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    Local policymakers’ attitudes towards climate change: a multi-method case study

    Ghinoi, Stefano ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9857-4736, De Vita, Riccardo and Silvestri, Francesco (2023) Local policymakers’ attitudes towards climate change: a multi-method case study. Social Networks, 75. pp. 197-209. ISSN 0378-8733

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    Abstract

    Local authorities play a key role in tackling climate change by implementing targeted adaptation and mitigation measures. The specific implementation of a mix of adaptation and mitigation strategies is the outcome of the interaction of policymakers through a political debate and their attitudes towards climate change. By concentrating on the political discourses occurring in the Assembly of an Italian region (Emilia-Romagna), we use a multi-method approach of Discourse Network Analysis and Concept Mapping to investigate local policymakers’ positioning. Our investigation shows that actors are grouped not only according to their political affiliation, but also to the debated topics, and this relates to the preference for supporting adaptation or mitigation measures, which characterizes the local policy debate.

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