Essays about: "COP27"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word COP27.
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1. The Loss and Damage fund: An investigation of discourse and power under the UNFCCC
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : At the international climate negotiations at COP27, parties reached the historic agreement to establish a fund to provide assistance to countries in responding to costs associated with climate change, the loss and damage fund. The decision is a result of many years of struggle for the recognition of loss and damage under the UNFCCC which have long been opposed by post-industrial countries. READ MORE
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2. What is vulnerability to climate change and who are the particularly vulnerable?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)Abstract : The effects of climate change are resulting in harmful impacts — known as loss and damage — hitting the most vulnerable countries the hardest. At COP27 in Sharm el- Sheikh, a new “loss and damage fund” was agreed upon, creating history within the international climate change policy arena. READ MORE
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3. The Perception Divide: Exploring European and African Actors’ Views of the EU’s Climate Leadership at COP27
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates the European Union’s self-perception as a global climate leader and contrasts it with the underrepresented African perspective on the EU’s role in international climate negotiations. Using a role-theoretical framework, the research analyses different leadership types and qualities, comparing European and African perceptions of the EU’s involvement in multilateral climate change negotiations. READ MORE
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4. Establishing a Loss and Damage Fund : How Small Island Developing States Negotiated a 'Historic Deal for Climate Justice'
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : After years of proposals for a Loss and Damage fund meant to deliver climate justice for developing states being blocked, such a fund was established at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on November 20, 2022. Based on constructivist theories of norm diffusion and persuasion, complemented by theories on strategic negotiating and normative discussions of justice, this thesis conducts a directed content analysis to examine the discourses used by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the EU in negotiations for the Loss and Damage fund. READ MORE
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5. Building Resilience in the Age of Disasters
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)Abstract : The consequences of climate change and increasing disasters jeopardise the livelihoods and resilience of some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. Strengthened international efforts to mobilise and allocate additional climate and disaster resilience financing are required to address the needs of the countries that have least contributed to climate change and who currently are at the forefront of its implications. READ MORE
