‘Discourses of climate delay’ pervade current debates on climate action. These discourses accept the existence of climate change, but justify inaction or inadequate efforts. In contemporary discussions on what actions should be taken, by whom and how fast, proponents of climate delay would argue for minimal action or action taken by others. They focus attention on the negative social effects of climate policies and raise doubt that mitigation is possible. Here, we outline the common features of climate delay discourses and provide a guide to identifying them.
%0 Journal Article
%1 lamb2020discourses
%A Lamb, William F.
%A Mattioli, Giulio
%A Levi, Sebastian
%A Roberts, J. Timmons
%A Capstick, Stuart
%A Creutzig, Felix
%A Minx, Jan C.
%A Müller-Hansen, Finn
%A Culhane, Trevor
%A Steinberger, Julia K.
%B Global Sustainability
%D 2020
%I Cambridge University Press
%K climate_delay climate_denial counter-movement discourses just_transition
%P e17--
%R DOI: 10.1017/sus.2020.13
%T Discourses of climate delay
%U https://www.cambridge.org/core/article/discourses-of-climate-delay/7B11B722E3E3454BB6212378E32985A7
%V 3
%X ‘Discourses of climate delay’ pervade current debates on climate action. These discourses accept the existence of climate change, but justify inaction or inadequate efforts. In contemporary discussions on what actions should be taken, by whom and how fast, proponents of climate delay would argue for minimal action or action taken by others. They focus attention on the negative social effects of climate policies and raise doubt that mitigation is possible. Here, we outline the common features of climate delay discourses and provide a guide to identifying them.
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abstract = {‘Discourses of climate delay’ pervade current debates on climate action. These discourses accept the existence of climate change, but justify inaction or inadequate efforts. In contemporary discussions on what actions should be taken, by whom and how fast, proponents of climate delay would argue for minimal action or action taken by others. They focus attention on the negative social effects of climate policies and raise doubt that mitigation is possible. Here, we outline the common features of climate delay discourses and provide a guide to identifying them.},
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author = {Lamb, William F. and Mattioli, Giulio and Levi, Sebastian and Roberts, J. Timmons and Capstick, Stuart and Creutzig, Felix and Minx, Jan C. and Müller-Hansen, Finn and Culhane, Trevor and Steinberger, Julia K.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21b5469c7241f7a6c6b7ae8249f736fa9/meneteqel},
booktitle = {Global Sustainability},
doi = {DOI: 10.1017/sus.2020.13},
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keywords = {climate_delay climate_denial counter-movement discourses just_transition},
month = jul,
pages = {e17--},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
timestamp = {2023-02-20T22:11:53.000+0100},
title = {Discourses of climate delay},
url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/article/discourses-of-climate-delay/7B11B722E3E3454BB6212378E32985A7},
volume = 3,
year = 2020
}