Framing the climate-development nexus in the European Union

Roeck, Frederik De; Delputte, Sarah; Orbie, Jan

doi:10.1080/23802014.2016.1286947

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“…at the present time, however, the discussions evolved to question why there is lack of a broadly accepted classification, and why labels such as refugees, migrants or displaced persons are misleading [39][40][41][42]. arguably, the relevant actor's preference and type of discourse may be at the heart of this problem, overestimating the value of Western knowledge systems over local ones [39], unsound justifications for development interventions [51] or reinforcement of populist/ negative postcolonial images of the 'other' [21,52], often linked to expectations that the 'Global south' will migrate to the 'Global North' in overwhelming numbers [53]. another complication is the interchangeable use of the adjectives 'climate' and 'environmental' for these persons.…”

Section: Environmental Migration As a Phenomenon?mentioning

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Environmentally Driven Migration in EU Discourse: Norms, Policies, and Realities

Wirthová

2024

UCL Open Environment

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For decades, the European Union (EU) has been addressing issues related to climate change and ecological degradation as a self-proclaimed pro-environmental and human rights-oriented actor. Correspondingly, the topic of environmentally driven migration entered the EU discourse at the dawn of the new millennium. As such, environmental migrants around the world find themselves in an existential crisis and are in need of support whether it comes to questions of compensations, relocation, protection of cultural heritage etc. Thus, considering the EU’s interest in the human rights and environmental/climate issue areas, I argue it is important to ask what the Union’s approach to this matter has been. Consequently, this article assesses the European Union discourse related to the topic of environmental migration over a twenty-year period. Through the theoretical lens of the Copenhagen School of Security Studies and the normative power EU conception, this paper critically analyzes the EU’s securitization of climate change in relation to environmental migrants who are experiencing an existential threat to their lives. Based on a qualitative discourse analysis, the preliminary results imply that the topic has been receding into the background of the EU agenda. In line, environmental migrants have been pushed aside by a multiplicity of other subjects threatened by climate change, and their problems were thus not reflected in either the EU climate change or migration management policies. Overall, the findings show a shift from an alarmist discourse to pragmatism on the EU’s behalf. Thereupon, this article questions the normative standard the EU sets for itself when it comes to the case of environmental migrant protection.

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Section: Environmental Migration As a Phenomenon?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmentally Driven Migration in EU Discourse: Norms, Policies, and Realities

Wirthová

2024

UCL Open Environment

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“…At the present time however, the discussions evolved to questions why there is lack of a broadly accepted classification, and why labels as refugees, migrants, or displaced persons are misleading [62,[88][89][90]. Arguably, the relevant actor's preference and type of discourse may be at the heart of this problem, leading to overestimation of Western knowledge systems over local ones [62], justifications for development interventions [93] or reinforced populist/negative postcolonial images of the 'other' [20,31], which is often expected to come in overwhelming numbers from the 'Global South' to the 'Global North' [96]. Yet another highlighted complication is the interchangeable use of adjectives 'climate' and 'environmental' for these persons.…”

Section: Environmental Migration As a Phenomenon?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmentally Driven Migration in EU Discourse: Norms, Policies, and Realities

Wirthová

2023

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For decades, the European Union (EU) has been addressing issues related to climate change and ecological degradation as a self-proclaimed pro-environmental and human rights-oriented actor. Correspondingly, the topic of the so called environmentally driven migration entered the EU discourse at the dawn of the new millennium. Considering the EU’s interest in the human rights and environmental/climate issue areas, I argue it is important to ask what the Union’s approach to this matter has been. Thus, this article assesses the European Union discourse related to the topic of environmental migration over the past twenty-year period. Through the theoretical lens of the Copenhagen School of Security Studies and the normative power EU conception, this paper critically analyses the EU’s securitisation of climate change in relation to persons referred to as environmental migrants. Based on a qualitative discourse analysis, the preliminary results imply that the topic has been receding into the background of the EU agenda. In line, environmental migrants have been pushed aside by a multiplicity of other subjects threatened by climate change, thus receiving lesser attention in the EU climate change and migration management policies. Overall, the findings show a shift from an alarmist discourse to more pragmatism on the EU’s behalf and a larger focus on adaptation and resilience in most affected areas. Thereupon, this article questions the normative standard the EU sets for itself when it comes to the case of environmental migrant protection.

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“…In terms of the wider integration approach, we see the human security implications of climate change emphasized in key documents (De Roeck et al, 2016) Therefore, the climate-development nexus interconnects with other nexuses via its ability to exacerbate conflict or to push migration. This should be no surprise as sustainable development is a cross cutting theme.…”

Section: Climate Change and Energymentioning

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Shifting priorities of the EU as a development actor: context and consequences

Hadfield

Lightfoot

2021

Global Affairs

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EU development policy conforms reliably to a stable and predictable policy-cycle between 1957 until the early 2000s. After that, we see a shift towards more explicitly frame-based outputs utilising the mechanism of policy nexuses. This article, drawing on a range of primary policy documents and key case studies, illustrates the difference between the first era by which EU development retains a stable process within the boundaries of the policy cycle and the subsequent shift to the use of 'framing' to bind a series of separate activities to the core of development policy via the use of 'policy nexuses'. The article concludes with reflections on the resulting seminal changes to the EU's overall approach to development, and its implications for the EU as a development actor.

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Framing the climate-development nexus in the European Union

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Environmentally Driven Migration in EU Discourse: Norms, Policies, and Realities

Environmentally Driven Migration in EU Discourse: Norms, Policies, and Realities

Environmentally Driven Migration in EU Discourse: Norms, Policies, and Realities

Shifting priorities of the EU as a development actor: context and consequences

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