Essays about: "Distributional justice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Distributional justice.

  1. 1. How distributional equity affects evolutionarily sustainable landscape management

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Malin Johansson; [2023-12-14]
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    Abstract : As the human population rapidly grows, ensuring food availability for everyone will require substantial agricultural intensification in a sustainable manner. This must however be achieved without negatively impacting ecosystems or stakeholders' (e.g. farmers) livelihoods. READ MORE

  3. 2. (Em)powering community energy on Gotland : An exploration of energy justice through a case study of "an island in an island"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Frida Malin Møberg Mundbjerg; Marie Bredkjær Thomsen; [2023]
    Keywords : community energy; energy justice; island identity; local empowerment; energy transition; Gotland; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The energy transition raises concerns about local communities' marginalisation in decision-making and ownership models, leading to justice debates. Community energy (CE) gains attention as a pathway towards energy justice (EJ). Drawing on qualitative data collected on Gotland, we examine how the Austerland CE project delivers EJ. READ MORE

  4. 3. Lost in (Just) Transition? The Herculean Task of ‘leaving no-one behind’ in European Climate Adaptation Policy: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the European North-South Divide

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Ioannou Naoum; [2023]
    Keywords : climate justice; climate adaptation; Normative Power Europe; just transitions; North-South Divide; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In an era of climate emergency, considerations of justice are increasingly gaining traction. The unequal exposure to climate vulnerabilities across the European landscape has created a North-South gap in adaptation, which is examined through the critical cases of Sweden and Greece. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate governance in a well-ordered world : an analysis of Rawlsian climate justice and the goal of climate action

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Andreas Ekvall; [2022]
    Keywords : Rawls’; distributional justice; communitarianism; Agenda 2030; climate justice;

    Abstract : The aspiration of normative theory to conceptualise climate justice is a contested endeavour. At best there are certain agreements about what constitutes distributional justice on a surface level, while it remains challenged whether such conceptualisation is helpful in the realisation of climate justice. READ MORE

  6. 5. Urban Forests and Environmental Justice. Insights from Padua and Turin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Nicolò Zagato; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban Forests; Environmental Justice; Governance; Italy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Cities around the world are employing strategies to become greener and more sustainable, and urban forests can play a major role in providing environmental benefits. However, it has been found that in many cities those benefits are not equally experienced by citizens, highlighting the importance of examining environmental justice. READ MORE