Essays about: "national adaptation plan"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words national adaptation plan.

  1. 1. Vulnerable Victims or Agents of Change? A qualitative content analysis on the representation of women in Nepal's National Adaptation Plan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alma Pettersson; [2023]
    Keywords : women; representation; climate adaptation policy; Nepal; feminist constructivism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate adaptation policies in Nepal have previously depicted women as vulnerable victims. Policy-makers have described women as a weak and voiceless group that needs “saving” in environmental politics. Several studies have emphasized that these simplistic representations perpetuate gender stereotypes and omit proactive roles in climate action. READ MORE

  3. 2. Bridging the Gap: Assessing the Integration of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction - A Case Study on Nepal

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ebba Ragnartz; [2023]
    Keywords : The Integrated Approach; Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change; National Adaptation Plan;

    Abstract : There are two primary purposes of this study. One is theory development and the other is empirical. The first aim will be conducted by proposing a framework for the integrated approach between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. READ MORE

  4. 3. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

    Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

  5. 4. Collaboration avenues and structures within local climate adaptation governance - The case of local climate adaptation governance in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Tomas Vörlund Rylenius; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change adaptation; Governance; Governmentalization; Societal challenges; Holistic adaptation; Fragmentation; Inter-governmental collaboration; Organizational structures; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change adaptation is essential to future-proof societies around the world. It is a cross-sectorial undertaking which requires collaboration, structure, long-term planning, and resources. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Agriculture: Lessons from Farming Communities in Ejisu Municipality, Ghana

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Eunice Adwoa Sarpong; [2021]
    Keywords : Ejisu; gender dimensions; agriculture; climate change; Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan NAP Processes;

    Abstract : Climate change poses a threat to agriculture. Ghana’s agriculture is mainly dependent on rainfall, this makes subsistence farmers majority of whom are women more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. That said, the impacts of climate change are felt differently by men and women due to their social assigned roles and responsibilities. READ MORE