The ‘co’ in co-production of climate action: Challenging boundaries within and between science, policy and practice

Effective action taken against climate change must find ways to unite scientific and practice-based knowledges associated with the various stakeholders who see themselves as invested in global delivery of governance. Political decision-makers, scientists practitioners approach this challenge from what are often radically different perspectives experiences. While considerable work has been done develop idea ‘co-production’ development outputs, questions remain over how best contrasting epistemological traditions norms stakeholders. Drawing on existing literatures co-production translational science-policy interface, paper we concept ‘boundary agency’. Defining agency ‘possessed’ when willing able translate between communities a similar policy governance such change, offer it useful means reflect participants’ understanding ‘co’ co-production. This is contrast more established (often academic-led) focus that being produced by processes. We draw two complementary empirical studies, which explicitly encouraged i) engagement ii) reflection cross-boundary backgrounds. Reflecting discuss benefits (and barriers to) encouraging active sustained so try actively blur boundaries science and, doing so, invent new practice.