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Title Shifting The Focus From Global North to Global South: An Integrationist Eco-Linguistic Approach to Climate Justice Discourse

Author(s) Amina Batool

Abstract The study aimed to analyze climate justice discourse at a broader scale in order to look at the differing and overlapping dimensions of its discourse in the newspaper media of the Global North and Global South. It also explored the nature of climate justice discourse with special reference to the Global South. Likewise, the study specifically shed light on the Pakistani newspaper media discourse on climate justice to ascertain the presence of erasure and salience patterns in it. The data for the study comprised thirty (30) newspaper articles. The data analysis method utilized for the study was eco-critical discourse analysis. The analytical framework used for this study was conceptualized by taking ideas from Bang and Door’s (2007) Model of Social Praxis and Stibbe’s (2015) idea of Discourses (beneficial, ambivalent, and destructive), Erasure, and Salience. The major findings of the study highlight that there are some overlapping dimensions in the discourse of Global North and Global South; however, there are many dissimilarities owing to different priorities and overall conditions of the developed and the developing world. Additionally, the study established that the discourse of the Global North is beneficial, and at the same time ambivalent towards the Global South. The ambivalence has also been observed towards the central ideas of the climate justice debate. This ambivalence can turn into a destructive discourse if not dealt with properly. On the other hand, the discourse of Global South is essentially beneficial as it upholds the principles of climate justice. Lastly, the discourse produced in Pakistani newspapers represents climate justice via different salience patterns, but there are instances of erasure as well, which makes it less effective. The future research may focus on climate justice via different media and sources.

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Language English

Publication Date 2024-05-24

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