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From a business risk to full-scale crisis: the understanding of ‘climate threat’ in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Reports

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Pasula, Salla Kaarina·2024·Globalizations
DOI 10.1080/14747731.2024.2327164
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This article suggests that the business sector’s engagement in climate governance is not only expanding but also providing them with an increasingly influential role in determining how climate risks are framed and addressed. Using the methodological tools provided by the poststructuralist hegemony and discourse theory, the article analyses how the World Economic Forum has framed climate change as a security issue through its Global Risks Reports and what forms of authority and practice are promoted by this understanding.

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Authors
Pasula, S. K.
Affiliations
University of Lapland (FI)
Corresponding author
Pasula, Salla Kaarina
ORCID
Pasula, Salla Kaarina
Venue
Globalizations
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2024-03-11
Pages
1-18
ISSN
  • 1474-7731 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-774X
DOI
10.1080/14747731.2024.2327164
OpenAlex
W4392723746
Cited by
3
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1
FWCI
3.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Globalizations (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • LaCRIS (University of Lapland) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Global Security and Public Health
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Keywords
climate hazards, climate risk, World Economic Forum, climate governance, business sector, security framing, hegemony, discourse theory, risk framing

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