Essays about: "water policy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 253 essays containing the words water policy.

  1. 11. Charting a Course for the Future: An Analysis of the Level of Climate-Security Integration in the EU’s Development Cooperation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Roemer Goes; [2023]
    Keywords : climate-security; climate change; development cooperation; European Union; policy integration.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate-related security risks (CRSR) have risen on the foreign policy agenda of the European Union (EU). As climate change accelerates, its impacts exacerbate existing social, economic, and environmental challenges within and between communities and increase the likelihood of states experiencing humanitarian crises and conflict. READ MORE

  3. 12. Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus in the Inkomati-Usuthu Water Management Area, South Africa: A Systematic Review.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Aaron Bryce Chawiya; [2023]
    Keywords : Cross-sector collaboration; Policy; Sustainable Development; Resource Management; Transboundary Resources; WEFE Nexus;

    Abstract : The growing importance to finding workable solutions to the problem of unsustainable and inefficient resource use cannot be overstated.  In the world facing one of its critical sustainability periods, efficient resource utilization to ensure sustainable development is a problem policymakers should grapple with at a loc, regional and local levels. READ MORE

  4. 13. A new era for water governance? An analysis on water and climate discourse after the 2018 drought in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Mollie Sager; [2023]
    Keywords : water governance; drought; Sweden; political ecology; sustainability science; discourse; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Access to water is taken for granted in water abundant countries like Sweden, but safe water supply is increasingly threatened by droughts. This thesis analyses how the Swedish water sector responded to the unprecedented drought in 2018, by analysing water security discourse through the framework “What’s the problem represented to be?”. READ MORE

  5. 14. The European pressurized-water reactor between narratives and policies: exploring the French nuclear reactor design with a feasibility framework to assess wider implications for France and the EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Simone Della Coletta; [2023]
    Keywords : EPR; nuclear; feasibility; narrative; policy; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With fossil fuel-dependencies affecting energy generation, and renewables being contextually limited by intermittency and dispatchability issues, this work explores European Pressurized-water Reactors (EPRs) as a nuclear-based climate mitigation measure in France and in the EU. Through its conceptual framework, this paper evaluates the technical potential of EPRs through the gate-keeping effect of initiative feasibility and narrative analysis. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Impact of Environmental and Social Challenges ofLithium Extraction from the Lithium Triangle Countries : A Literature Review from a Political Ecology and Environmental JusticePerspective

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Aoife Carlander-Reuterfelt Hegarty; [2023]
    Keywords : Political ecology; Environmental Justice; Lithium triangle; Lithium extraction; Indigenous communities; Water justice;

    Abstract : The extraction of lithium, a crucial mineral for the production of batteries in the rapidlyexpanding electric vehicle and renewable energy sectors, has gained significant attention due toits environmental and social implications. This thesis provides a comprehensive literature reviewon the environmental and social challenges associated with lithium extraction from the LithiumTriangle countries, namely Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, through the lens of political ecology. READ MORE