Ecological discourse analysis of Al-Sisi’s climate change speech at the COP-27 Conference

Abstract

This paper focuses on employing ecological discourse analysis (EDA)in studying presidential political discourse. The paper aims to investigate the discourse and significant ecological elements in the political address given by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, at the COP27 opening session on November 7 th , 2022. With a focus on the language utilized, the study placed these subjects discussed in the speech in their respective social and cultural settings. The speech is analyzed using EDA as a theoretical framework. The data obtained were analyzed using a variety of resources. The analysis depends on an explanatory framework that offers an outline for analyzing discourse and demonstrates the discursive and aesthetic techniques used to convey the intended meanings. This study attempts to contextualize the current state of the world by focusing on the global topic of “climate change” as it is being addressed by world leaders within a speech community and enclosing linguistic and discursive issues within. Presidential discourse is globally critical, therefore approaching it from an EDA viewpoint is significant. The results of the study revealed that the language of the speech was used tactfully to arrive at the intended goals of the speaker. Regulative discourse is widely employed in the speech of the Egyptian president to achieve different ecological ideologies. The study’s findings demonstrated that this speech had its distinctive characteristics, and that language was skillfully exploited to achieve the speaker’s desired