Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide
Since the earliest stages of international climate policy, carbon dioxide (CO2) has been framed and widely accepted as a problem that needs to be solved by reducing its amount in the atmosphere. In principle this is a correct and relevant starting point for efforts to decarbonize societies. At the s...
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| description | Since the earliest stages of international climate policy, carbon dioxide (CO2) has been framed and widely accepted as a problem that needs to be solved by reducing its amount in the atmosphere. In principle this is a correct and relevant starting point for efforts to decarbonize societies. At the same time, however, the unquestioned and one-sided framing of CO2 as a problem has significantly biased the strategies for tackling climate change. We introduce the origins, meanings and implications of one-sided framing of CO2 in climate policy. We also discuss how alternative framings could impact policymaking and eventually our capacity to mitigate climate change. We introduce a paradox: framing CO2 as a problem often translates into policies that hamper the implementation of technologies to decrease the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. We suggest that plurality in framing CO2 could lead to innovative ways and strategies to combat climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f9e44c445904ad393596c258d2b7f952023-03-09T12:43:39ZengCambridge University PressGlobal Sustainability2059-47982019-01-01210.1017/sus.2019.24Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxideJarkko Levänen0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-7359Janne I. Hukkinen1Department of Sustainability Science, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Mukkulankatu 19, 15210, Lahti, FinlandEnvironmental Policy Research Group, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki, PO Box 54, Unioninkatu 37, 00014Helsinki, FinlandSince the earliest stages of international climate policy, carbon dioxide (CO2) has been framed and widely accepted as a problem that needs to be solved by reducing its amount in the atmosphere. In principle this is a correct and relevant starting point for efforts to decarbonize societies. At the same time, however, the unquestioned and one-sided framing of CO2 as a problem has significantly biased the strategies for tackling climate change. We introduce the origins, meanings and implications of one-sided framing of CO2 in climate policy. We also discuss how alternative framings could impact policymaking and eventually our capacity to mitigate climate change. We introduce a paradox: framing CO2 as a problem often translates into policies that hamper the implementation of technologies to decrease the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. We suggest that plurality in framing CO2 could lead to innovative ways and strategies to combat climate change.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059479819000243/type/journal_articlecarbon dioxidecircular economyclimate policyframingrecycling |
| spellingShingle | Jarkko Levänen Janne I. Hukkinen Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide Global Sustainability carbon dioxide circular economy climate policy framing recycling |
| title | Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide |
| title_full | Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide |
| title_short | Rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide |
| title_sort | rethinking climate policy with alternative framings of carbon dioxide |
| topic | carbon dioxide circular economy climate policy framing recycling |
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