Development of Modern Communicative Discourse on Climate Change
https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-1-40-54
Abstract
Communications on climate change have undergone a certain transformation since this issue acquired a political character. In this article, the author examines the evolution of research on this issue. The analysis reveals a gradual shift from a risk-oriented approach to assessing environmental events to preventive and precautionary measures to preserve public health. The study of the impact of climate change on human health is mainly traced in the scientific literature or is part of adaptation plans. After the COVID-19 pandemic, this area began to appear in the broad information space, but has not yet become as significant as, for example, the transition to a low-carbon economy. The main entity promoting the climate agenda is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which relies on the results of scientific research. Its key objective is to involve a wide range of people in the climate agenda and activate internal attitudes on the need to implement specific actions. An empirical analysis of official statements by the Russian Government, conducted from January 2021 to January 2025, emphasizes the importance of the topic as part of the negotiation process. The main focus is on the transition to a low-carbohydrate economy, the topic of health care is not the leading one. At the same time, representatives of the Russian scientific community are actively working in this direction, noting both the most vulnerable groups of the population and the subjects of the Russian Federation exposed to these risks.
About the Author
E. V. Panova
State Duma of the Russian Federation ; Russian State Geological Prospecting University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Panova Elena Vasilievna – CandSc (Polit.), Head of the Office ofthe Russian State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and EnvironmentalProtection, scientific director of the Center for Sustainable Development
103265, Moscow, Okhotny Ryad, 1
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Panova E.V. Development of Modern Communicative Discourse on Climate Change. Communicology. 2025;13(1):40-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21453/2311-3065-2025-13-1-40-54
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