Lefstad, L and Paavola, J orcid.org/0000-0001-5720-466X (2024) The evolution of climate justice claims in global climate change negotiations under the UNFCCC. Critical Policy Studies, 18 (3). pp. 363-388. ISSN 1946-0171
Abstract
A growing body of research suggests that the global conception of climate change is increasingly taking a justice-focus. However, the justice-framings of different actors in the UNFCCC process and their evolution have not yet been examined. We conduct a critical discourse analysis of climate justice claims of state and non-state actors in COP15, COP19, COP21 and COP24 which are key moments for climate justice under the UNFCCC. Our findings indicate that the UNFCCC has not delivered on climate justice, power stands out as a key issue in the negotiations, and the negotiations reproduce structures of climate injustice. We identified four new country groupings with different climate justice frames. The Radicals consider climate change an imminent threat, while Opportunists seek to benefit from it. The Hypocrites recognize their contribution to climate change but avoid responsibility through libertarian mechanisms. The Evaders construe justice a normative issue and block others’ justice claims. These groupings help discern how justice framings have evolved and how they are used in strategic ways to advance interests in multilateral forums.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Climate justice, UNFCCC, conference of the parties, non-state actors, climate change negotiations, critical discourse analysis |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/LK006576/1 ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) ES/R009708/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2023 12:04 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2024 10:27 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19460171.2023.2235405 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:201241 |