Circular relations between climate knowledge and action: A reply to ‘Why do climate negotiations stall? Scientific evidence and solutions for some structural problems’, by Ulrich Frey and Jazmin Burgess

Knowledge and how it informs and supports cooperation in policymaking is a central question within this issue. As Lazarus (2020: 1) quotes at the start of the introduction: [T]he major conclusion in the literature [is] that direct and sustained relationships between researchers and policymakers are the optimal method for promoting the use of research in policy-making. (French, 2019: 163). Frey and Burgess (2022: 4) pick up on the centrality of knowledge in the context of climate negotiations, framing their response around the question of: what scientific evidence is pertinent to improving climate change negotiations and implementation?