Essays about: "NGOs and EU"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words NGOs and EU.

  1. 1. Menstrual rights are human rights - a qualitative study about period poverty among homeless Roma in Stockholm

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Britta Dohmen; Britta Dohmen; [2023-11-03]
    Keywords : period poverty; menstruation; vulnerable EU citizens; Roma; Stockholm; feminism;

    Abstract : In the past decade, period poverty has gained more attention in international research. However, in Sweden the issue is still neglected which results in a complete absence of scientific research. Period poverty is not exclusively a phenomenon in low-income countries but is present around the globe. READ MORE

  3. 2. Waste Trade and The Role of NGOs

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

    Author : Elif Öztürk; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union Policies; Global Environmental Governance; Non-Governmental Organizations; Non-State Actors; Waste Trade;

    Abstract : This study seeks to understand the role of non-state actors, particularly NGOs, in global environmental governance by spotlighting the EU’s policies on waste trade. To understand the role of NGOs in waste trade, the study traces the waste trade problematisation of the EU and discovers NGOs' strategies and frames to influence the policies of the EU on waste trade. READ MORE

  4. 3. The BECCS Doughnut: A strong sustainability framework for assessing implementation strategies for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Domenik Tress; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability assessment; bioenergy with carbon capture and storage; negative emissions; doughnut economics; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is a largely promoted, but also heavily contested solution to the problem of climate change. Whilst removing carbon from the atmosphere, it potentially leads to detrimental side effects. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transnational Democracy in Europe : A Case Study on the pan-European Party Volt Europa

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Malte Much; [2023]
    Keywords : Cosmopolitanism; Discourse Theory; European Integration; European Public Sphere; Habermas; Volt Europa;

    Abstract : In a setting of rising global challenges, transnational issues, and a deadlocked debate on European integration in the aftermath of the British Brexit referendum, this thesis presents the pan-European political movement and party as a novel approach of a cosmopolitan European generation taking their fate in their own hands. Consequently, the study investigates the characteristics of the ideological foundations of the emergence, vision, and strategy of the pan-European political movement Volt Europa. READ MORE