Thread by @RogerPielkeJr

An interesting article from @jg_environ @michaelvandenb6 that says that it critiques arguments on climate policy advanced by me, Hulme, Sarewitz, Rayner

It is very confusing because it posits "critique" in the guise of enthusiastic agreement

Short thread

https://twitter.com/jg_environ/status/1341589039854592000

On climate policy JG & MV assert "our preference for an incremental process of muddling through with polycentric governance" as somehow counter to my views, Hulmes, Hartwell etc.

Actually, this perspective is identical to my own, example from The Climate Fix below

And that of Hulme:

And, ironically enough, the notion of "polycentric governance" favored here was in fact imported into climate discussions from cultural anthropology by the late Steve Rayner 30 years ago

Indeed it seems we all end up in the same place: "The oblique strategies advocated by Hulme and Pielke are a promising response to this and other challenges, but these strategies require greater attention to the urgency inherent in superwicked problems"

JG & MV conclude:

Indeed:

Regardless these quibbles, I (& no doubt the participants in The Hartwell Paper 2010) appreciate the engagement by @jg_environ & @michaelvandenb6 with these ideas which are still kicking around in policy debates a decade later

🙏 /END