Manufactured Emergencies and Metapolitical Struggles in Far-Right Alternative Media: Climate Conspiracism in “Il Primato Nazionale” and “Compact-Magazin

The chapter examines how far-right media negotiate the relationship between climate denial, environmental discourse, and competing visions of nature and progress through conspiratorial framing strategies. Focusing on a comparative analysis of two far-right alternative media outlets—Il Primato Nazionale (Italy) and COMPACT-Magazin (Germany)—it explores how conspiracy narratives shape understandings of climate change, modernity, and societal transformation. Drawing on scholarship on conspiracism and far-right environmental communication, the paper investigates whether conspiracy theories primarily serve to deny climate change or rather to delegitimise environmentalism as a political and cultural project. Particular attention is paid to the discursive construction of “nature,” which is alternately represented as a self-regulating order and as a victim of environmental policies perceived as threatening sovereignty and economic development.Methodologically, the study combines frame analysis with the identification of recurring topoi within the Discourse-Historical Approach. The empirical material consists of print special issues and online articles published between 2019 and 2025.