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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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<b>LONG BITTER ENEMIES NO MORE: IENGO CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS AS A NEW PATHWAY TO INFLUENCE IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE</b>

Lejla Dervisevic (18424236) 23 April 2024 (has links)
<p dir="ltr">This dissertation examines how partnerships between leading environmental non-governmental organizations (IENGOs) and corporations shape the agency of nonstate actors in global politics. It contributes to the growing scholarship on non-substantialist approaches to the concept of agency in International Relations (IR) by analyzing how interactions between nonstate actors can influence their ability to act and exert influence in global politics. The central concept of <i>agency reconfiguration</i> is introduced. This concept argues that IENGO-corporate partnerships can create opportunities for nonstate actors to gain new capacities and influence in global politics. However, it also acknowledges potential trade-offs associated with such partnerships. To explore this concept, the dissertation first maps the landscape of IENGO-corporate partnerships. This includes a comprehensive list of corporate partners for four leading IENGOs (Greenpeace, EDF, FoE, and WWF), how these partnerships have evolved over time, and a typology of partnership structures. Finally, a process tracing approach is used to examine a specific case: the partnership between Greenpeace and Foron, a former German appliance manufacturer. Within-case evidence is used to link the events from the formation of the partnership to Greenpeace's agency reconfiguration, which ultimately positioned Greenpeace as a central actor in ozone governance, particularly the implementation of the Montreal Protocol.</p>
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[en] SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL POLITIC: CONSTRUCTING THE CONCEPT TROUGH THE ECOBARREIRAS PROJECT / [pt] POLÍTICA SOCIOAMBIENTAL: CONSTRUINDO O CONCEITO ATRAVÉS DO PROJETO ECOBARREIRAS

MARIANA FIGUEIREDO DE CASTRO PEREIRA 15 May 2019 (has links)
[pt] Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo compreender até que ponto é possível estabelecer nexos e limites entre as expressões da questão social e os problemas ambientais, considerando que as novas demandas sociais e os conflitos em torno da questão urbana relacionadas à preservação ambiental colocam ao mundo um grande desafio de avançar na discussão da cidadania plena e do norteamento das políticas sociais na contramão das propostas do projeto neoliberal. Portanto, o objeto de estudo dessa dissertação centra-se na tentativa de construir o debate sobre o que caracteriza uma política pública socioambiental, não só como categoria teórica, mas analisando pela pesquisa empírica atravpés do Projeto EcoBarreiras, do Governo do Estado do RJ. / [en] This research has the purpose to understand which are the limits and relations between the social problem and the environmental issues, considering that the conflicts around the urban and the city dilemmas are related with the preservation of nature, putting a challenge about the citizenship and social politics that goes to another directions from the capitalism. The object of this dissertation is centered on the construction about the debate of what characterizes a Social-environmental politic, not only as a category, but analyzing the practical meaning by the EcoBarreiras project, from the government of Rio de Janeiro.
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Aspectos regulatórios e institucionais do desenvolvimento de gás não convencional: uma análise comparativa entre Brasil e Estados Unidos / Regulatory and institutional aspects of unconventional gas development: a comparative analysis between Brazil and the United States of America

