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Addressing climate change in presidential inaugural speeches (2022-2024)
The objective of this report is to analyze the presidential speeches delivered at the opening of ordinary sessions before the Argentine National Congress from 2022 to 2024. Building on the analysis conducted within the framework of Policy Report No. 4 of Argentina 1.5°C, a survey is carried out of the approach to climate change in the speeches of Alberto Fernández (2022 and 2023) and Javier Milei (2024), considering the evolution of the issue's importance, its context, themes, and associated processes. Secondly, a frequency analysis is performed from 1992 to 2024, applying it to climate change and environmental issues. Finally, the discursive construction of climate change as a domestic and foreign policy issue is analyzed. While Argentina has taken significant steps towards greater institutional maturity in environmental and climate matters through policy, regulatory and governance instruments that presidents mention in their speeches, the absence of the topic - expected but not desired - in Javier Milei's speech is a symptom of the institutional regression that began with the elimination of bureaucratic structures such as the Ministry of Environment starting in December 2023.
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