和论文，以突出将气候冲突学术与外交、发展和安全领域的紧迫问题联系起来的关键机遇和挑战。

最近的发现

应采用多种方法，尤其是比较案例研究，来阐明气候冲突联系的更复杂机制。这种方法还可以加强与借鉴例子和叙述的决策者的接触。还需要捕捉上下文因素和政策相互作用的预测模型以及决策支持工具，例如综合评估模型，可用于测试文献中不同理论和模型的影响。

概括

学者们应该让政策界参与制定与政策更相关的研究问题，例如干预措施的有效性。还需要帮助从业者综合学术成果的模型和框架。鼓励从业者利用学术研究人员在新政策和项目中的比较优势，为数据收集和未来的有效性分析提供信息。