Essays about: "the dominant economic model"

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1. 1. Changing the Stories We Live By: Revolutionizing the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation Through Transformative Conservation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Tess Marie Burroughs; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Wildlife Conservation; Biodiversity Loss; Critical Discourse Analysis; Transformative Conservation;

   Abstract : As biodiversity continues to diminish worldwide, an interrogation of long-standing conservation discourse is needed to reformulate a new conservation rhetoric that confronts the socio-ecological complexities of the world and reorients the relationship between humans and nature. Using ecologically sensitive critical discourse analysis, this research investigates the dominant ideologies perpetuated within an iteration of mainstream American wildlife discourse and explores opportunities for transformative conservation alternatives. READ MORE

3. 2. The impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on oil consumption in Europe : an empirical analysis based on a DDD model

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Johanna Stange; [2022]
   Keywords : EU Emissions Trading System; oil conservation; DDD model; agricultural oil consumption;

   Abstract : Whether the emissions trading scheme (ETS) can achieve energy conservation reduction in European countries is crucial for these countries to achieve sustainable economic and environmental development. This study investigates the oil and petroleum products conservation effects of the European Union’s permit trading policy implemented in 2005. READ MORE

4. 3. "If they win, we disappear": An interview study of local mining opposition in northwestern Ecuador

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : John Jederlund; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; Mining; Extractivism; Cultural politics; Ecological imaginary; Development; Social fabric; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : In the contemporary globalised era, social and economic development is being increasingly associated with extractivism. Opening up resource markets to multinational extractive industries is a common strategy used by Latin American states for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. READ MORE

5. 4. Towards a Sustainable (Investment) Climate : A Case Study of Economic Normative Fit and the Evolution of Normative Intentions of Climate Change Financing in the World Bank Group 2000-2021

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Nora Förell; [2022]
   Keywords : norm fit; critical constructivism; climate change finance; the World Bank Group; development policy;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the evolution of normative intentions of climate change financing in the World Bank Group (WBG) between the years 2000–2021. The study contributes to critical constructivist International Relations theory by expanding on previous research on norm fit by examining the evolutionary process of economic normative fit. READ MORE

6. 5. A New Market Logic Approach for Achieving Load Profile Smoothness in the Swedish Electricity Market : Incorporating Inventory Management Principles for Optimized Battery Operation

   University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Theodoros Antoniadis; [2022]
   Keywords : Inventory Management; Load Profile; Peak Loads; Valley Filling; Batteries; PVs; Service-Dominant Logic; Industrial Symbiosis; Grid Imports; Electricity Shortage; Electricity Market;

   Abstract : As the demand for imported electricity from the grid continues to increase in Södermanland county, achieving a smoother load profile for the overall imports becomes very critical. The utilization of batteries in every type of a company’s infrastructure aims to provide a backup solution when the electric network’s capabilities are unable to support demand for high imported capacities. READ MORE