Essays about: "green governmentality"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words green governmentality.

  1. 6. From the captains of industry to the trustees of sustainability : the positioning of the large family-owned companies' core values regarding the Green Deal for Europe's decarbonization goals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Boris Matijas; [2020]
    Keywords : core values; family-owned companies; Green Deal for Europe; environmental psychology; political ecology; environmental governmentality; sustainability science; pro-environmental behavior; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Significant behavioral changes will need to be implemented to prevent the energy supply sector from tripling CO2 emissions by the midcentury. However, within the academic research, behavior changes remain primarily focused on the individual level, while the behavior of companies that are responsible for elevated greenhouse gas emissions falls behind. READ MORE

  3. 7. The inclusion of Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in Integrated Assessment Models: Assessing legitimacy within published climate discourses

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Guy Finkill; [2019]
    Keywords : BECCS; Discourse; Governance; IAMs; Legitimacy; Sustainable Development.;

    Abstract : This thesis assesses the discourses identified in the literature that is critical to BECCS and its inclusion in IAMs used in the construction of RCP2.6 through a Foucauldian inspired discourse analysis. READ MORE

  4. 8. Sustainability from farm to fork : education and the social construction of the environment in an agro-food park - the case of F.I.CO

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Angela Di Pumpo; [2018]
    Keywords : problematization; sustainability; education; transparency; post-structuralism; WPR approach; responsible consumers; green governmentality;

    Abstract : Alternative food systems are emerging as a response to globalisation and industrialisation. With environmental destruction increasingly becoming an issue alongside with the growing concern about traditional food systems, unconventional trends in food sector have risen steeply in the past decades. READ MORE

  5. 9. Shiny happy people : a governmentality analysis of climate adaptation planning in Skt. Kjelds Neighborhood in Copenhagen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Mathilde Ankerstjerne Caspersen; [2016]
    Keywords : english; urban planning; climate change adaptation; Governmentality; power relations; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the urban planning strategy for climate change adaptation in Skt. Kjelds Neighborhood, Copenhagen, Denmark. The aim is to understand the power relations between citizens and municipality through a Foucauldian governmentality analysis. READ MORE

  6. 10. Green Logo: a study of food labeling as an initiative to govern consumption

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrietta Flodell; [2016]
    Keywords : Consumption; standardization; climate; governmentality; agri-food; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The great climate impact of the agri-food sector has only recently been brought into light, and become a concern of political actors around the world. Standardizations as an initiative to govern this sector have received increasing attention, but while these initiatives can prove an effective tool for influencing consumer choice, they also hold certain problematic characteristics. READ MORE