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Urban Climate Justice for Whom? A comparative discourse analysis exploring the concept of climate justice in urban climate strategy action plans.

Angyal, Kincsö LU (2023) STVK12 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Despite an increased emphasis on the role of cities in reaching the EU's ambitious
climate goals, attention has been lacking paid towards climate justice on an urban
level. Simultaneously, following international directives, urban adaptation plans are
expected to consider climate justice in their approach and acknowledge the effects and
benefits of climate action on their most exposed citizens. This research aims to study
how and to what extent aspects of climate justice are understood and translated into
local climate action strategies. The climate action plans of Budapest, Dublin, and
Stockholm are analyzed through a qualitative discourse analysis applying the “What is
the problem represented to be?” (WPR) methodological approach... (More)
Despite an increased emphasis on the role of cities in reaching the EU's ambitious
climate goals, attention has been lacking paid towards climate justice on an urban
level. Simultaneously, following international directives, urban adaptation plans are
expected to consider climate justice in their approach and acknowledge the effects and
benefits of climate action on their most exposed citizens. This research aims to study
how and to what extent aspects of climate justice are understood and translated into
local climate action strategies. The climate action plans of Budapest, Dublin, and
Stockholm are analyzed through a qualitative discourse analysis applying the “What is
the problem represented to be?” (WPR) methodological approach exploring the
implicit portrayals of climate justice in the documents. Guiding the analysis, the
concept of climate justice has been applied by adopting Bulkeley et al. 's (2014)
conceptual framework categorizing suggested actions implying climate justice into
recognition, distribution and procedural justice. The findings show that urban climate
action plans do include implications of climate justice, however, to varying extents
and portrayals. Budapest’s and Dublin’s action plan include all three categories and
offer a complementary framing of climate justice to different extents. In contrast, in
Stockholm’s climate plan, climate justice implications are almost entirely absent. (Less)
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author
Angyal, Kincsö LU
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organization
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STVK12 20231
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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Keywords: climate change, climate justice, urban justice, urban climate action, adaptation, policy analysis, EU climate action
language
English
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9116279
date added to LUP
2023-09-07 17:04:13
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2023-09-07 17:04:13
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  abstract     = {{Despite an increased emphasis on the role of cities in reaching the EU's ambitious
climate goals, attention has been lacking paid towards climate justice on an urban
level. Simultaneously, following international directives, urban adaptation plans are
expected to consider climate justice in their approach and acknowledge the effects and
benefits of climate action on their most exposed citizens. This research aims to study
how and to what extent aspects of climate justice are understood and translated into
local climate action strategies. The climate action plans of Budapest, Dublin, and
Stockholm are analyzed through a qualitative discourse analysis applying the “What is
the problem represented to be?” (WPR) methodological approach exploring the
implicit portrayals of climate justice in the documents. Guiding the analysis, the
concept of climate justice has been applied by adopting Bulkeley et al. 's (2014)
conceptual framework categorizing suggested actions implying climate justice into
recognition, distribution and procedural justice. The findings show that urban climate
action plans do include implications of climate justice, however, to varying extents
and portrayals. Budapest’s and Dublin’s action plan include all three categories and
offer a complementary framing of climate justice to different extents. In contrast, in
Stockholm’s climate plan, climate justice implications are almost entirely absent.}},
  author       = {{Angyal, Kincsö}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Urban Climate Justice for Whom? A comparative discourse analysis exploring the concept of climate justice in urban climate strategy action plans.}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}