Araújo, Renata Rodrigues de 29 July 2016 (has links)
Esta tese avaliou se o Brasil, sob a perspectiva regulatória, encontra-se preparado para iniciar localmente o desenvolvimento de gás de folhelho, principal fonte de gás não convencional. Para tal, adotou como metodologia uma análise comparativa entre a legislação do setor de gás natural dos EUA e do Brasil, com foco na regulamentação das operações de fraturamento hidráulico, buscando evidenciar e contextualizar os principais fatores de sucesso da experiência estadunidense. Na realização dessas investigações foram utilizados diversos conceitos da Política Ambiental que podem ser empregados na elaboração de normas e condutas voltadas para o gás não convencional. Pautada no resultado dessas análises, que apontou a necessidade de estudos ambientais, sociais e econômicos mais aprofundados, apresentou-se como principal recomendação uma proposta de Avaliação Ambiental Estratégica (AAE). Tal ferramenta pode orientar a decisão do governo em relação à exploração de hidrocarbonetos não convencionais no Brasil, bem como auxiliar o país na obtenção de uma licença social para operar e na criação das condições necessárias para explorar seus possíveis recursos de gás de folhelho de maneira segura e responsável. / This thesis assesses whether Brazil, from the regulatory point of view, is ready to start a local production of shale gas, the main source of unconventional gas. For this purpose, the study conducted a comparative analysis of the primary laws regulating of oil and gas exploration and production activities in the USA and Brazil, focusing on the hydraulic fracturing operations, in order to determine and contextualize the major factors of success for the American shale gas experience. Several approaches of Environmental Policy that can be used in the development of standards and rules for unconventional gas were used. The results indicated the need for additional environmental, social and economic studies. Therefore, a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) proposal was the main recommendation. This tool may guide the government\'s decision about the unconventional resources production in Brazil, help the county to achieve a social license to operate and meet the conditions required to explore its potential shale gas resources.
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Die Bewahrung und Förderung der Biodiversität als theoretisch-praktische Herausforderung für den modernen Natur- und Umweltschutz / The conservation and advancement of biodiversity as a theoretical and practical challenge for modern nature and environment protection

Lachnit, Silke 26 February 2018 (has links)
No description available.
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Hållbar utveckling i kommunalt beslutsfattande : En studie om integrering och prioritering ur fritidspolitiskt perspektiv

Granville-Self, Edward January 2013 (has links)
The concept of sustainable development is a challenge that demands cooperation from all levels of society for it to be successful. The focus for this thesis is how politicians within the local councils understand the concept of sustainable development and how they implement it in political decision-making. The basis for the study is a questionnaire that was distributed to 303 local politicians in three municipalities of varying size in Southern Sweden. The study concentrates on departments within the local councils that are directly connected to the Swedish environmental law and the Swedish planning and construction law. One of the primary goals with the aforementioned laws is the achievement of sustainable development within one generation. The outcome of the study was that over half of the local politicians could correctly define sustainable development according to the World Commission on Environment and Development’s (WCED) definition. Two thirds of them prioritised the concept and were motivated to take it into serious consideration when making political decisions. With regard to the local councils documentation for decision-making, the respondents were not in agreement as to whether clear associations to sustainable development and the Swedish environmental objectives were present. The study also revealed both statistical differences and correlations in relation to several statements regarding aspects of sustainable development. Further education within sustainable development and clearly defined connections to documentation from the local councils can conceivably increase its acceptance and integration amongst local politicians. / Begreppet hållbar utveckling är en utmaning som kräver samarbete från alla nivåer i samhället för att det ska lyckas. Det innebär tre olika dimensioner som ska samstämmigt och ömsesidigt stödja varandra. Hänsyn måste tas till ekonomiska, miljömässiga och sociala dimensioner för att främja en hållbar utveckling. Många av de slutgiltigt offentliga besluten gällande verksamheter som påverkar medborgarnas vardag ligger hos kommunerna. Dessa kommuner styrs av politiker vars påverkan, genom sina beslut, på samhället är mycket omfattande. Fokus på denna uppsats ligger på hur de kommunala politikerna uppfattar begreppet hållbar utveckling och hur de integrerar begreppet hållbar utveckling i sitt politiska beslutsfattande. Utgångspunkten för studien är en enkät som delades ut till 303 lokala politiker i tre kommuner av varierande storlek i södra Sverige. Studien koncentrerar sig på avdelningar inom kommuner som är direkt kopplade till Miljöbalken (SFS 1998:808) och Plan- och bygglagen (SFS 2010:900). Ett av de primära målen med de ovan nämnda lagar är att uppnå en hållbar utveckling inom en generation. Resultatet av studien visade att över hälften av de undersökta förtroendevalda kunde definiera hållbar utveckling på ett korrekt sätt och enligt världskommissionen för miljö och utvecklings (WCED) definition. Två tredjedels av respondenterna prioriterade begreppet högt och integrerade det i sitt beslutsfattande. När det gäller beslutsunderlagen, framtagna av kommunala tjänstemän, ansåg större delen av respondenterna att tydliga kopplingar till hållbar utveckling eller de nationella miljömålen inte fanns. Vidare visade det sig även att en signifikant statistisk skillnad förekom i hur de olika åldersgrupperna upplevde kopplingar till de ovannämnda aspekterna. Ytterligare statistiskt säkerställda skillnader och samband uppkom i förhållande till påståenden gällande olika dimensioner av hållbar utveckling. Vidareutbildning inom hållbar utveckling och tydligt definierade kopplingar till hållbar utveckling, de nationella miljömålen och kommunala handlingsplaner kan möjligtvis öka begreppens integration och uppfattning bland de förtroendevalda.
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[en] ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY REGULATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EVOLUTIONARY GAME THEORY / [pt] REGULAMENTAÇÃO DE POLÍTICA AMBIENTAL SOB A ÓTICA DA TEORIA DOS JOGOS EVOLUCIONÁRIOS

