Sökning: "Small Island Developing States SIDS"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade orden Small Island Developing States SIDS.
1. Rising seas, sinking futures
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The issue of climate change initially emerged on the UN Security Council’s agenda in 2007 during an open debate on climate change, energy and security. Since then, there have been several debates held on the topic, which have attracted significant academic attention. LÄS MER
2. Building Resilience in the Age of Disasters
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)Sammanfattning : The consequences of climate change and increasing disasters jeopardise the livelihoods and resilience of some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. Strengthened international efforts to mobilise and allocate additional climate and disaster resilience financing are required to address the needs of the countries that have least contributed to climate change and who currently are at the forefront of its implications. LÄS MER
3. Climate Security on the Global Arena - The role of Small Island Developing States in the global climate security debate
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : In the last decades, the debate on climate change as a security threat has gained leverage. The topic has been debated in multiple international instances, such as the UN system. One of the most vulnerable groups to climate change are the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) due to their geography but also their developmental challenges. LÄS MER
4. “We survive or we sink together” : A Discursive Study of Argumentation by Small Island Developing States Leaders in a Climate Change Context
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the discursive use of first person plural pronoun we through a discourse analysis of the variety of arguments by leaders of Pacific Island States in political debates, specifically within a climate change context. The research question is “How do political leaders of Pacific Island states make discursive use of the first person plural pronoun we in political debates in a climate change context?” By using a textual discourse analysis to study statements made by Pacific Island leaders at the UN Conference of the Parties, the investigation finds a wide variety of argumentation styles and pronominal choices. LÄS MER
5. Climate-Induced Human Mobility in Policy : A Comparative Analysis of Problem Representations in Policy of Two Small-Island Cases
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis is a descriptive study of problem representations of climate-induced human mobility in policy. Two cases which are severely impacted by climate change have been selected for the analysis: Kiribati and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. LÄS MER
