Toward a More Expansive Discourse in a Changing World: An Analysis of Political Leaders’ Speeches on Biodiversity

Speeches delivered in the Conference of Parties (COPs) to Convention on Biological Diversity represent leading discourses about biodiversity conservation. The discourse shared by high-level politicians is especially influential financing and decision-making process global governance. However, speeches given COPs have not been subject systematic analyses until now. This study analyzes host countries’ at six most recent investigates which expressed speeches. regulatory that views nature as a resource was found be dominant discourse, while other view scientific object or spiritual entity were represented only marginally. As need for transformational policy conservation growing amid pandemic, it essential deepen our understanding dynamics complexity reflect process. suggests more balanced may earn broader audiences’ consensus