Essays about: "Tuvalu"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word Tuvalu.

  1. 1. Environmental security – for everyone? An ecofeminist and intersectional case study of climate displacement in Tuvalu

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wilma Folkebrant; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental security; ecofeminism; intersectionality; climate displacement; Tuvalu; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The climate change is affecting small island developing states to the amount that the surface of Tuvalu might disappear and the country therefore risk to lose its sovereignty (Pacific Small Island Developing State 2009, p. 10-12). By investigating environmental security through climate displacement this thesis will conduct a case study of Tuvalu. READ MORE

  3. 2. Climate Justice for Tuvalu : Awarding Compensation for Loss and Damages caused by Anthropogenic Climate Change

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

    Author : Myriel Julie Mathez; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate Justice; Compensation; Loss and Damage; Tuvalu; Polluter Pays;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to enable the compensation for sustained Loss and Damage on Tuvalu through a principle conforming to the requirements of Climate Justice. By applying the method of conceptual framework analysis, the various concepts which form the larger frameworks of Climate Justice and Loss and Damage are identified and narrowed down to parameters. READ MORE

  4. 3. Conceptualizing environmentally displaced people : A comparative case study of Bangladesh and Tuvalu 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Isabell Carlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Displacement; Climate Change; Conceptualization; Bangladesh; Tuvalu;

    Abstract : Despite extensive research on the effects of climate change on the displacement of populations, there is a lack of clarity in how environmentally displaced people should be conceptualized. As yet, there is no legal international definition agreed upon. READ MORE

  5. 4. Preventing a Second Atlantis: Facilitating the Enjoyment of Water in an Era of Climate Change Impacts

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Linnea Nordlander; [2017]
    Keywords : Human Rights; Climate Change; Right to Water; International Human Rights Law; Paris Agreement; UNFCCC; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the connection between climate change and human rights from a legal perspective. Its starting point is the consideration of the plight of small island developing states (SIDS) in light of the adverse impacts of climate change on their territories and populations, such as the exacerbation of resource scarcity by climate change. READ MORE

  6. 5. How to protect and assist Environmental Displaced Persons (EDPs)? A study about the gap in the UN refugee regime concerning EDPs and how to fill it

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nazli Dila Til; [2010]
    Keywords : Environmental Refugees; Environmentally Displaced Persons; Refugee definition; Human security; 1951 Refugee Convention; Tuvalu; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In today's world the protection gap in the 1951 Refugee Convention regarding the environmentally displaced persons (EDPs) has been discussed, claiming that EDPs international protection and assistance should be considered too. This thesis addresses the issue of displaced people due to environmental factors and the options that are suggested for their protection and assistance. READ MORE