Ecological Analysis of Public Speeches in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: A Perspective of Transitivity

The objective of this study is to investigate ten speeches delivered at the 15th (COP15) and 26th (COP26) sessions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), guided by the ecosophy of “harmony, diversity, co-existence, and interaction” to extract and analyze the prevalent ecological perspectives on climate change, as well as to assess the advancements achieved since COP15. A quantitative analysis is undertaken based on the principle of transitivity, utilizing statistics pertaining to the distribution patterns of processes, participants, and the environmental elements within clauses as the fundamental data for assessment. The study revealed that the ecological perspective of the discourses is in line with the ecosophy, which advocates balanced development alongside the remediation and replenishment of nature, and the ecological perspective of COP26 significantly diverges from that of COP15, primarily due to the remarkable technological advancements achieved since then and the heightened confidence among individuals in tackling the challenges posed by climate change.