Norges klimaomdømme på Twitter

Written by

Tatjana Stankovic

Senior Research Fellow

Ole Jacob Sending

Research Professor, Head of Center for Geopolitics

Indra Overland

Research Professor

Ed.

Summary:

In this article we explore whether oil and gas industry negatively affects Norway’s climate reputation by analyzing tweets posted during the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. To make our findings more reliable, we compare tweets about Norway with tweets about Sweden. The results of our study reveal that there is no significant difference in negative sentiment between tweets about Norway compared with tweets about Sweden. However, we find that tweets about the two states differ thematically. While dominant topics in tweets mentioning Sweden are about promotion of the green transition and climate activism, tweets about Norway are mostly about climate financing and the need to phase out fossil fuel production. Furthermore, negative tweets about Sweden are of a more general nature, similar to criticism of all countries not meeting their climate goals, while negative tweets about Norway are specific and related to fossil fuel industry.

Published year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23865/intpol.v80.3762
Publisher: Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Language: Norwegian
Journal: Internasjonal Politikk
URL 1: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3012992
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