CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Popova, Polina |
|---|---|
| Title | From Climate Change to Climate Crisis: Collective Climate Action Frames' Transformations at the UN level |
| Summary | A threat multiplier and a threat within itself, global in scope and affecting the ones most vulnerable the most, climate change, as one of the most significant challenges of our time, is in need of a global response. However, which factors are to define the format an international response to climate change is likely to take? This thesis aims to shed light on how the construction of the very idea of climate change and the threats it poses shapes collective climate action at the UN level. The study uses frame analysis methodology to trace the interplay of meanings and ideas across different UN bodies and to account for the ways in which climate security-, climate justice- and climate emergency frames transform the UN’s approach to climate change. The thesis traces the transformations within the different climate (action) frames since the moment of climate change emergence as a UN agenda item. The study argues that the process of collective climate action frames’ development within the UN frameworks is limited by state-centricity of the UN’s architecture. However, it also notes that in parallel with the emergence of the climate crisis framework, the UN tends to seek greater involvement in human-based approaches to climate change. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin Kristin |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/popova_polina.pdf |
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