Public Discourses of Climate Change in Hong Kong
Public Discourses of Climate Change in Hong Kong
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香港气候变化的公众讨论
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2016
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A. Lo
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摘要香港政治环境的变化可能会加速环境政策话语的转变。关键的公众参与的机会正在增加，新的环境话语正在出现。然而，以前的社会调查没有探讨这些话语的范围，很少关注气候变化。本文概述了香港公众对气候变化的讨论。使用Q-方法论，四个独特的话语，即纯粹的环境主义，政治实用主义，大众乐观主义，和公平竞争主义。虽然第一个是以气候为中心的，但其他三个是政治或社会性质的，并不表明一个明确或连贯的气候方向。这表明香港公众对气候变化的关注并没有紧密地融入社会和体制转型的连贯叙述中。有效的气候变化治理和政策要求加强这种关切与公众对社会和体制变革的愿望之间的联系。将正在进行的社会运动和环境运动结合起来，将有助于培养积极的气候公民。
Abstract The changing political environment in Hong Kong is likely to accelerate the transition in environmental policy discourse. Opportunities for critical public involvement are increasing and new environmental discourses are emerging. Yet, previous social surveys did not explore the range of these discourses and few focused on climate change. The paper outlines the public discourses of climate change in Hong Kong. Using Q-methodology, four distinctive discourses were identified, namely Pure Environmentalism, Political Pragmatism, Popular Optimism, and Fair Rationalism. While the first one is climate-centric, the other three are political or social in nature and do not indicate a clear or coherent climate orientation. This suggests that the climate change concern of the Hong Kong public is not tightly embedded into a coherent narrative of social and institutional transformation. Effective climate change governance and policies require strengthening the link between such concern and the public desires for social and institutional transformation. Bringing together the ongoing social movements and environmental campaigns will be instrumental to nurture an active climate citizenry.