Essays about: "ecomodernism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word ecomodernism.

1. 1. The obscuration of climate-induced mobility : A discourse analysis of the EU governance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Josefin Sjöberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability science; mobilities; EU; Governmentality; Vulnerability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate changes and disasters are evidently contributing to migration and displacement of people all over the world, including Europe, and yet, climate-induced mobilities seem to be neglected in EUs internal policies. The aim of this study is to use discourse analysis and the Foucauldian inspired framework “analytics of governance”, to analyze and understand the shaping and construction of EU policies on climate-induced mobility. READ MORE

3. 2. The threat of embodied carbon in the building sector. What is guiding the solution?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Andrea Stevens; [2023]
   Keywords : Embodied Carbon; Building Sector; Ecomodernism; Decarbonisation; Climate Change; Building Materials; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Embodied carbon in the building sector is an emerging area for decarbonisation efforts due to its large contribution to carbon emissions and ability to support carbon neutrality targets. This thesis aims to understand the roots of current embodied decarbonisation strategy recommendations, by exploring how embodied carbon reduction strategies are in line with the philosophy of ecomodernism. READ MORE

4. 3. Green Greed A Poststructural Policy Analysis of “H&M Group Sustainability Performance Report 2020”

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Lisa Carlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Capitalism; Circular Growth; Degrowth; Decoupling; Democratized fashion; Depoliticization; Ecomodernism; Green growth; Governmentality; Institutionalized knowledges; Neoliberalism; Poststructuralism; Power knowledge; Policy analysis; Social Constructivism; WPR approach; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how discursive formations of problem representations presented in the “H&M Group Sustainability Performance Report 2020” institutionalize and shape knowledge regarding strategies on combating climate change. The politics behind these formations are made visible by using Carol Bacchi’s Poststructural Policy Analysis What’s the problem represented to be?(WPR) as a methodological framework. READ MORE

5. 4. The discursive battle for Lysekil : An argumentative discourse analysis of the Swedish Preem refinery debate

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Torsten Blad; [2020]
   Keywords : Preemraff; Lysekil; argumentative discourse analysis; discourse coalitions; storylines;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of discourse in our understanding of environmental issues, using an argumentative discourse analytical approach developed by Maarten Hajer. The case under study is the public debate around the Preem refinery expansion in the Swedish town of Lysekil, which mainly took place between 2019–2020. READ MORE

6. 5. Flags don’t feed people: nationalism and agri-culture in the UK : a critical framing analysis of nationalism as it appears in British agri-cultural discourse in the context of Brexit

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Anoushka Carter; [2020]
   Keywords : Nationalism; agriculture; ecological patriotism; far right; neoliberal capitalism; ecomodernism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : As Europe witnesses a rise in support of the far-right, more attention is being paid to why nationalistic sentiment is gaining popularity, particularly amongst rural populations. However, less known is how nationalism interacts with pressing ecological issues, even less so with agricultural matters. READ MORE