The purpose of this perspective article is to provide a broader viewpoint on the contents of this special issue on ‘narratives of change’ and the role of narratives not only for climate risk governance, but also for the science-society nexus at the global and local scales. Narratives of change are ambiguous; they can be narratives of risk (the technoscientific version of danger) or they can be narratives of adaptation (contributing to increase agency enhancing capacities).

One common insight across the special issue relates to the multiple dimensions of change, danger and risk, implying that reductive definitions alone are often insufficient to describe and explain current political and governance processes. Complex accounts of change must help understand the many-faceted phenomenon of climate change, which will be crucial in thinking about how to meet and limit future impacts, how to envisage a future sustainable society, and how to deploy inclusive, diverse and democratic trans-disciplinary science.

这篇观点文章的目的是提供关于“变化的叙事”这一特刊内容以及叙事不仅对气候风险治理，而且对于全球和地方的科学社会关系的作用的更广泛的观点。秤。变化的叙述是模棱两可的；它们可以是风险的叙述（危险的技术科学形式），也可以是适应性的叙述（有助于提高代理机构的能力）。

关于这个特殊问题的一个普遍见解涉及变化，危险和风险的多个方面，这意味着仅靠简化的定义常常不足以描述和解释当前的政治和治理过程。复杂的变化说明必须有助于理解气候变化的多方面现象，这对于思考如何应对和限制未来影响，如何构想未来的可持续发展社会以及如何部署包容，多元化和民主的转变至关重要。学科科学。