Essays about: "Political Ecology"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 225 essays containing the words Political Ecology.

1. 21. The Element at the End of the World: Chile’s Green Hydrogen Strategy and the Global Energy Transition

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

   Author : Eric Teller; [2023]
   Keywords : Scale; pink tide; green development; Chile; hydrogen; climate change; political ecology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Chile is positioning itself as a leader in the transition to green energy, particularly through its National Green Hydrogen Strategy, which aims to make Chile one of the world’s leading exporters of carbon-neutral hydrogen for energy and industrial applications. This thesis examines Chile’s green hydrogen policy from a political ecology perspective, in the context of 1) the Chilean state’s conception of green development; 2) hydrogen’s political, economic, and ecological challenges to scale; and 3) the left-wing government’s attempt to implement a socially and environmentally just environmental policy paradigm. READ MORE

3. 22. "Sustainable, for real"? Brunnshög’s sustainability narrative and the state of post-politics in urban development

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Elliot Soontjens; [2023]
   Keywords : Brunnshög; Urban Megaproject; Sustainability Narrative; Post-politics; Neoliberal Governance; Sustainable Development Paradox; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The combined global emergence of a sustainable development discourse and Swedish policies requiring municipalities to rapidly build new housing have led Lund to develop Brunnshög. This pioneering megaproject balances urban expansion with high sustainability ambitions. READ MORE

4. 23. Land? Gone. Water? Gone. What Next? A Systematic Review of Impacts of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions on Water Security of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Ahmed Asadullah; [2023]
   Keywords : Large-Scale Land Acquisition LSLA ; Water Security; Smallholders; Impact; Sub-Saharan Africa SSA ; Hydrosocial Cycle; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Recent land grabs in Sub-Saharan Africa are influenced by both land availability and access to water resources beyond seasonal rains. However, much of the literature has treated land grabs and their attendant water resource appropriations as separate phenomena until recently. READ MORE

5. 24. Human-Mangrove Entanglements in Shyamnagar, Bangladesh

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Gabriela Bernal Liller; [2023]
   Keywords : Multispecies Political Ecology; Resilience Narrative; Imagination; Care;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the intricate relationship between mangroves and humans in Shyamnagar, Bangladesh. Mangroves in Shyamnagar are found both in the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest on earth, and in adaptation projects called nature based solutions (NbS), framed by the resilience narrative. READ MORE

6. 25. 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/Humanekologi

   Author : Judith Rybol; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : 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