title: 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.
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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México. rbarraza82@me.com.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barraza
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México. gvelazq@uacj.mx.
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Velazquez-Angulo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México. edflores@uacj.mx.
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flores-Tavizón
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 32330, México. jromero@uacj.mx.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Romero-González
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Mecatrónica Automotriz (CIMA), Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Toluca, Toluca, Estado de México 50110, México. jhuertas@itesm.mx.
authors.forename: José Ignacio
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Huertas-Cardozo
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009111:Local Government; D008800:Mexico; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D012586:Science
keywords: climate change mitigation; climate change mitigation policies; science into policy; urban climate change