Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time

Thomas Hale is Professor in Public Policy (Global Public Policy) at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He also co-leads the Net Zero Tracker and the Net Zero Regulation and Policy Hub. His research explores how we can manage transnational problems effectively and fairly.

In this conversation, Professor Hale talks with Francesco Pisano, Director of the UN Library & Archives Geneva, about his new book: Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time. The book offers a fresh perspective on addressing climate change through the lens of political science.

They explore the challenge of long problems and Thomas Hale argues that political science must play a crucial role, alongside natural sciences, in finding solutions to existential threats like climate change through new frameworks for long-term policymaking.

Resources:

https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/thomas-hale

Hale, T. (2024) Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time. Princeton University Press.

Long Problems | Princeton University Press

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Content   

Guest: Professor Thomas Hale

Host: Francesco Pisano

Producer and editor: Amy Smith

Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva