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1. 1. Climate on the Horizon?: Gothenburg dockworkers’ framings of their political horizon regarding climate change

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Jakob Gometz; [2022-01-18]
   Keywords : Labour Environmentalism; Critical Materialism; Frame Analysis; Critical Theory; Ecological Marxism; Environmental Labour Studies;

   Abstract : The climate is rapidly warming, and this has triggered a global trend in mobilisation against climate change. Due to workers’ unique position within the capitalist mode of production the interest in the potential for labour mobilisation against climate change is growing. READ MORE

3. 2. ACCOMMODATION, CONTENTION, AND TRANSFORMATION – MAPPING THE FIELD OF GREEN TRANSITION POLITICS IN DENMARK FROM 2007 to 2020

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Mads Schou Jensen; [2021]
   Keywords : social movement studies; climate politics; field theory; green transition; strategic decision-making; climatization; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate change has become an all-encompassing problem as CO2 accumulating in the atmosphere sets the pace of temperature increases in our rapidly warming world. In attempting to make society ‘green,’ environmental movements have pursued different strategies through different political constellations. READ MORE

4. 3. EARTH IS THE MOTHER AND THE WATERWAYS ARE THE VEINS THAT FLOW THROUGH HER A qualitative study on the trend of personification in river management

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sofie Dahlqvist; [2020-03-03]
   Keywords : river management; water resource management; trend of personification; Yarra; Birrarung; Victorian Environmental Water Holder; legal personality; guardianship model; market environmentalism;

   Abstract : This thesis look at the trend of personification of rivers by examining the unprecedented legislation the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung Murron) Act 2017 (hereafter Yarra/Birrarung Act) and the well-established Environmental Water Manager, the Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH). The aim of the thesis is to contribute with knowledge on why there is a trend of personification in river management and what implications that brings. READ MORE

5. 4. Environmentalism of the occupied: A slow violence perspective on the West Bank’s deteriorating agricultural sector, and an overview of Palestinian agro-resistance in the struggle towards food sovereignty

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Jennifer Luna Pedersen; [2018]
   Keywords : slow violence; food sovereignty; environmentalism of the poor; environmentalism of the occupied; resistance; occupied Palestinian territories oPt ; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores what it means to struggle for food sovereignty under belligerent occupation. It makes the argument that the deliberate suppression of agriculture in the West Bank (occupied Palestinian territories) and ensuing deterioration of food sovereignty can be understood as an example of “slow violence,” further entrenching the settler-colonial occupation of Palestine. READ MORE

6. 5. Saving the Environment by Being “Green” with Fintech: The contradictions between environmentalism and reality in the case of Ant Forest

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Zhen Zeng; [2018]
   Keywords : environment; green capitalism; fintech; Ant Forest; Marxist critiques; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The conflict between climate and economic development is one of the most significant dilemmas of this era. Under the prevalent discourse of sustainable development and green economy, many believe that environmental problems can be addressed through market-based approaches under the current capitalist economic regime (Waters, 2008). READ MORE