Essays about: "American Progress"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words American Progress.

  1. 1. Private Climate Litigation: A Viable Tool for Climate Justice?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : August Carlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : private law; private climate litigation; climate justice; environmental justice; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay concerns private climate litigation as a tool through which victims of loss and damage can access climate justice. Anthropogenic climate change is already today causing substantial harm to people and communities all over the world. READ MORE

  3. 2. Expression of the Sloppymerase™ in NIH/3T3 Cells: Exploring the Versatility of an Error Prone Fusion Polymerase

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaceutisk biovetenskap

    Author : Mikaela Mattsson; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of this project is to assess the versatility of the Sloppymerase by performing stable transfection in NIH/3T3 cells and decide whether this cell line can be a candidate for further research on the Sloppymerase as a cancer model. The American cancer society predicts 1,806,590 new cancer cases in the US in 2020. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Young & The Dying : The Continued Romanticization of Terminally Ill Adolescents in Contemporary American Cinema

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Christian Gregory; [2020]
    Keywords : Cancer; Sick-Lit; Sick-Flicks; Cystic Fibrosis; CF; YA Literature; YA Films; The Fault in Our Stars; Five Feet Apart; Love Story; John Green;

    Abstract : This essay examines how the past decade’s wave of young adult films portraying termi-nal illnesses compare and contrast with similar works from both film as well as literary works commonly referred to as “sick-lit”. By viewing three prominent films released be-tween 2014 and 2019 and applying both literature dealing with sick-lit as well as texts fo-cused on how cinema tends to portray serious illnesses such as cancer, I attempt to dis-cern whether significant change in the way which contemporary film handles severe ill-nesses has occurred. READ MORE

  5. 4. How to protect the environment without infringing the competition: A study on environmental vertical agreements in theory and in practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Alicia Grethes; [2020]
    Keywords : Environment; competition law; vertical agreements; vertikala avtal; miljöavtal; miljöskydd; konkurrensrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As humanity is facing its biggest challenge ever – the climate crisis – it is now more important than ever that environmental protection is integrated in all parts of the European Union. Environmental protection is considered a main objective of the EU. READ MORE

  6. 5. Governing to Save the Earth : An Analysis of How to Elect a Pro-Climate Congress in the United States of America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Aaron Danowski; [2019]
    Keywords : American climate politics; American Nations; partisan parity; asymmetrical polarization; filibuster; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to provide a political strategy for building a lasting pro-climate governing majority in the House and Senate. It analyses the current state of the pro-climate coalition in Congress and lays out the top opportunities for and threats to climate governance in the US. READ MORE