Climate change mitigation policy for planetary health equity? An automated content analysis of countries’ nationally determined contribution reports

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ID15548639
AutoresMegan Arthur (0000-0001-6632-388X, Australian National University, autor de correspondencia), Nicholas Frank (0000-0001-6385-698X, Australian National University), Anurug Chakma (0000-0002-6592-4656, Australian National University), Sharon Friel (0000-0002-8345-5435, Australian National University)
Año2024
Volumen19
Número11
Páginas114032-114032
Fecha de publicación2024-09-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironmental Research Letters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326
EditorialIOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1088/1748-9326/ad7edf
OpenAlexW4402789305
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas48

This study examines the extent to which national governments discuss the social determinants of planetary health equity (SDPHE) within their Nationally Determined Contribution reports (NDCs) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This is assessed relative to the frequency of discussion of economic factors and health outcomes, and how this varies between countries based on political, economic, and environmental factors. Using natural language processing, a dictionary-based automated content analysis was conducted of the frequency of terms within these reports. Correlation analyses examined the relationship between the frequency of dictionary categories and political, economic, and environmental variables to ascertain the role of contextual factors. Overall, NDCs were found to feature a greater proportion of economic language compared to health outcome and SDPHE terms. Among the SDPHE, equity- and gender-related terms occurred most frequently. Correlations were identified primarily among high-income countries, that suggest moderate positive associations between levels of CO 2 emissions per capita and per dollar of gross domestic product and the use of economic terms, and a negative association of economic language with levels of democracy. Democracy was also positively associated with language related to social norms such as equity and justice, indicating potential scope for impact through democratic pressures. The relatively frequent use of economic frames in NDCs suggests that economic issues may receive more attention compared to the SDPHE. This analysis identifies potential enabling and constraining country-level factors for greater attention to the SDPHE in NDCs and more progressive climate change mitigation policymaking

Climate change · Content analysis · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Equity (law · Natural resource economics · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments · Environmental Science · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Oceanography