Threatification, riskification, or normal politics?

This research paper examines securitization trends in Swedish climate adaptation policy between 2005 and 2022, analyzing whether the approach aligns with threatification, riskification, or normal politics through the lens of discourses, actor constellations, and tools.

• Extreme weather events in 2005 caused a shift in the discourse of climate adaptation, moving it from a non-political issue toward riskification.
• Sweden's 2018 national climate adaptation strategy presents climate change as a risk that is manageable through adaptation measures.
• Climate adaptation in Sweden is currently integrated into standard political processes and managed via existing tools—such as expert agency recommendations, research, and risk assessments—rather than through extraordinary measures or a dedicated risk governance framework.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2023). Threatification, riskification, or normal politics? https://www.sei.org/publications/threatification-riskification-or-normal-politics/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Threatification, riskification, or normal politics? 2023. https://www.sei.org/publications/threatification-riskification-or-normal-politics/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2023threatification, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Threatification, riskification, or normal politics?}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/threatification-riskification-or-normal-politics/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }