Science and technology in the international politics of sustainable development

Abstract

The critical discourse analysis (CDA) applied to the text “The Future We Want,” produced by the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (aka Rio+20), sought to identify the discourses used in depicting the subject of science and technology in the geopolitics of sustainable development. CDA’s theoretical-methodological apparatus reveals a belief that technological innovations will be able to offer solutions for the development issues and guide political decisions toward sustainability.