Essays about: "climate change international relation"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 34 essays containing the words climate change international relation.
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6. Discussing International Climate Regulations in a Post-colonial World : A Content Analysis on EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : In a contemporary with intense concerns towards global warming, this thesis has investigated the matter of how trade regulation policies, responding to climate change, are rhetorically motivated and discussed within international forums. Particularly by looking at the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and by critically dissecting how the EU has been navigating its conflicting position; on one hand, as the self-appointed leader of progressive climate actions, on the other hand, as the guardian of the common economic interests of the Union – and on a third stand, as a prominent member of the World Trade Organization, with binding obligations to not violate its rules. READ MORE
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7. Dynamics of Hydro-power Development in Nepal: Water-Energy-Food Security Prospect
University essay fromAbstract : This thesis concerns with water, energy, and food (WEF) security in Nepal in relation to hydropower development. Hydropower is challenging to WEF security in three ways: First, the focus is only on energy generation which overlooks the impacts on land, forest, water and biodiversity. READ MORE
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8. Including a Vulnerability Centred Adaptation Perspective in Urban Climate Assessment : The Case of International Women in the Malmö Lund Region
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : The topic of climate adaptation has gained momentum in the last decade as a response to the increasing rate at which global climate is changing. There are two leading discourses to climate adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) perspectives, which focuses on adapting to specific climate hazards and scenarios, and Vulnerability Centred Adaptation (VCA), which focuses on the socio-economic and environmental factors that compound climate impacts. READ MORE
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9. Solving the Climate Crisis? : WWF’s and La Via Campesina’s Work on Mitigating Climate Change Through a Gramscian Lens
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis conducts a comparative study of two big, international civil society organisations, La Via Campesina and WWF, and their work with climate change. The purpose is to investigate why they have such different perspectives toward solving the climate crisis, and whether the explanation can be found by looking at the different positions they have in relation to the global hegemonic system. READ MORE
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10. Corporate Tax Abuse on the Business and Human Rights Agenda
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Corporate tax evasion, tax avoidance, and aggressive tax planning undermine states’ ability to protect, respect and fulfill human rights since states are deprived of necessary resources to realize economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights. Corporate tax has previously been called the elephant in the room within the United Nations’ (‘UN’) framework of Business and Human Rights; however, now it is recognized as a key issue for the next decade. READ MORE
