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Economic Securitisation within Climate Actions: A thematic discourse analysis of the relation between economic securitisation and environmental actions in the EU’s energy and circularity policies

Mailly, Clémentine LU (2025) STVM23 20251
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The EU has faced increasing security threats over the past decade, which have begun to permeate many policy sectors. This has become an essential issue for reducing dependencies on external actors and political constraints, significantly affecting the EU’s relations. Simultaneously, the EU has rolled out more ambitious climate goals, aligning with its intention to become an international sustainable leader through the green transition and effective climate change management. In this context, this thesis aims to explore how these two issues have become intertwined over the last twenty years. It aims to critically assess the conditions behind EU-led climate actions by focusing on economic securitisation. However, securitisation can vary in... (More)
The EU has faced increasing security threats over the past decade, which have begun to permeate many policy sectors. This has become an essential issue for reducing dependencies on external actors and political constraints, significantly affecting the EU’s relations. Simultaneously, the EU has rolled out more ambitious climate goals, aligning with its intention to become an international sustainable leader through the green transition and effective climate change management. In this context, this thesis aims to explore how these two issues have become intertwined over the last twenty years. It aims to critically assess the conditions behind EU-led climate actions by focusing on economic securitisation. However, securitisation can vary in intensity, and this thesis examines how securitisation moves have evolved over time. To achieve this, it conducts a discourse analysis of economic securitisation and policy mixes to examine how economic securitisation relates to EU climate actions, especially regarding circularity and energy policies, which are differently linked to climate action and economic security. The findings reveal that climate actions predominantly involve ‘securitisation moves’ when they become increasingly connected with economic security, either by enhancing the EU’s economic power in the long run or decreasing the interdependence of the sectors on external actors. (Less)
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author
Mailly, Clémentine LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20251
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
EU, Sustainability, Economic securitisation, Policy Mix, Green Theory
language
English
id
9210312
date added to LUP
2025-12-04 09:35:03
date last changed
2025-12-04 09:35:03
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  abstract     = {{The EU has faced increasing security threats over the past decade, which have begun to permeate many policy sectors. This has become an essential issue for reducing dependencies on external actors and political constraints, significantly affecting the EU’s relations. Simultaneously, the EU has rolled out more ambitious climate goals, aligning with its intention to become an international sustainable leader through the green transition and effective climate change management. In this context, this thesis aims to explore how these two issues have become intertwined over the last twenty years. It aims to critically assess the conditions behind EU-led climate actions by focusing on economic securitisation. However, securitisation can vary in intensity, and this thesis examines how securitisation moves have evolved over time. To achieve this, it conducts a discourse analysis of economic securitisation and policy mixes to examine how economic securitisation relates to EU climate actions, especially regarding circularity and energy policies, which are differently linked to climate action and economic security. The findings reveal that climate actions predominantly involve ‘securitisation moves’ when they become increasingly connected with economic security, either by enhancing the EU’s economic power in the long run or decreasing the interdependence of the sectors on external actors.}},
  author       = {{Mailly, Clémentine}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Economic Securitisation within Climate Actions: A thematic discourse analysis of the relation between economic securitisation and environmental actions in the EU’s energy and circularity policies}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}