Essays about: "Huaraz"

Found 1 essay containing the word Huaraz.

  1. 1. Climate Blame Below The Glaciers - Challenges to Climate Justice in Peruvian Mountains and German Courts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Line Skovlund Larsen; [2018]
    Keywords : Climate Blame; Climate Justice; Perceptions of Climate Change Causes; Climate Liability; Climate Litigation; Individual Guilt; Collective Responsibility; Diffuse Responsibility; Water Scarcity; Glacial Lake Outburst Flood; The Global South; The Andes; RWE; Huaraz; Peru; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates climate blame amongst a local population in the Northern Andes, Peru, and relates it to arguments on climate liability in German courtrooms. It does so on the backdrop of a climate lawsuit, which in 2017 was accepted by the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, filed by a Peruvian farmer against a German coal- and electricity company. READ MORE