ABSTRACT

Scotland has set some of the most stringent legislation in the world to tackle climate change. This article outlines some of the process that has brought that about. What is the role of science and what else is required to make a genuine impact on a wicked issue of this scale and complexity? Whilst the science provides a critical factual consensus around the issue, there are many stages required to actually deliver change. Critically any such issue needs to be made a public concern, and have the popular momentum necessary to persuade politicians and others to consider legislation. The process of setting legislation is prone to party politics so to be robust it needs cross party support. Even legislation is not enough, there needs to be follow through - public pressure to actually deliver against targets and create action. And for an issue as broad as climate change it needs broad sectoral and specific actions and targets, and for everyone to engage. So to truly deliver impact on such a complex wicked problem like climate change requires a complex, broad response, and at every stage, it requires an understanding of the next steps, and a relentless drive in their pursuit.

摘要

苏格兰制定了一些世界上最严格的立法来应对气候变化。本文概述了实现这一目标的一些过程。科学的作用是什么？要对如此大规模和复杂的邪恶问题产生真正的影响，还需要什么？尽管科学就此问题提供了关键的事实共识，但要实际交付变更还需要许多阶段。至关重要的是，任何此类问题都必须引起公众关注，并具有说服政治家和其他人考虑立法的必要势头。制定立法的过程容易受到党派政治的影响，因此要使其稳健，就需要跨党派的支持。即使立法是不够的，也需要采取措施-公众施加压力以实际兑现目标并采取行动。对于像气候变化这样广泛的问题，它需要广泛的部门和具体行动与目标，并且需要每个人参与。因此，要真正对气候变化等复杂问题产生影响，就需要采取复杂而广泛的应对措施，并且在每个阶段都需要对下一步的了解，并坚持不懈地追求。