New scientific paper from BESIDE team targets the evolution of climate political agendas in Portugal and EU and provides hints for future sustainability needs and initiatives.
BESIDE team members have published a highly relevant new scientific article on the top scientific journal on the Sustainable Development theme with a very high impact factor. This most recent publication examines the evolution of Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDG13) and its targets in Portuguese political party manifestos and their European affiliations.
The article titled “ Current climate action trends in party-political manifestos: A
content analysis provides hints to move forward” published in Wiley journal Sustainable Development was written by BESIDE members Gonçalo Brás (Assistant Researcher), Ana Lillebø (Scientific Coordinator), and Helena Vieira (ERA Chair holder) and uses socioeconomic research methods to track the evolution of the topics and terms linked to SDG13 in the last 3 election cycles in Portuguese policy and correlates the results with current European affiliation parties’ trends.
The study results reveal significant variation in how political parties in Portugal prioritise climate action, with left-wing parties placing it at the forefront of their agendas and far right-wing ones showing limited to no commitment to SDG13. It also highlights how European political affiliations influence national parties’ positions on this topic, underlining the importance of transnational cooperation in addressing global climate challenges. Additionally, the research finds an increasing trend towards the inclusion of climate goals in manifestos, although the level of detail and commitment still varies between parties.
This publication reflects the utility and potential impact of the interdisciplinary research approach taken by the BESIDE ERA CHAIR project team, where socioeconomic scientists work together with natural scientists to tackle current societal global challenges like climate change and produce new knowledge that can easily be translated for policy and industry stakeholders’ decision-support dossiers.
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