Essays about: "conflict assessment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 94 essays containing the words conflict assessment.

  1. 11. The Politics of Porpoises – A Critical Assessment of the Biodiversity Conservation Efforts by the European Union within the Baltic Sea

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tina Alexandra Döhring; [2022]
    Keywords : Baltic Sea; Conservation; Biodiversity; Harbor Porpoise; European Union; European Commission; Member States; Integration Theory; Case Study;

    Abstract : The Baltic Sea is a brackish body of water in the heart of Europe, and within it lives a small whale: the Baltic Sea harbor porpoise. However, this animal is becoming increasingly more endangered. Due to various man-made threats, less than 500 animals remain in the sea. READ MORE

  2. 12. Sustainable development of on-shore wind power : integrated landscape character assessment as a tool to improve assessment of on-shore wind power in southern Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Diego Mascareño Suarez; [2022]
    Keywords : wind power; landscape democracy; ; ArcGIS; european landscape convention; ; landscape actors; land use conflicts;

    Abstract : To meet the increasing demand of renewable energy and move from the fossil-fuel economy, Sweden aims to expand the onshore wind power production from 30 TWh today, to 80 TWh by 2040, with a strong expansion in Southern Sweden aiming to complement the infrastructure implemented in Northern Sweden. The implementation in Southern Sweden has created growing conflict as landscapes of cultural, ecological, and social importance try to accommodate this new energy landscape. READ MORE

  3. 13. Towards Climate Resilient Peace: An Assessment of Climate Change Funding’s in Colombia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Tània Ferré Garcia; [2022]
    Keywords : ecological security; environmental peacebuilding; climate adaptation; climate finance; Colombia;

    Abstract : A growing body of scholarship has explored the link between climate change, natural resources and conflict. While considerable interest has been shown in examining how and under what circumstances climate change may increase a country’s risks of conflict, research exploring climate change response initiatives in fragile and conflict-affected contexts remains limited. READ MORE

  4. 14. Komstroy: Invalidating investor-State Arbitration Under the Energy Charter Treaty in intra-EU Disputes : Manifesting the Principle of Autonomy of the EU Legal Order, the International Law Infraction and the Investors Caught in Between

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Larissa Barhebréus; [2022]
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    Abstract : This thesis analyses the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) recent ruling Komstroy on the compatibility between the EU Treaties and the investor-State arbitration mechanism contained in Article 26 of the multilateral 1994 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The Court determined that Article 26 ECT is inapplicable in intra-EU disputes, albeit the European Union (EU) being a Contracting Party to the ECT, because such alternative methods for dispute settlement threatens the autonomy of the EU legal order. READ MORE

  5. 15. Projecting Power in the Fifth Domain : An assessment of why states use proxies for offensive cyber operations

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Mattias Hjelm; [2021]
    Keywords : Cyber operations; PA theory; Proxy; Russia; The United States.;

    Abstract : In the 21st century, cyber operations have become the modern manifestation of political warfare between great powers. Many states have made considerable efforts to build up their respective cyber commands. Contrary, or as a complement to this, some states choses to rely upon actors detached from the state for conducting their operations online. READ MORE