Analysis of the Dominant Thematic and Ideological Representation of Climate Crisis Discourses in Selected Speeches of COP 27
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This research identifies the following dominant themes and ideologies in the selected climate change speeches: climate change, vulnerability, justice, accountability, power and power struggle, education, dependency, and leadership. The study established that the choice of certain words has some connection with the thematic and ideological beliefs of the speaker. Critical Discourse Analytic (CDA) tools provided a good channel to extract the ecolinguistics treasures in the selected speeches. These themes and ideologies reveal the politics and dynamics of the global north and global south geopolitical divides. The study has also opened the frontiers of knowledge in the field of green linguistics or ecolinguistics, digital humanities, and the need to rethink humanities scholarship which addresses real-world issues such as climate change in linguistic studies.
Author: Uchegbu Bartholomew Chukwuemeka
Institution: Veritas University
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4406257238