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1. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE
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2. Green Football? Realms of Carbon and the Politics of Decarbonisation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study develops the concept of 'realms of carbon’ to advance an understanding of climate politics in sites where carbon production and consumption, generating carbon emissions, is embedded in culture and identity. It does so by drawing on insights of three different theories, which in different ways, deal with dimensions of culture and identity to economic and political life. READ MORE
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3. Risk Implications of Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Implementations: the Case of the Nordics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Climate change is no novelty – we witness its disastrous impact more and more by each day. Although we already started envisaging a future where the vitality of our societies is derived not from conventional fossil fuels, but from a sophisticated, clean, and steadfast energy source – the latest benchmarks tracked by leading global energy agencies show grim performance, thereby calling for an intervention. READ MORE
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4. Ökad kolsänka i den svenska skogen : ett intressentperspektiv
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest EconomicsAbstract : Dagens klimatpolitik står inför stora förändringar då den går mot att breddas. Åtgärder för att öka upptag av koldioxid från atmosfären blir alltmer väsentligt för att nå 1,5 graders-målet och klimatneutralitet till 2050. READ MORE
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5. Addressing the Climate Change in Europe: A Security Threat, or a Risk? : A Qualitative Content Analysis upon the European Commission's Addressing of the Climate Change
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Climate change not only corresponds to scientifically proven future implications, but also poses a politically relevant study of climate security analysis, affecting the study and practice of (international) politics in different ways. In the same vein, the EU as an international organization have been getting more involved in discussions of climate-related security risks, in which the European Commission (which represents the Union’s common interests) have been publishing a set of consecutive policy documents addressing the climate change since the early 2000’s. READ MORE
