Essays about: "climate policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 380 essays containing the words climate policy.

  1. 1. CUE OR NO C(L)UE? How parties shape climate opinion formation using experimental insights from USA and Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felix Andersson; [2019-06-18]
    Keywords : Public opinion; political parties; party cues; climate policy; experiments;

    Abstract : As a central actor in shaping domestic climate policies, political parties play a vital role inbuilding public support for policies aimed at mitigating climate change. However, previousresearch has neglected the role of political parties for individual climate opinion formation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Deliberation and climate change- A quantitative analysis of potential relationships between deliberation and countries’ efforts in mitigating climate change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Jacobsson; [2019-02-07]
    Keywords : deliberation; democracy; CO2 emissions; environmental performance;

    Abstract : The debate whether democracy and its procedures are capable of tackling climate change has been going on for years. One mechanism that has been claimed to yield improved environmental performance is deliberation. Meetings between civil society and politicians are assumed to generate more ambitious environmental policy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Study on future storm surge around Suo-nada Sea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Ayano Sonoda; [2019]
    Keywords : storm surge; Suo-nada Sea; numerical simulation; FVCOM; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Japan lies on an area frequently hit by typhoons while city functions are clustered along the flat coastal areas, hence Japan has experienced lots of storm surge disasters up to the present. Coastal areas along the Suo-nada Sea also have the vulnerability against storm surge and in the past Typhoon 18 in 1999, Typhoon 16 and 18 in 2004 made remarkable damages in the areas. READ MORE

  5. 4. Riskhanteringsverktyg i växtodlingen : har växtodlingsproduktionen tillräckligt med verktyg för att hantera finansiell risk?

    University essay from SLU/Department of Work Science, Business Economics, and Environmental Psychology

    Author : Niklas Bengtsson; Martin Olsson; [2019]
    Keywords : risk; riskhantering; gårdsstöd; försäkring; CAP-reform; förväntad nyttoteori; resultatutjämning;

    Abstract : Denna studie är gjord med anledning av den förväntade ökade riskexponering växtodlingsproducenter kommer stå inför vid ett förändrat klimat. Torkan 2018 slog hårt mot landets lantbrukare och lönsamheten upplevdes som kraftigt försämrad. READ MORE

  6. 5. From theory to practice: food waste reduction strategies in literature and a case study of municipalities in Skåne, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Halley Rainer; [2019]
    Keywords : sustainability science; food waste reduction; consumer food waste; municipal food waste; municipal policy; Skåne; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Food waste is recognized as a major global issue that currently lacks sufficient political and legislative action in order to understand or address it adequately. Skåne County, Sweden’s southernmost county, has highly ambitious climate action goals, and reducing municipal food waste could help them meet these goals. READ MORE