Securitisation of Climate Change

The Risk of Exaggeration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3754707
AutoresJoshua Warner (0000-0003-2847-8770, Wageningen University & Research), Jeroen Warner (Wageningen University, Netherlands), Ingrid Boas (0000-0001-7842-5883, Wageningen University, Netherlands)
Año2017
Volumen20
Número3
Páginas203-224
Fecha de publicación2017-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmbiente & sociedade (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1414-753X • E-ISSN: 1809-4422
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1809-4422asocex0003v2022017
OpenAlexW2780178365
SCIELO_PIDS1414-753X2017000300203
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas31

The present contribution focuses on the 'selling' of the 'climate crisis' to intended key audiences, both in the international domain and at home. We look into the mechanics of crisis framing, the audience, and the resonance that the frame had, as well as development over time in two cases: the UK addressing the UN Security Council and the State Advisory Commission on Deltas ('Delta Commission') seeking support in the Netherlands for drastic measures to address sea level rise. For this, we apply the conceptual framework from critical security studies and securitisation, with contributions from the domains of crisis and disaster studies. Both case studies discussed show a dramatic securitising move, where climate change is presented as the source of great potential crisis that will harm us all, unless we take urgent action - either for mitigation (the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions) or for adaptation

Business · Civil engineering · Climate change · Commission · Economics · Exaggeration · Financial crisis · Greenhouse gas · Harm · Political science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Risk Perception and Management