Essays about: "rising powers"

Found 4 essays containing the words rising powers.

1. 1. Emerging Powers in Global Climate Politics: The discursive story-lines used by the BASIC countries regarding the climate crisis, responsibilities and burden sharing in the UNFCCC

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lærke Salhauge-Rasmussen; [2021]
   Keywords : BASIC; climate politics; discourse analysis; UNFCCC; rising powers; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Global climate policy negotiations have become increasingly complicated with the rise of the socalled emerging powers as they have seen both great economic growth and increased emissions of greenhouse gasses – yet they continue to hold a developing country, or non-Annex I, status under the UNFCCC, which determines their responsibilities for addressing the climate crisis. This thesis examines the story-lines that constitute the discourse used by the BASIC countries, Brazil, China, India and South Africa, following the Paris Agreement in order to discern their understanding of the climate crisis and hence their policy preferences when it comes to addressing the crisis. READ MORE

3. 2. Adjudicating Climate Change: The Role of Human Rights Litigation in Climate Change Mitigation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Miriam Herlitz Bäckman; [2021]
   Keywords : public international law; human rights; climate change; climate change litigation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Over the last few decades, states have made a series of attempts to mitigate climate change through international agreements. Greenhouse gas emissions have kept rising, however, and are currently at record levels. This indicates that the international climate change regime has so far proven ineffective. READ MORE

4. 3. Nepal and Bhutan two similar nations with different strategic approach towards their big neighbors-India and China

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Anupama Ghimire; [2021]
   Keywords : Land Locked; Neighbors; Realism; Foreign Policies; Domestic Politics;

   Abstract : There have has been instances when a powerful neighboring countries are observed as being difficulty for the smaller ones. Moreover, the phenomena of subjugation roots back to imperialism era and its loitered notion of superiority is still practiced by most of the developed and sturdy countries. READ MORE

5. 4. The Excluding Effects of Climate Change - a case study on how climate change affects land exclusion of small-scale farmers in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Mathilde Heldt Rønnow; [2018]
   Keywords : climate change; petty commodity production; Ben Tre province; Mekong Delta; Vietnam’s agrarian transition; powers of exclusion.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines in which ways the effects of climate change are excluding small-scale farmers from land and capital in in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. More specifically, it explores the relationship between powers of exclusion and the class differentiation between small-scale farmers in Ba Tri district. READ MORE