Essays about: "Multilateral Governance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Multilateral Governance.

  1. 1. DOES FOREIGN AID PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS? Evidence from a quantitative large-N study of 121 aid-receiving countries, 2003-2021

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nora Engvall Olmås; [2023-10-30]
    Keywords : human rights; physical integrity rights; civil liberties; foreign aid; Official Development Assistance; bilateral aid; multilateral aid;

    Abstract : Human rights are in crisis. Even if the Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrates 75 years in 2023, the anniversary comes at a time when the world is experiencing human suffering so grave that international human rights organizations are alerting for a global human rights crisis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate Leadership in the Trade Regime Complex : An Assessment of the United States Preferential Trade Agreements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Jens Wickström; [2022]
    Keywords : International Climate Leadership; Global Governance; The US; Preferential Trade Agreements; Regime Complex;

    Abstract : Emissions keep rising, states keep trading, and Earth will be 1.5°C warmer within five years. These are results of inadequate global governance. As globalisation has brought complexity to the international settings, creating overlapping webs of interactions: no International Organisation has properly responded. READ MORE

  4. 3. Profiting from or fighting climate change? A case study of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ivan Davydov; [2022]
    Keywords : climate change; sustainability; liberal environmentalism; climate clubs; climate governance; OGCI; Oil and Gas Climate Initiative; non-state actors; private actors; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following recent developments in multilateral cooperation, literature on global climate governance has paid increasing attention to non-state actors. Contributing to this debate, this study focuses on a new group of businesses that aim to combat climate change, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI). READ MORE

  5. 4. Overcoming social barriers to urban green adaptation : a social representations approach to local environmental governance

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

    Author : Johanna Desthon; [2022]
    Keywords : urban green adaptation; green infrastructure; climate adaptation; nature-based solutions; social representations;

    Abstract : In May 2020, the Stockholm City Council adopted a new environmental program for the period 2020–2023. The sustainability goals within Agenda 2030 have been a guide for the environmental program, and the purpose of the program is to manage and coordinate the city's operations to achieve the vision of a climate-smart and ecologically sustainable Stockholm. READ MORE

  6. 5. Is there a relationship between Corruption and Public-Private Partnerships?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : William Jeppsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Public-Private Partnerships; PPPs; Corruption; Infrastructure Procurement; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Despite the importance of infrastructure, a big funding gap can be seen in infrastructure procurement. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) were once seen as a solution, but years later the results are underwhelming. As the industry can be susceptible to corruption, concerns have emerged about PPPs. READ MORE