Essays about: "Small Island Developing States"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words Small Island Developing States.

  1. 1. Rising seas, sinking futures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Betty Ottosson; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; security; existential threats; UN Security Council UNSC ; Small Island Developing States SIDS ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The issue of climate change initially emerged on the UN Security Council’s agenda in 2007 during an open debate on climate change, energy and security. Since then, there have been several debates held on the topic, which have attracted significant academic attention. READ MORE

  3. 2. Freshwater Security in Small Island Developing States: A case study of Anguilla

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Julia Korten; [2023]
    Keywords : Anguilla; Desalination; Freshwater import; Freshwater security; Small Island Developing State; Sustainable Devel-opment; Wastewater treatment;

    Abstract : Freshwater scarcity leads to serious effects on the socioeconomic and commercial development of a country. The management of freshwater resources will be one of the most pressing issues of this millennium making it a catalyst for war and peace. READ MORE

  4. 3. Establishing a Loss and Damage Fund : How Small Island Developing States Negotiated a 'Historic Deal for Climate Justice'

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

    Author : Anastassia Claire Tikhomirova; [2023]
    Keywords : UN COPs; COP27; climate change negotiations; AOSIS; EU; Loss and Damage; climate justice;

    Abstract : After years of proposals for a Loss and Damage fund meant to deliver climate justice for developing states being blocked, such a fund was established at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on November 20, 2022. Based on constructivist theories of norm diffusion and persuasion, complemented by theories on strategic negotiating and normative discussions of justice, this thesis conducts a directed content analysis to examine the discourses used by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the EU in negotiations for the Loss and Damage fund. READ MORE

  5. 4. Building Resilience in the Age of Disasters

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Linda Kivi; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate finance; MDBs; climate disasters; resilience; stakeholder theory; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The consequences of climate change and increasing disasters jeopardise the livelihoods and resilience of some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. Strengthened international efforts to mobilise and allocate additional climate and disaster resilience financing are required to address the needs of the countries that have least contributed to climate change and who currently are at the forefront of its implications. READ MORE

  6. 5. Climate Security on the Global Arena - The role of Small Island Developing States in the global climate security debate

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hanna Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate security; Small Island Developing States; Securitization; United Nations; Discourse Analysis; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last decades, the debate on climate change as a security threat has gained leverage. The topic has been debated in multiple international instances, such as the UN system. One of the most vulnerable groups to climate change are the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) due to their geography but also their developmental challenges. READ MORE