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Narratives in contemporary UK climate policy and their alignment with business and climate advocacy groups

Bieling, Till Erik (2025) Narratives in contemporary UK climate policy and their alignment with business and climate advocacy groups.

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Abstract:This study contributes to the work of identifying the driving factors and stories behind climate policy in the UK. To achieve this, the Narrative Policy Framework is used to discover the alignment between the narratives used by environmental NGOs and business associations in the United Kingdom and the nar-ratives underlying the “Powering up Britian” policy plan. For this end, the study is divided into two parts, using inductive coding to identify the main narratives in the eNGO and British business associa-tions (BBA) publications, that were published after the release of the former policy strategy and prior to the release of the new policy plan, and then using these findings to discover to which extent these narratives are represented in the final policies. The results show that the eNGOs emphasise the urgency and injustice of the situation as well as those hurt by climate change, while the BBAs have an econom-ic focus and emphasise the benefits of a transition. The policy strategies meanwhile have a clear do-mestic and problem focus, putting emphasis on the transition to low carbon production methods, show-ing a greater alignment with narratives used by the BBAs.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:89 political science
Programme:Management Society and Technology BSc (56654)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/107678
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