Essays about: "environmental NGOs"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 131 essays containing the words environmental NGOs.
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16. The Nature of Digital Extension Services in the Developing World
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The rapid diffusion of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya is hoped to be an effective solution to meeting the crucial information needs of smallholder farmers to improve their economic and environmental resilience. This thesis conducts a case study based on interviews with actors who provide digital agricultural extension services to farmers in Kenya to assess the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS), and its features and current trajectory. READ MORE
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17. Filling in the Blanks : framing and interpreting the environment in Swedish development cooperation
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This thesis explores how the understanding of such an ambiguous concept as “the environment” can be communicated in Swedish development cooperation by the Governments and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in a way that reconciles the need to deliver on policy goals while still allowing for an interpretative and participatory project design. The central research problem studied was thus how to communicate environmental understandings without explicitly doing so. READ MORE
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18. Can mandatory disclosure help to reduce industrial pollution? Assessing stakeholder use of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register in Germany.
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Industrial pollution abatement is key to accomplishing sustainability goals. Mandatory disclosure of pollution data, e.g. through the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR), promises reducing pollution through public pressure from stakeholders, such as NGOs, the media, and investors. READ MORE
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19. Border Carbon Adjustment and Inequality: Distributional Equity Concerns About the EU CBAM's Impacts in South Africa
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Border carbon adjustment (BCA) policies are increasingly discussed as an instrument to avoid carbon leakage; however, their social implications are not well understood. Nevertheless, the EU introduced its CBAM, which will take effect in 2026. READ MORE
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20. TO IMPLEMENT, OR NOT TO IMPLEMENT, THAT IS THE QUESTION - The role of non-state actors in environmental policy implementation in Serbia
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis analyses what roles non-state actors plays in practical environmental policy implementation in Serbia. European environmental policies have been particularly difficult for new EU-member states and candidate countries to adhere to over the years. READ MORE
