Energy policies and the greenhouse effect: Volume one: Policy Appraisal

Patterson, Walter C.

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“…What still needed to be done was to act on scientific evidence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, that is, mitigate the anthropogenic greenhouse effect. Patterson (1991) suggests exactly that in 1987 and 1988 media frames focusing on scientific aspects were replaced by frames focusing on policy aspects, but it took another 15 years until a salient policy metaphor was found that could convey a Interestingly, the science peak preceded the news peak for the greenhouse metaphor, while it was the other way around for carbon footprint. This may relate to the fact that the risk of climate change was "discovered" by science whereas risk management originates from policy.…”

Section: Greenhouse Effect and Carbon Footprintmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Greenhouse Metaphor and the Footprint Metaphor

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Hellsten²

2014

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This article charts the emergence and framing of anthropogenic climate change as risk through the lens of two metaphors: greenhouse effect and carbon footprint. We argue that the greenhouse effect metaphor provided the scientific basis for framing climate change as a risk, indeed it can be seen as part of risk assessment. The carbon footprint metaphor, in turn, can be seen as belonging to the domain of risk management, as through this and other related metaphors, such as carbon offsetting, carbon budgets and the like, policy makers try to act upon the scientific risk assessment delivered by the greenhouse metaphor and encourage human behaviour change that reduces the risks of unmanaged climate change. We investigate how these key metaphors spread both in English news articles and in natural and social science articles and how they may shape current discourses and actions on climate change.

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Section: Greenhouse Effect and Carbon Footprintmentioning

confidence: 99%