Climate security dialogues on Twitter: An annotated dataset.

Area of Science:

• Environmental Science
• Political Science
• Sociology

Background:

• Climate security is an emerging field examining climate change risks to nations, societies, and individuals, including potential conflicts.
• Conceptual definitions and global discussions are not yet fully standardized, necessitating analysis of diverse interpretations.
• Twitter serves as a significant digital platform for public discourse and information exchange on this critical topic.

Purpose of the Study:

• To systematically analyze global discussions on climate security using Twitter data.
• To map thematic priorities, identify different framings, and understand information gaps.
• To assess the discursive evolution of climate security over nearly a decade.

Main Methods:

• A snowball scraping technique collected 636,379 tweets related to climate security hashtags (January 2014 - May 2023).
• Text mining and network analysis were employed for content analysis.
• Data generated included sentiment, mentioned countries, and hashtag co-occurrences.

Main Results:

• The dataset provides a comprehensive overview of global conversations on climate security.
• Analysis reveals the evolving landscape of climate security discourse, including key themes and geographical focuses.
• Identified information gaps and thematic priorities offer directions for future research and policy.

Conclusions:

• This large-scale Twitter dataset offers valuable insights into the multifaceted nature of climate security.
• The findings facilitate a deeper understanding of how climate change and security are interconnected in public and academic dialogues.
• The study provides a foundation for tracking and analyzing future trends in climate security research and policy.