Essays about: "Green Climate Fund"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Green Climate Fund.
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1. CLIMATE FINANCE AND UNIVERSAL ENERGY ACCESS: ENERGY JUSTICE IN THE GREEN CLIMATE FUNDS PROJECTS TO PROMOTE ENERGY ACCESS IN AFRICA
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Climate finance is becoming an increasingly important aspect of climate change action, and massive sums are estimated to be required to mitigate further increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Mitigation projects supported by climate finance further have the possibility to increase access to modern energy services in countries where these are lacking. READ MORE
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2. A Trend Towards Climate Reparations?: Contemporary Perspectives on Global Climate Justice by the European Commission vs Political Actors of the Global South
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : This thesis aims to answer the following questions: How does the EU Commission approach the issue of climate justice, more specifically climate reparations? What discursive patterns and inconsistencies are present in the EU Commission’s stance on climate justice? What are the relationships between the EU Commission and actors representing the Global South on the topic of climate reparations? How does the EU work with climate financing today on an international level? Finally, what demands are coming from the Global South? In order to respond to these questions, critical discourse analysis is used to analyze three documents. This analysis is combined with postcolonial interpretations, specifically postcolonial Europe and decoloniality. READ MORE
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3. Climate, Coloniality and Financialization: A Decolonial Analysis of Global Climate Finance
University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Providing adequate climate finance, meaning funding for mitigation, adaptation or loss and damage, has been very high on the global policy agenda recently. The political economy and ecology behind it are much more complex and morally multidimensional than the mainstream finance world likes to present it though, which results in grave colonial injustices, international debt crises, deepened global inequalities and heightened climate vulnerabilities. READ MORE
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4. Climate Disaster-Triggered Attention Shifts: Evidence from Green Mutual Fund Flows
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This thesis empirically investigates the degree to which climate disasters have a behavioral impact on mutual fund flows into green versus non-green funds. Through a twofold analysis that studies both Google search volume-proxied investor attention as well as green and control mutual fund flows, we show that local climate disasters have a positive impact on both investor attention and behavior towards green funds. READ MORE
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5. A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HOW THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND ADAPTED ITS 2014 ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN EARTH HOUR IN SWEDEN AND TURKEY
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : Klimatförändringar är ett allvarligt problem som hotar vår planet och alla dess invånare.Världsnaturfonden (World Wildlife Fund) arbetar för att minimera och förhindra de skrämmandekonsekvenser som vi oundvikligen kommer att möta om vi fortsätter att leva och konsumera som vi gör. READ MORE
