Populist far right discursive-institutional tactics in European regional decarbonization

What rhetorical strategies are populist far-right parties using to delay regional decarbonization? This paper focuses on three populist far-right parties—the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE), Alternative for Germany (AfD), and Poland's Law and Justice (PiS)—and the discursive-institutional tactics each used from 2014 to 2021 to delay decarbonization of their carbon-intensive regions. We identify three discursive-institutional tactics used by populist far-right actors to delay decarbonization: (1) politicizing decarbonization, (2) reframing cultural values to form alliances with anti-decarbonization movements, and (3) dismantling key decarbonization institutions. We show that the populist far-right discursive-institutional tactics in European regional decarbonization are prevalent and vary widely. The politics of backlash against the EU-driven progressive public policies and anti-democratic rhetoric, including xenophobia and national sovereignty discourses are commonly used by these three populist far right parties to mobilize counternarratives against climate change and regional decarbonization. EKRE and PiS typically portray themselves as the protectors of social insurance and safety for vulnerable groups affected by regional decarbonization. PiS and AfD harness regional identity to mobilize civic engagement against decarbonization. All three parties work to empty and dismantle key decarbonization institutions. Overall, our findings suggest that carbon-intensive regions are particularly susceptible to the discursive tactics and institutional work of populist far-right parties, and may therefore provide opportunities for these parties to constrain decarbonization more broadly.

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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0962629823001142

Rising temperatures and the rise of the far right. What disasters happen when they meet?

In recent years, the far right has done everything in its power to accelerate the heating: an American president who believes it is a hoax has removed limits on fossil fuel production. The Brazilian president has opened the Amazon and watched it burn. In Europe, parties denying the crisis and insisting on maximum combustion have stormed into office, from Sweden to Spain. On the brink of breakdown, the forces most aggressively promoting business-as-usual have surged – always in defense of white privilege, against supposed threats from non-white others. Where have they come from?

The first study of the far right in the climate crisis, White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism presents an eye-opening sweep of a novel political constellation, and reveals its deep historical roots. Fossil-fueled technologies were born steeped in racism. None loved them more passionately than the classical fascists. As such forces rise to the surface, some profess to have the solution – closing borders to save the climate. Epic and riveting, White Skin, Black Fuel traces a future of political fronts that can only heat up.

White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism | Verso Books
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2520-white-skin-black-fuel

Neni to "uplne dezinfo", ale zpusob, jakym se v animovanem serialu Novy pracuje s klimatickymi aktivisty, je... Miminalne zvlastni :)

Tady dil o reklame na internetu, kam se z nejakeho neznameho duvodu podvedomy hejt na klima-aktivisty povedlo propasovat: https://tv.nova.cz/porad/kyber-tabu/epizoda/421415-reklama

Cas 3:49-5:15.

Plati to PPF.

Boze, Kovanda zase zasahuje...

„Vypočítal, že programy typu Green Deal budou stát každou osobu za rok až 5 tisíc eur. To znamená, že čtyřčlenná rodina ročně zaplatí navíc zhruba půl milionu korun – samozřejmě v dnešních cenách – oproti situaci, kdy by žádný Green Deal nebyl,“ poukazuje na sociální rozměr ekologických regulací.
„A za to, že každá rodina bude dávat půl milionů korun navíc ročně, získáme to, že bude v roce 2100 průměrná globální teplota o 0,1 °C menší,“ komentuje Kovanda statistikovy výpočty.

Ekonom Kovanda: Role státu je zajistit bezpečnost, ne bojovat s CO2. Vždyť nám za humny zuří válka | Plus
https://plus.rozhlas.cz/role-statu-je-zajistit-bezpecnost-ne-bojovat-s-co2-vzdyt-nam-za-humny-zuri-valka-9216505

On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, award-winning investigative journalist Rebecca Burns joins us to discuss her investigation "Against the Wind.” Burns details how a well-financed network of climate science deniers, right-wing think tanks, and fossil energy shills have intensified their disinformation campaigns against wind and solar.

Burns writes, "Now, from coastal hamlets in New York to rural farming towns in Ohio, residents supporting wind and solar in their communities are running up against the same barrier: a chorus of disinformation, much of it tied to, or even circulated directly by, fossil-fuel-backed groups waging an existential fight to preserve the status quo."

Inside the conspiracy to take down wind and solar power | KALW
https://www.kalw.org/show/your-call/2024-04-12/inside-the-conspiracy-to-take-down-wind-and-solar-power

Konecne dobre zpravy!

Vojtěch Pecka: Konečně! Skupina českých inženýrů vyřešila klimatickou krizi. Bezbolestně - Ekolist.cz
https://ekolist.cz/cz/publicistika/nazory-a-komentare/vojtech-pecka-konecne-skupina-ceskych-inzenyru-vyresila-klimatickou-krizi.bezbolestne

Lobbista za fosilní paliva a ředitel největšího znečišťovatele v Česku by se nově měl stát poslancem. Nahradí zesnulého Jaroslava Baštu.
Zesnulého Jaroslava Baštu by v Poslanecké sněmovně měl nově nahradit padesátiletý Marcel Dlask, který za ním v roce 2021 kandidoval jako dvojka v Pardubickém kraji.
Provozní ředitel Elektrárny Chvaletice, patřící firmě Sev.en Pavla Tykače, už s Poslaneckou sněmovnou jisté zkušenosti má. Po volbách se stal jedním ze čtyř Baštových asistentů.

Baštu má ve Sněmovně nahradit ředitel Tykačovy elektrárny - Seznam Zprávy
https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/domaci-politika-bastu-ma-ve-snemovne-nahradit-reditel-tykacovy-elektrarny-249364