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1. 1. The "warming war" : Securitizing climate change at the UN Security Council

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hanna Söderbäck; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate change; small island developing States; United Nations Security Council; securitization; discourse analysis;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the discursive strategies involved when representatives of small island developing States (SIDS) attempt to securitize climate change in the Security Council, in order to understand which, if any, discursive strategies are successful, and if the securitizing attempt itself is successful. The theoretical framework is based on securitization theory as developed by the Copenhagen school, and the material for the analysis is made up of four meeting records from meetings of the Security Council, ranging from 2007 until 2019. READ MORE