Essays about: "UN 2009"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 80 essays containing the words UN 2009.

  1. 1. Did donors of foreign aid keep their promise to prioritize climate change vulnerability?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Edvin Jämting; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Vulnerability; Aid Allocation; Adaptation Aid;

    Abstract : Climate aid has been on the rise for some years now. During the 2009 UN Climate Summit developed countries promised extensive amounts of “new and additional” aid for climate change adaptation to be allocated to the most vulnerable countries. READ MORE

  3. 2. BERTie Bott’s Every Flavor Labels : A Tasty Guide to Developing a Semantic Role Labeling Model for Galician

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Micaella Bruton; [2023]
    Keywords : natural language processing; NLP; Galician; low-resource language; low resource language; semantic role labeling; SRL; mBERT; XLM-R; transfer-learning; transfer learning; Spanish; verbal indexing; procesamento de linguaxe natural; NLP; Galego; lingua de recursos limitados; etiquetado de papeis semánticos; SRL; mBERT; XLM-R; aprendizaxe por transferencia; Español; indexación verbal; språkteknologiska verktyg; NLP; naturlig språkbehandling; galiciska; språk med begränsade resurser; semantisk rollmärkning; SRL; mBERT; XLM-R; överföringsinlärning; spanska; verbal indexering; verbalindexering; procesamiento del lenguaje natural; NLP; Gallego; idioma de bajos recursos; etiquetado de roles semánticos; SRL; mBERT; XLM-R; aprendizaje por transferencia; Español; indexación verbal;

    Abstract : For the vast majority of languages, Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools are either absent entirely, or leave much to be desired in their final performance. Despite having nearly 4 million speakers, one such low-resource language is Galician. READ MORE

  4. 3. Enforcement Against Exploitation, Working Hard or Hardly Working? : Exploring How Canadian Policy Discourse Problematizes the Labour Exploitation of Migrant Workers

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

    Author : Gavin Kierulf; [2023]
    Keywords : Labour Exploitation; un Freedom; Labour Migration; Precarity; Social Harm; Canada; Canadian Labour MIgration;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to outline how the labour exploitation of migrant workers is problematized in contemporary Canadian labour migration policy discourse; the consequences of this problematization(s), and possibilities for creating an alternative critical space for discourse. Using concepts of (social) harm, (un)freedom, and (hyper)precarity as departure points for analysis, this project endeavours to untangle problematizations of migrant worker exploitation from their representations in Canadian policy discourse through a post-structural policy analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Lekkontoret - designing an environment for participatory design practices between adult designers and children

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Catherine Paterson; [2021]
    Keywords : participatory design; children s participation;

    Abstract : Article 12 of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child asserts that children have the right to participate in society, express their views and have their opinions respected. A 2009 revision of the Article outlines that, to achieve this, states should “provide an environment that enables the child to exercise her/his right to be heard”(CRC, 2009). READ MORE