Sökning: "Fossil-fuel Hegemony"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden Fossil-fuel Hegemony.

  1. 1. Net Zero, Net Profit: An Analysis of Offshore UK Carbon Capture and Storage

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Alexander Verne Magnus Perry; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Marx; primitive fossil capital; carbon capture and storage; CCS; socio-ecological fix; defensive fix; hegemony; green capitalism; materialised ideology; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The UK government is legally bound to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as part of its actions to address climate change. One prominent method of decarbonisation is carbon capture and storage (CCS), slated for deployment in two industrial clusters by the mid-2020s. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Caught in the Lock-In? The Lützerath Decision and the Persistence of Fossil Fuel Hegemony in Germany

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Författare :Vincent Edte; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Carbon Lock-In; Coal Phase Out; Critical Discourse Analysis; Fossil Fuel Hegemony; Germany; Lützerath;

    Sammanfattning : In 2022 the Russian invasion in Ukraine marked a turning point for global politics. To loosen dependency on Russian gas, the German government came to an agreement with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the energy company RWE. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Contested justice - Climate justice activists’ and coal workers’ interpretations of a just transition in the Rhinish lignite phase out

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Anna Weinrich; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The combustion of lignite coal for energy production significantly contributes to Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions, leading climate justice activists to advocate for an immediate coal exit. Workers of the lignite industry strongly oppose this as they worry about the structural decline of mining regions and their financial security. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Stuck in the tar? The implications of Canadian mainstream news media representations of a just [energy] transition from Alberta's bitumen sands

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Alicia Gowan; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Alberta Oil Sands; climate communication; Just Transition; fossil fuel hegemony; sustainability science; Canada; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Alberta’s Tar Sands are one of the most environmentally and socially destructive fossil fuel projects on Earth. Socio-political resistance or acceptance will determine the Tar Sands’ future: whether production continues or whether it is phased out to ensure meaningful climate action in Canada. LÄS MER

  7. 5. None are so deaf as those who would not hear : identifying where, who, and how the coal industry influences Australian federal energy policies

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Martin Fox; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Sustainability Science; Sustainable Transitions; Fossil-fuel Hegemony; Decarbonisation; Australian Federal Government; Environmental Governance; Ecological Resilience; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The widespread consequences of climate change are becoming more and more evident around the world and are raising crucial awareness to world leaders that a sustainable transition is direly needed to mitigate against disastrous climatic events. In Australia, in early 2020, these events took the form of some of the most devastating and largest forest fires the country has ever seen. LÄS MER