Essays about: "environmental politics"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 171 essays containing the words environmental politics.

1. 26. Green capitalist or critical environmentalist? : A comparative study of the environmental policies of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) and the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna)

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Michel Mohseni Tabrizi; [2022]
   Keywords : Ecological Modernization Theory; Critical Environmental Sociology; Vänsterpartiet; Socialdemokraterna; Ideal types; Green capitalist; Critical environmentalist; Environmental politics; Environmental political discourse; Capitalism; Post-capitalism;

   Abstract : This paper analyses the environmental policy documents of Vänsterpartiet (Left Party) and Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party) based on the theories of ecological modernization (EMT) and critical environmental sociology (CES), constructed as ideal types. The aim is to explain ideational differences and similarities based on the ideal types of each theory and how well the parties can be linked to the ideal types of EMT and CES, their similarities and differences. READ MORE

3. 27. Risk-Informed Development: Barriers and enabling factors in development cooperation in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Christine Falta; [2022]
   Keywords : Risk-informed development; Georgia; health sector; integration; climate change adaptation; disaster risk management; sustainable development; Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; Paris Agreement; Sustainable Development Goals; resilience; risk information; risk management; development cooperation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Risk-informed development aims to include complex risks into all levels and phases of decision-making. Going beyond the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, risk-informed development emerged after the 2015 global agreements (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals) and represents a rationale to consider multiple disaster and climate risks simultaneously in societal development. READ MORE

4. 28. Life Cycle Assessment of typical projects of the distribution power network : Assessment, Improvement & Recommendations

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Hugo Serres; [2022]
   Keywords : Life cycle assessment; GHG emissions; power infrastructures; Livscykelanalys; växthusgasutsläpp; energiinfrastrukturer;

   Abstract : The carbon footprint of the power generation is studied for more than 30 years now. In order to curb GHG emissions, politics, industrials and consumers tend to take action to reduce the carbon intensity of the electricity mix, spread electrification and enhance usage efficiency. READ MORE

5. 29. Historical ecology of the Greater Burgan oilfield : economy, technology, politics, and workers

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Saleh Youssef; [2022]
   Keywords : Oil extraction; The Greater Burgan Oilfield; Petrocultures; Assemblage thinking; Kuwait econ-omy; Oil peak; Migrant labour; Environmental History;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the current state of crude oil extraction and production in the Greater Burgan oilfield, Kuwait's largest and oldest oilfield. This thesis is based on interviews with oilfield workers, analyses of official documents from the Kuwaiti government and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), and my own experience as an oilfield worker in Kuwait. READ MORE

6. 30. Vad är ett hållbart investeringsobjekt? : en kvalitativ studie om vägledande principer för hållbara investeringar inom fondförvaltning.

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Rasmus Larsen; Gabriel Rindberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Hållbar utveckling; hållbara investeringar; beslutsfattande; legitimitetsteori; rationell beslutsmodell; begränsad rationalitet; investeringsobjekt; ; legitimitet;

   Abstract : Världen står inför många utmaningar som exempelvis klimatförändringar, krig och miljöförstöring. Uppmaningar till globala åtgärder för att hantera dessa utmaningar framförs bland annat inom vetenskap, politik och samhälle. READ MORE