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Addressing climate change in presidential inaugural speeches (1992-2021)
The objective of this report is to analyze presidential speeches delivered at the opening of ordinary sessions before the Argentine National Congress from 1992 to 2021. To this end, the report first provides an interpretive review of how climate change is addressed, examining the evolution of its prominence under each Argentine administration and how climate change is defined. Second, it analyzes whether climate change is framed in relation to domestic policy or Argentina’s foreign policy (AFP). The findings show that environmental issues feature in a large proportion of the speeches. However, the specific treatment of climate change has evolved over time, varying across administrations and reflecting the country’s domestic and systemic fluctuations.
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