Essays about: "regime and climate theory]"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words regime and climate theory].
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6. The Paris Agreement and the Regulatory Chill - Investigating Climate-Trade Conflicts in SIDS
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Despite the general consensus on the urgent need for climate mitigation, the achievements of the climate regime have so far been discouraging. The supportiveness of pre-existing global governance institutions should be achieved to enable truly ambitious climate policy. READ MORE
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7. Pushing innovation from below : the role of accelerator programs in the German energy transition
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : In order to fight climate change and meet the Paris Agreement to keep the global temperature rise below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, there is an urgent need to change the dominant way of producing and consuming energy worldwide. However, governing an energy transition is a complex and challenging task, as different actors and interests clash on different levels. READ MORE
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8. Niche Providers' Perspective : Barriers towards LOD implementation in Stockholm
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Studies indicate that there will be an increase in precipitation and flooding in cities due to coming climate changes. The current stormwater management systems in Stockholm are not equipped to handle such a change. This necessitates a momentum towards sustainable stormwater solutions. READ MORE
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9. On the road to sustainability : exploring transition and transport planning in Oslo, Norway
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Achieving climate change mitigation targets requires a drastic cut in emissions from the transport sector – a huge challenge for regions where a heavily road-based mobility is already established, and where emissions have steadily increased for the past 20 years. Expectations of highly efficient, fast and ever-increasing mobility adds to the challenge. READ MORE
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10. Something wicked this way comes: Authoritarian discourses of global warming and future-creation in Syria between the years 2011-2015
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Grounded in the discipline of climate politics, this theory-developing study (based on the work of Ben Anderson (2010)) is a first attempt towards expanding his analysis of future-creation in liberal countries to also include an authoritarian state. This is done by roughly sketching out the ways in which the Syrian al-Assad regime talks about futures related to anthropogenic global warming and/or its consequences. READ MORE