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Climate Change Discourse and Action in the Philippines: Views, Voices, Vignettes

Monday, July 14, 2014: 3:45 PM
Room: Booth 48
Oral Presentation
Robert SALAZAR , Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan
In the Philippines, there has been some amount of talk and, fortunately, some amount of action too, about climate change. We ask: What is being said and done about climate change in the country?  How is climate change being framed and acted upon?  Why are these developments unfolding the way they do?  How do these discourses and practices reflect and influence sociocultural dynamics?  The paper presents some views, voices, and vignettes from the country.  It attempts an understanding of these realities by drawing from social constructionism, critical discourse analysis, and social movement theory.