Essays about: "energy dependency"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 190 essays containing the words energy dependency.

  1. 41. Local food as food security sustainer - a case study in Uusimaa region, Finland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Terhi Mustikkamaa; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; local food; food security; agroecology; food system;

    Abstract : The global food system as a provider of food security faces several sustainability challenges currently. Industrial agriculture practices degrade the environment and are vulnerable to political instabilities due to fossil energy and agriculture input dependency. At the same time, climate change endangers the circumstances of agriculture. READ MORE

  3. 42. Pipeline demagogy? : The EU’s framing of Russia in the policy realms of decarbonization and energy security before and after the annexation of Crimea in 2014

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jana Paegle; [2022]
    Keywords : EU; Russia; complex interdependence; decarbonization; securitization; energy politics; cooperation-conflict dichotomy; Othering;

    Abstract : How the EU frames Russia before and after the Crimean annexation betters our understanding of the motives and incentives behind a securitized unanimity in EU energy policy and decarbonization given previous internal dissensus. Europe’s energy transition and security policy is contingent upon Russian relations, considering its gas dependency. READ MORE

  4. 43. Portrayal of the Green New Deal Discourse in Poland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Wiktoria Maria Wernicka; [2022]
    Keywords : Green New Deal; energy transition; Poland; environmental discourse; climate change; European Green Deal;

    Abstract : Poland is known for its hesitant attitude towards the Green New Deal. Such approach is often expressed in the political discourse of the governing party, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość. Despite approval of the European Green Deal, Polish action plans for energy transition are not ambitious. READ MORE

  5. 44. A Europeanist or a Transatlantic EU Grand Strategy? : A comparative study of how Germany and France approach EU grand strategy

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Anton Eklind; [2022]
    Keywords : bandwagoning; constructivism; European Union; Europeanism; France; Germany; grand strategy; NATO; norms; Russo-Ukrainian War; security; strategic autonomy; strategic culture; structural realism; transatlantic; United States.;

    Abstract : The aim of this research is to analyse the development of an EU grand strategy, using the two dominant EU powers Germany and France and their respective approach to an EU grand strategy. The importance of the EU grand strategy cannot be underestimated as it concerns the national security of all citizens in the EU. READ MORE

  6. 45. Investigating the possibility of Jakobsgårdarna district in Borlänge, Sweden becoming a Positive Energy District (PED)

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    Author : Rayan El Sawalhi; [2022]
    Keywords : Positive Energy District PED ; Building energy Modeling; IDA ICE; urban scale; district heating; heat pumps; photovoltaic panels; energy demands; energy production;

    Abstract : Climate change is a global phenomenon that strongly affect cities and urban areas. Due to the intensive industrial activities and global population growth leading to more fossil energy demands for the last century, the global warming effect appeared to have been significantly exacerbated. READ MORE