GABRIEL MEYER SALOMAO 18 September 2017 (has links)
[pt] Um dos principais desafios do mundo moderno é equilibrar o desenvolvimento econômico com a responsabilidade ambiental, de forma a alcançar um crescimento sustentável que minimize os impactos gerados no meio ambiente. Isto tem feito com que muitos governos e empresas estabeleçam políticas ambientais como instrumentos para a garantia de um futuro com sustentabilidade e que favoreçam o bem estar social. A proposta desta dissertação é utilizar a teoria dos jogos evolucionários para analisar as interações entre agentes reguladores de políticas ambientais de comando e controle e os agentes (firmas) que impulsionam o desenvolvimento econômico, porém que impactam de alguma forma o meio ambiente. Enquanto os primeiros precisam determinar as melhores ações estratégicas para implementar a política e aumentar o bem estar social, os segundos só irão se adequar à regulamentação ambiental estabelecida se esta escolha lhe render um maior retorno (payoff). Os resultados mostram que o custo de fiscalização é determinante para estabelecer a política ambiental mais adequada e, dependendo da magnitude deste custo, existem diferentes formas de iniciar sua implementação a fim de favorecer o melhor resultado possível sob o ponto de vista do bem estar social. / [en] The modern world faces the great challenge of balancing economic development and environmental responsibility in order to achieve sustainable growth that minimizes the impacts generated on the environment. This has forced some governments and firms establish environmental policies as instruments to guarantee a future with sustainability and favors social welfare. Using evolutionary games theory, this work aims to analyze the interactions between environmental policies regulators and firms that provide economic development impacting the environment. While the firsts need to choose the best strategic actions to established and inspect environmental standards sets to increase social welfare, the company will only complies if this choice yields a better payoff. The results show how the inspection cost is decisive for establishing the better environmental policy and depending on the magnitude of this cost, there are different ways to introduce it in order to provide a better social welfare result.
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State, natural resources and environmental policy: notes for Peruvian case / Estado, recursos naturales y política ambiental: notas para el caso peruano

