Essays about: "climate change international relation"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words climate change international relation.
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21. Cities and regions as actors in a polycentric governance system towards climate change action
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and for long nation-states and international agreements have been in focus in the search of solutions. Yet, this approach to climate change action is becoming increasingly contested and the focus has in part been turned to other types of actors, such as actors from other levels of governance. READ MORE
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22. Where the real change happens? : Global climate governance from below: investigating the COP counter summit in Paris 2015
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Ever since the governments began to meet for the Conferences of the Parties (COP) to try to come to agreement over an international climate agreement, civil society organizations involved in the climate issue have also gathered for their own conferences in relation to the COP. Still the role of these re-occurring “COP counter summits” in global climate governance have not been researched in depth. READ MORE
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23. Getting the price right - Exploring the legal possibilities of taxing meat and dairy consumption in the EU on environmental grounds
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This paper argues that industrialized meat and dairy production create substantial environmental costs that are currently not being reflected by the price paid by consumers. One way of addressing this could be by taxing those products proportional to the environmental damage they cause based on the principle that the polluter should pay. READ MORE
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24. Where to go when nobody´s home? - Adaptation to climate change and migration in Sweden’s third largest city, Malmö.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : This study has investigated the adaptation ability among Swedish public institutions with the intention of contributing with an understanding of the governmental and institutional approach on how they are supposed to manage potential larger-scale relocation due to climate change in the not so far reaching future. My specific research objective was to study the case of adaptation ability among institutions that interact and are linked to the community planning in Malmö and Sweden. READ MORE
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25. The Socioeconomic Effects of Renewable Energy Expansion in Germany
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : Employment is a potential socioeconomic co-benefit of renewable energy deployment. However, renewable energy is often more expensive than conventional resources, putting pressure on the economy, and during an energy transition employments can be lost from the conventional energy sector, e.g. from phased out nuclear plants. READ MORE
