Sökning: "Canadian Climate Policy"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade orden Canadian Climate Policy.
1. Ensam är inte stark i ett smältande men lukrativt Inuit Nunangat
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This comparative case study aims to analyze the strategies and levels of influence that local political actors in Nunavut, often with a clear representation of indigenous Inuit and First nation communities, assert towards larger monocentric actors at national and global levels of policy making. This by using the primary theory of Polycentric governance and additional postcolonial perspectives on the cases and policy processes of the Mary River mine expansion project, together with the implementation of Canada’s new Arctic framework of shipping and sovereignty linked to the emerging Northwest passage. LÄS MER
2. Symbolic coping in Canada’s coal phaseout : applying social representations dynamics to communities in transition
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : The Canadian federal government has introduced policy to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of its climate change mitigation commitments under the Paris Agreement. The policy plan, positioned as a just transition, includes funding and measures to help workers and communities manage economic difficulties arising from the coal phaseout. LÄS MER
3. Knowledge and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation in the Infrastructure Sector in Nunavut, Canada
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetSammanfattning : The Arctic is at the forefront of climate change and is considered to be the most at risk, warming at twice the rate of the global annual average. The environment and its inhabitants are and will be subjected to deep transformational shifts, with changes in temperature and climate having potentially worldwide repercussions. LÄS MER
4. The Dollars and Cents of Driving and Cycling: Calculating the Full Costs of Transportation in Calgary, Canada
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperSammanfattning : Many cities across the globe are working to facilitate cycling as a sustainable transportation mode through changes to public policy and investments in infrastructure. Examining the costs and benefits of both driving and cycling using the cost benefit analysis (CBA) framework developed in Copenhagen provides an opportunity to identify private and social costs associated with these modes of transport with respect to environmental, social, and economic impacts. LÄS MER
5. Donor Driven Innovation: Using cultural analysis to stimulate strategic change in a Canadian NGO
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiSammanfattning : This thesis is a study of development and international aid institutions and practices undertaken to give form and substance to international development as a cultural product. In a climate of changing policy priorities and the prospective loss of government backing for international development NGOs, this thesis uses applied cultural analysis to develop knowledge of the support network of NGO A, a British Columbian NGO. LÄS MER
