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Learning from failure at the science–policy interface for climate action in agriculture

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Title Learning from failure at the science–policy interface for climate action in agriculture
 
Creator Dinesh, Dhanush
Hegger, Dries
Vervoort, Joost M
Campbell, Bruce M
Driessen, Peter PJ
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
adaptation
mitigation
 
Description Science–policy engagement efforts to accelerate climate action in agricultural systems are key to enable the sector to contribute to climate and food security goals. However, lessons to improve science–policy engagement efforts in this context mostly come from successful efforts and are limited in terms of empirical scope. Moreover, lessons have not been generated systematically from failed science–policy engagement efforts. Such analysis using lessons from failure management can improve or even transform the efficacy of efforts. To address this knowledge gap, we examined challenges and failures faced in science–policy engagement efforts of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). We developed an explanatory framework inspired by Cash et al.’s criteria for successful knowledge systems for sustainable development: credibility, salience, and legitimacy, complemented with insights from the wider literature. Using this framework in a survey, we identified factors which explain failure. To effectively manage these factors, we propose a novel approach for researchers working at the science–policy interface to fail intelligently, which involves planning for failure, minimizing risks, effective design, making failures visible, and learning from failures. This approach needs to be complemented by actions at the knowledge system level to create an enabling environment for science–policy interfaces.
 
Date 2021-03-12
2021-03-24T13:12:03Z
2021-03-24T13:12:03Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Dinesh D, Hegger D, Vervoort J, Campbell BM, Driessen PPJ. 2021. Learning from failure at the science–policy interface for climate action in agriculture. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 26:2.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113098
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-021-09940-x
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 2
 
Publisher SpringerLink
 
Source Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change