Agenda Setting and Issue Definition at the Micro Level: Giving Climate Change a Voice in the Peruvian Congress

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Takahashi ◽  
Mark Meisner
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Issue Definition

Policy entrepreneurs in national climate change policy processes

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 1456-1470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inken Reimer ◽  
Barbara Saerbeck
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Policy Entrepreneurs ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Combat Climate Change

The multi-level and multi-actor character of the international climate governance regime, as well as the imminent need for action to combat climate change, stimulates the introduction of new and innovative cross-sectoral policy proposals by policy entrepreneurs. To date, academic literature has extensively studied and discussed the importance of policy entrepreneurs for agenda-setting. The role of policy entrepreneurs in providing continuous support for a new climate policy resulting in its implementation, has on the other hand, so far received only little attention. Taking the Norwegian Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation commitment as an exemplary case, this paper explores the potential of entrepreneurial engagement throughout a country’s climate policy-making process. It aims to demonstrate the importance of policy entrepreneurs beyond agenda-setting, namely for the policy formulation phase in which responsibilities for the implementation are designated to governmental bodies. We refer to this step as institutional anchoring. Following an explorative approach, this paper shows that different types of actors – non-governmental organisations and governmental actors – act as policy entrepreneurs. It demonstrates the roles and importance of policy entrepreneurs for not only gaining, but also maintaining attention on a new policy by means of coalition building and framing.

scholarly journals Micro-level adaptation strategies by smallholders to adapt climate change in the least developed countries (LDCs): Insights from Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 106781
Author(s):  
Najibullah Omerkhil ◽  
Praveen Kumar ◽  
Manisha Mallick ◽  
Lungyina B. Meru ◽  
Tara Chand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Micro Level

Trends, frames and discourse networks: analysing the coverage of climate change in Irish newspapers

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wagner ◽  
Diane Payne
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Frame Analysis ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Policy Positions ◽  
Economic Elites ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Ecological Modernisation

This paper investigates how anthropogenic climate change is presented to the Irish public by three of Ireland’s most important national newspapers. We argue that Irish newspapers do not report climate change in an objective and unbiased way and illustrate how through the acts of agenda setting, news framing and in how they construct public discourse they present the issue in a narrow ideological form. Evidence is provided to support the argument that ecological modernisation is used by Irish newspapers to construct the issue of climate change. Our study uses three levels of analysis: (1) we calculate the trend in the coverage of climate change between 1997 and 2012 to uncover what events are correlated with peaks in coverage; (2) we conduct an in-depth frame analysis of a large sample of articles to determine how the issue is classified and categorised; and (3) we conduct a discourse network analysis to uncover which actors are given a voice, which policy measures they favour and with whom they share policy positions. The data we find support our theoretical arguments, leading us to the conclusion that Irish newspapers produce and reproduce a narrow ideological worldview that is articulated, shared and propagated by Ireland’s political and economic elites.

Understanding national barriers to climate change adaptation for public health - a global survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Marcus ◽  
E Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Networked Governance ◽  
Health Progress ◽  
Organizational Collaboration

Abstract Background Climate change has introduced a series of unprecedented threats to human health, ranging from rising food and water insecurity to deteriorating air quality, novel disease outbreaks, and intensifying natural disasters. The Paris Agreement pushes countries to develop adaptation plans that will protect human health from the worst impacts of climate change -a process referred to as climate change adaptation (CCA). Yet despite international pressure and escalating health threats, vast shortcomings persist in national CCA for public health progress. Thus, we investigated the major governance constraints underlying these trends. Methods A mixed-methods online survey was distributed to representatives of national public health associations and societies of 82 member countries under the World Federation of Public Health Associations. Results 9 of the 11 respondent countries (82%) affirmed the existence of a national CCA plan that includes an explicit public health focus. All respondees listed governance challenges in developing and operationalising their national CCA agenda. The major identified barriers to CCA for public health progress were lack of inter-government policy coordination and insufficient political will to mobilize human and non-human resources in support of public health-oriented adaptation efforts. Conclusions Climate change-driven amplification of global health risks necessitates that all nations generate clear CCA plans to protect human health. Our findings assist by highlighting the need for new platforms for organizational collaboration/networked governance and enhanced forums for CCA agenda-setting and ambition-raising. Such forms of enriched knowledge may facilitate decision-making amongst key public health stakeholders and global institutions for how best to align climate advocacy and country-wide support initiatives with cross-cutting national needs and constraints. Key messages Climate change-driven amplification of global health risks necessitates that all nations generate clear climate change adaptation plans to protect human health. New platforms for organizational collaboration/networked governance and enhanced forums for adaptation agenda-setting and ambition-raising may significantly bolster public health adaptation progress.

Changing Climate, Changing Terrain: The Stasis Metaphor and the Climate Crisis

2020 ◽  
pp. 004728162096698
Author(s):  
Shelton Weech
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Rhetorical Theory ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Technical Communicators ◽  
Issue Definition ◽  
Climate Crisis

Rhetorical theory has frequently relied on metaphors of place and positioning as heuristics to build better arguments. This article utilizes one such metaphor, that of stasis theory, as a method by which we might change the terrain of the conversation surrounding the climate crisis. As an example, the author does a rhetorical analysis of a recent agricultural report from the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment and finds that, rather than using traditional questions of conjecture and quality, the authors of the report focus on questions of procedure and definition to reframe the discussion surrounding the climate crisis. Drawing from the rhetoric in this report, the author suggests that technical communicators might similarly produce more fruitful conversations around the climate crisis if they focus on what to do (procedure) and redefining the crisis as a local issue (definition).

scholarly journals Is Twitter Indicating a Change in MP’s Views on Climate Change?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10334
Author(s):  
Rhian Ebrey ◽  
Stephen Hall ◽  
Rebecca Willis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Relative Impact ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Special Report ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Government Action ◽  
Members Of Parliament

Following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5 °C Special Report in October 2018, there has been a surge in public concern about climate change and demands for greater government action. We analyse the discourse of Members of Parliament (MPs) on climate change on Twitter to examine the extent to which these recent public climate-related events have influenced political agenda-setting. We argue that these events have had two, linked, effects: increased political discourse on climate change, and an increasing use of ‘urgent’ climate language. However, the language style used between political parties differs. Additionally, while the youth strikes and Greta Thunberg, who initiated these strikes, appear to have the greatest influence on MPs’ discourse, the overall relative impact is low, with responses predominately from left- and centrist-political parties. This indicates a clear difference between parties. However, Twitter may not be a suitable platform for investigating Conservative discourse. Further work to explore agenda-setting on Conservative policymaking is required.

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