Essays about: "Energy justice"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 68 essays containing the words Energy justice.

  1. 21. Energy justice for members only? A study of German energy cooperatives’ contributions to energy justice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Juliane Marie Miller; [2022]
    Keywords : energy democracy; energy poverty; community energy; prosumption; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Energy cooperatives are seen as a way to achieve energy democracy in both academic and activist circles, with often an implicit expectation that they also contribute to energy justice. These assumptions are increasingly being questioned, often on the grounds of the limited diversity of energy cooperative membership. READ MORE

  3. 22. Future land use and the pre-emption of conflicts

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-)

    Author : Åsa Lindh; [2022]
    Keywords : Land use; land use planning; national interests; nature with legal personhood; conflict management; conflict pre-emption; wind power; energy landscapes; indigenous knowledge; environmental science; environmental law; environmental ethics and jurisprudence; sustainability; innovation theory;

    Abstract : As the title presents, this thesis will explore the area of land use, and in this context, planning for managing potential conflicts that occur today and are likely to continue to arise in the future.  To assist with a potential solution, the concepts of ‘nature with legal person hood’, and ‘national interests’ (‘riksintressen’) falling under Swedish environmental law, will be the focus. READ MORE

  4. 23. Contested justice - Climate justice activists’ and coal workers’ interpretations of a just transition in the Rhinish lignite phase out

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Anna Weinrich; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The combustion of lignite coal for energy production significantly contributes to Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions, leading climate justice activists to advocate for an immediate coal exit. Workers of the lignite industry strongly oppose this as they worry about the structural decline of mining regions and their financial security. READ MORE

  5. 24. Participatory Rights in the Honduran Renewable Energy Sector : An International Environmental Law Perspective

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholms miljörättscentrum (SMC)

    Author : Alicia Vargas; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study approaches participatory rights regime that includes Access to Environmental Information, Public Participation in decision making and Access to Justice in relation to environmental matters. It explores the Honduran law with the purpose of verifying if the regulations that control and manage the renewable energy sector are compatible with the participatory rights regime that International Environmental Law and Human Rights Law states. READ MORE

  6. 25. Repurposing of Electric Vehicle Batteries for Energy Storage – A review of the current legal framework and proposals for improvement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Daniel Torán Saltó; [2022]
    Keywords : Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Electric Vehicle Batteries; Waste Law; Circular Economy; Reuse; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Circular economy has recently become a central part of European policy, bridging the environmental and economic policy domains closer than ever in an attempt to fulfil enhanced environmental ambitions. As economic operators seek to adopt innovative solutions, the issue of how established legal frameworks hamper or facilitate them becomes central. READ MORE