The Role of Science in Advising the Decision Making Process: A Pathway for Building Effective Climate Change Mitigation Policies in Mexico at the Local Level

Roberto Barraza, Gilberto Velazquez-Angulo, Edith Flores-Tavizón, Jaime Romero-González and José Ignacio Huertas-Cardozo
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Roberto Barraza: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México
Gilberto Velazquez-Angulo: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México
Edith Flores-Tavizón: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México
Jaime Romero-González: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México
José Ignacio Huertas-Cardozo: Centro de Investigación en Mecatrónica Automotriz (CIMA), Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Toluca, Toluca, Estado de México 50110, México

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: This study examines a pathway for building urban climate change mitigation policies by presenting a multi-dimensional and transdisciplinary approach in which technical, economic, environmental, social, and political dimensions interact. Now, more than ever, the gap between science and policymaking needs to be bridged; this will enable judicious choices to be made in regarding energy and climate change mitigation strategies, leading to positive social impacts, in particular for the populations at-risk at the local level. Through a case study in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, we propose a multidimensional and transdisciplinary approach with the role of scientist as policy advisers to improve the role of science in decision-making on mitigation policies at the local level in Mexico.

Keywords: urban climate change; climate change mitigation; science into policy; climate change mitigation policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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