Evaluating the UK Governments Climate Change Policies: A Science-Driven Approach

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Books of Climate Change Citizen Science : A Study of People, Expertise and Sustainable Development Alan Irwin Contents; Towards a Citizen Science ? , Science, Citizens and the risk society, public policies for the enviroment and citizenship and sustainability Climate Change, Second Edition : What It Means for Us, Our Children, and Our Grandchildren -Joseph F. C. DiMento, Andrew C. Revkin, Pamela Doughman, John Abatzoglou, Suzanne Levesque, Richard A. Matthew, Stefano Nespor, Naomi Oreskes, Andrew C. Revkin, and Naomi Oreskes Contents : How do we know we are not wrong and Climate change and human security The Power of Scientific Knowledge : From Research to Public Policy - Reiner Grundmann and Nico Stehr Contents : The linear- rational model and its critics , Politics of Knowledge , From Climate research to climate politics , Knowledge, Society and experts Website of government policies to climate change https://www.gov.uk/guidance/climate-change https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PP_climate-change-policy-uk.pdf Websites links relating to the possibility of the government following the science in terms of covid 19 https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-do-governments-ever-truly-listen-to-the-science-134308 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-923X.12869 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/world/europe/coronavirus-spread-asymptomatic.html?auth=linked-facebook https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2021/01/18/the-art-of-following-the-science/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2020/09/10/between-science-and-policy-scrutinising-the-role-of-sage-in-providing-scientific-advice-to-government/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2020/11/12/the-government-is-following-the-science-why-is-the-translation-of-evidence-into-policy-generating-so-much-controversy/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5306236/ https://the-ies.org/analysis/what-extent-policy-ever Question : The government has been led by the science when deciding policy’. Discuss this statement, using two examples. ( 2000 words essay using Harvard incitation and references) Use different resources from books , articles and websites (15-20 references) Use the structure layout as said in Essay Writing powepoint Use theories and models and analyse the importance of them in terms of the government governing policies ( To focus mainly based in the United Kingdom) – can contrast on government policies in the USA and Netherlands Talk / analyse about recent case studies and how these case studies help with strategies • Risk society (Beck 1992) Modern Society is a risk society Risks are based on decisions Risks are defined by powerful groups • Linear model of Science (Pielke 2007) • Post-normal science (Funtowicz and Ravetz 1992) Uncertainties make it difficult or impossible to rely on science Values are important for judgement and decisions • Trust in experts and politicians (Wynne 1992) Knowledge and Network Society (Nico Stehr; Manuel Castells) More highly educated people with access to information Social media Marking system First 86%-100% The work is exemplary and demonstrates superlative qualities. It shows complete awareness of the dimensions of the topic and of competing analyses, coupled with a degree of individuality, imagination and insight giving the work a personal stamp. Key theoretical, methodological or policy debates are discussed comprehensively, and source material is treated critically and located within this broader framework of debate. The descriptive and informational content is accurate, relevant and complete, drawing on a comprehensive wide range of material. Any data are excellently presented, and - for essays, projects and...