The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability

James Patterson; Carina Wyborn; Linda Westman; Marie Claire Brisbois; Manjana Milkoreit; Dhanasree Jayaram

doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00749-9

The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability

James Patterson, Carina Wyborn, Linda Westman, Marie Claire Brisbois, Manjana Milkoreit, Dhanasree Jayaram

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Abstract

Emergency frames are mobilized in contemporary sustainability debates, both in response to specific events and strategically. The strategic deployment of emergency frames by proponents of sustainability action aims to stimulate collective action on issues for which it is lacking. But this is contentious due to a range of possible effects. We critically review interdisciplinary social science literature to examine the political effects of emergency frames in sustainability and develop a typology of five key dimensions of variation. This pinpoints practical areas for evaluating the utility of emergency frames and builds a shared vocabulary for analysis and decision-making.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	841-850
Journal	Nature Sustainability
Volume	4
Early online date	2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00749-9
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We acknowledge all participants of the Innovative Session: ‘Helping or hindering? The political effects of ‘emergency’ frames in environmental governance’, held at the 2020 Virtual Forum on Earth System Governance. J.P. received funding from the European Research Council as principal investigator of the project BACKLASH (grant agreement number 949332). C.W. received funding from the Australian Research Council as principal investigator of the project Foresight in Times of Disruption (grant agreement noumber DE200100922). L.W. received funding from the European Research Council as a member of the project LO-ACT (grant agreement number 804051).

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Keywords

Climate change
decision making
politics
sustainability

UN SDGs

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The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability

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