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Moltubak, Juni Victoria Moe (2022)

Securitising Climate Change: Framing and Implementation in the post-Paris Agreement European Union

Bachelor thesis | Politicologie (BSc)

How have framings of climate change in European Parliamentary debates been used as a tool for attempted influence over the European Union’s long-term climate strategy in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris agreement? This single case study conducts a qualitative content analysis on the debates around, and the content of, the European Climate Law from 2021. The study tests the relevance and applicability of the Copenhagen school of securitisation theory, with the aim to contribute toward a deeper understanding of the European, and global, lack of effort to combat climate change. It can be concluded that framings of climate change in the European Parliamentary debates have been used as tools for attempted influence over the European Climate Law, in that the debates have been characterised by (unsuccessful) securitisation attempts.

Copenhagen School

Securitisation theory

climate change

Paris Agreement

European Climate Law

Author

Moltubak, Juni Victoria Moe

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Specialisation

International Relations and Organisaitons

Supervisors

Heaphy, J.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en