Editing Wicked problem (section)

=== Super wicked problems ===
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Kelly Levin, Benjamin Cashore, Graeme Auld and Steven Bernstein introduced the distinction between "wicked problems" and "super wicked problems" in a 2007 conference paper, which was followed by a 2012 journal article in ''[[Policy Sciences]]''. In their discussion of [[Global warming|global climate change]], they define super wicked problems as having the following additional characteristics:{{sfn|Levin|Cashore|Bernstein|Auld|2012}}

# There is a significant time deadline on finding the solution
# There is no central authority dedicated to finding a solution
# Those seeking to solve the problem are also causing it
# Certain policies irrationally impede future progress

While the items that define a wicked problem relate to the problem itself, the items that define a super wicked problem relate to the agent trying to solve it. Global warming is a super wicked problem, and the need to intervene to tend to our longer term interests has also been taken up by others, including [[Richard Lazarus (law professor)|Richard Lazarus]].{{sfn|Lazarus|2009}}