Linking science more closely to policy-making: Global climate change and the national reorganization of science and technology policy
This paper examines the national trends behind recent efforts to link science and technology more closely to policy-making. It describes the politics surrounding the establishment of the National Science and Technology Council and its committee on Environment and Natural Resources (of which the global change program is a part). It discusses the evolution of the ``assessments`` function within the climate change program in general, and within the Department of Energy, in particular, and how the Clinton Administration`s approach to climate change ``assessments`` function within the climate change program in general, and within the Department of Energy, in particular, and how the Clinton Administration`s approach to climate change ``assessments`` differs from that of its predecessor. The paper concludes with a critique both of the national reorganization of science and technology policy and of the assessments component of the climate change program.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 10139140
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-94-1144; CONF-940426-1; ON: DE94009319; TRN: AHC29408%%35
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on global climate change: science, policy and mitigation strategies,Phoenix, AZ (United States),5-8 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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