Language and Climate Change: The Role of Language in Climate Change Communication and Mitigation in Indonesia

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10.2991/978-2-38476-317-7_110How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Climate Change; Communication; Language; Linguistics

Abstract

The current research elaborates on how to assess and make language use more effective for communication on climate change in Indonesia. Indonesia makes up only 1.3% of the total global carbon emissions. The country is seriously threatened by climate change, which results from increasing sea levels, floods, droughts, and erratic weather. The challenges in dealing with these are compounded by the low public understanding and response towards climate change issues because of language use and ineffective communication. This research has thus adopted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify, evaluate, and interpret literature relevant to language and climate change. The results demonstrate that language plays a significant role in creating public awareness and understanding concerning climate change. In non-urban areas, using local languages increases public understanding and participation in activities that aim to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It is also a part where climate change affects the sustainability of local languages, especially minority language communities living in vulnerable areas. Therefore, the significance of this identification lies in the gap: the lack of depth of a study on how the use of local languages may be effective and the impact climate change has caused on minority language communities in Indonesia. This study is expected to fill the significant gap in improving climate change communication in Indonesia through appropriate and contextually based language use.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Riki Nasrullah
AU  - Kisyani Kisyani
AU  - Fafi Inayatillah
AU  - Arditya Prayogi
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/02/13
TI  - Language and Climate Change: The Role of Language in Climate Change Communication and Mitigation in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2024 (IJCAH 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1129
EP  - 1141
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-317-7_110
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-317-7_110
ID  - Nasrullah2025
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