The implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) is central to what the World Economic Forum has coined the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’; a technological revolution built upon cyber-physical systems that will blur the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres. Novel interconnections will emerge as a result, challenging traditional relations and modes of governance. However, a central feature of the IoT is that the implications of cyber (in)security are no longer abstract. The IoT also returns us to the world of kinetic effects in international relations; more familiar territory for IR. The resulting cooperation and coordination challenges are transboundary in nature, occur at multiple levels across sectors, between institutions, and will impact all actors, both public and private, in complex, often highly politicised ways. In this article we argue that advances in global climate governance appear to be offering an early model of a consensual rules-based approach within the existing international order that provides space for advancing agility, flexibility, and polycentrism to meet the demands of ‘wicked problems’ like the cybersecurity of the IoT. Perhaps one of the most important lessons to be drawn across from climate governance is the role of robust mechanisms for knowledge exchange – specifically between the technical and policy communities.

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物联网、网络安全和治理棘手问题：从气候变化治理中学习

物联网 (IoT) 的实施是世界经济论坛创造的“第四次工业革命”的核心；建立在网络物理系统之上的技术革命将模糊物理、数字和生物领域之间的界限。结果将出现新的相互联系，挑战传统的关系和治理模式。然而，物联网的一个核心特征是网络（in）安全的含义不再是抽象的。物联网还让我们回到了国际关系中的动态效应世界；IR 更熟悉的领域。由此产生的合作与协调挑战本质上是跨界的，发生在跨部门、跨机构的多个层面，并将以复杂的、通常高度政治化的方式影响所有公共和私人行为者。在本文中，我们认为全球气候治理的进步似乎提供了现有国际秩序内基于共识规则的方法的早期模型，该模型为推进敏捷性、灵活性和多中心主义以满足“棘手问题”的需求提供了空间就像物联网的网络安全。也许从气候治理中吸取的最重要的教训之一是强大的知识交流机制的作用——特别是在技术和政策社区之间。