E - Wicked Problems

Parents

E - Challenges of Climate Decisionmaking
E - Decisionmaking Barriers
WickedProblems TOC

Children

2009 How climate change relates to everything else
2012/4 Is it time to give up?
Advanced policy design through policy mixes
As the ultimate externality problem, with massive tragedy of the commons attributes
c. Decision makers have trouble with high probability high-impact events?
Can learn how to do workshops in this space at drawtoast.com
Characteristics of wicked problems
Durable policies for a problem like climate change
E - Climate Change as a Super Wicked Problem
E - Defining a wicked problem
E - Super Wicked Problems
Feed-in tariffs for solar panels is a good example of successful path dependency
Four Environmental Problem Conceptions
Given the political politicization of the climate change issue
Huge focus on market-driven mechanisms, and yet it's not working
In a group you start with a mess, that boils down - although many more nodes than individuals
In an era of limited budgets
Is there a path forward?
Most drawings include both Nodes and Links, the elements of a systems model
Need to begin by thinking of the key features of the climate problem - a super-wicked problem
Obamacare's Public Option was impossible to reverse - too much public opposition
People also draw way more nodes
People draw the toast making exercise in ALL KINDS of ways
Running out of time
Social messes
Tame problems vs. wicked problems
The simple act of visualizing and doing it over and over again results in remarkable results
There is a coalition exploring whether technology and market options can get us to 1.5 degree
There is a revolution in people collaboratively tackling their wicked problems
Tragedy of the Commons
Type 1 requires sustainable yield solution
Type 2 Involves utility mazimization, e.g. cost-benefit analysis
Type 3 involves dispute resolution among multiple goals, values, etc.
Type 4 Win lose prioritization - you can't trade it off against other problems. You must give priority
Visuals of “Wicked Problems”
We are all contributing to the problem
We've had a proliferation of policy tools and goals over the last 25 years
Why climate change is different as a political issue
Why interpreting climate risks materiality is harder than it sounds
Wicked problem cartoon
Wicked problems
With cards people draw more detailed and more logical nodes

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I - WickedProblems (Deep Dive)

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