Essays about: "environmental science"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 944 essays containing the words environmental science.

  1. 6. CARRY ON WITH CARRION? A wildlife road infrastructure study regarding the effects of ethical justification on policy acceptance

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lauren L. Yehle; [2023-08-31]
    Keywords : policy acceptance; environmental ethics; intrinsic value; ecosystem services; conservation;

    Abstract : Policy acceptance is an important aspect of compliance and government effectiveness. Political science and psychology researchers have attempted to understand policy acceptance through individual and contextual factors but still cannot explain all attitudinal differences. READ MORE

  3. 7. Small but mighty: Learning outcomes and impacts of microplastic focused citizen science

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Rita Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability science; community science; non-profit; impact; socio-ecological systems; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Microplastics are a present and future threat to the sustainability of coastal socio-economic systems. Current solutions and management could be improved by developing citizen science programs to foster community engagement and knowledge generation. However, research is limited on the actual learning outcomes and impacts of citizen science. READ MORE

  4. 8. ”There is a need for people who can provide a transition”: A case study of how educational activities empower actors to engage in a local transition of the waste system on Bornholm, Denmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kathrine Gjesing Hansen; [2023]
    Keywords : socio-institutional transitions; Denmark; power; education; municipal waste management; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sustainable waste management is a complex task within environmental governance, and municipalities play a key role in governing a transition of the waste system toward prevention and reuse. This calls for an enhanced understanding of local capacities for change, and therefore this thesis adopts a socio-institutional perspective on the power of actors to influence local transitions. READ MORE

  5. 9. To dig or not to dig? An integrated post-structuralist analysis of the EU Critical Raw Materials Act and its justice implications for local communities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Valeska Götz; [2023]
    Keywords : critical materials; environmental justice; policy narrative; extractivism; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In its proposed 2023 Critical Raw Materials Act, the European Commission considers access to critical raw materials within its territory as key to both the green transition and to reduce import dependencies. This onshoring of extractivist practices warrants a critical analysis that reflects on the justice implications this may have for local communities. READ MORE

  6. 10. A diversified idea paradigm? Mapping the evolution of economic environmental and climate ideas in the WTO Secretariat

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Holm; [2023]
    Keywords : WTO; climate; growth; ideas; institutions; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to highlighting how economic environmental and climate ideas are expressed in the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization and to compare this with how they are expressed in other international organisations. In the article The evolution of ideas in global climate policy, Jonas Meckling and Bentley B. READ MORE