Lanegra, Iván, Hurtado, Verónica 25 September 2017 (has links)
This article is divided into three main sections that seek to provide a panoramic look at the relationship between the presence of important natural  resources in the country and  how this influences the state, particularly in the development of environmental policies. In that sense, in the first part, we made a theoretical introduction to the  relationship between natural resource abundance  and  state building,  with a brief mention of the  ‘natural resource curse’. Following is a particular case of Peru and the particularities of the  exploitation of their natural resources. Then we go on to explain how, through various factors,  including social conflicts, have created conditions for institutional innovation in environmental matter / El presente artículo se divide en tres apartados principales que buscan brindar una mirada panorámica sobre la relación entre la presencia de importantes recursos naturales en el territorio del país y la manera como esto influye en el Estado, en particular en el desarrollo de las políticas ambientales. En ese sentido, en  la  primera  parte  se  realiza una introducción teórica a la relación entre la abundancia de recursos naturales y la construcción del Estado; haciendo una breve mención a la llamada ‘maldición de los recursos naturales’. Seguidamente, se presenta el caso peruano y las particularidades del aprovechamiento de sus recursos naturales. Luego, se pasa a explicar cómo, a través de distintos factores, incluyendo los conflictos sociales, se han generado condiciones para la innovación institucional en materia ambiental, así como los efectos que genera la distribución de beneficios de la explotación de los recursos naturales sobre el Estado. Finalmente, el artículo concluye con la identificación de los desafíos que enfrenta el país en esta materia y las líneas de investigación que se abren para la Ciencia Política.
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Aspectos regulatórios e institucionais do desenvolvimento de gás não convencional: uma análise comparativa entre Brasil e Estados Unidos / Regulatory and institutional aspects of unconventional gas development: a comparative analysis between Brazil and the United States of America

Renata Rodrigues de Araújo 29 July 2016 (has links)
Esta tese avaliou se o Brasil, sob a perspectiva regulatória, encontra-se preparado para iniciar localmente o desenvolvimento de gás de folhelho, principal fonte de gás não convencional. Para tal, adotou como metodologia uma análise comparativa entre a legislação do setor de gás natural dos EUA e do Brasil, com foco na regulamentação das operações de fraturamento hidráulico, buscando evidenciar e contextualizar os principais fatores de sucesso da experiência estadunidense. Na realização dessas investigações foram utilizados diversos conceitos da Política Ambiental que podem ser empregados na elaboração de normas e condutas voltadas para o gás não convencional. Pautada no resultado dessas análises, que apontou a necessidade de estudos ambientais, sociais e econômicos mais aprofundados, apresentou-se como principal recomendação uma proposta de Avaliação Ambiental Estratégica (AAE). Tal ferramenta pode orientar a decisão do governo em relação à exploração de hidrocarbonetos não convencionais no Brasil, bem como auxiliar o país na obtenção de uma licença social para operar e na criação das condições necessárias para explorar seus possíveis recursos de gás de folhelho de maneira segura e responsável. / This thesis assesses whether Brazil, from the regulatory point of view, is ready to start a local production of shale gas, the main source of unconventional gas. For this purpose, the study conducted a comparative analysis of the primary laws regulating of oil and gas exploration and production activities in the USA and Brazil, focusing on the hydraulic fracturing operations, in order to determine and contextualize the major factors of success for the American shale gas experience. Several approaches of Environmental Policy that can be used in the development of standards and rules for unconventional gas were used. The results indicated the need for additional environmental, social and economic studies. Therefore, a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) proposal was the main recommendation. This tool may guide the government\'s decision about the unconventional resources production in Brazil, help the county to achieve a social license to operate and meet the conditions required to explore its potential shale gas resources.
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As políticas públicas de resíduos sólidos: o caso de Boa Vista-Roraima

Bruno César Andrade Costa 30 March 2016 (has links)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A Lei n 12.305, de 2 de agosto de 2010, que instituiu a política nacional de resíduos sólidos impôs deveres a pessoas físicas ou jurídicas, de direito público ou privado, responsáveis, direta ou indiretamente, pela geração de resíduos sólidos e as que desenvolvam ações relacionadas à gestão integrada ou ao gerenciamento de resíduos sólidos. Esta Lei estabeleceu um prazo de até 04 (quatro) anos, contados de sua publicação, para que os municípios apresentassem um plano de gestão integrada de resíduos sólidos para eliminação dos lixões, prazo esse que venceu em agosto de 2014. A pesquisa objetiva demonstrar, estabelecendo desde o histórico dos resíduos sólidos em âmbito internacional e local, passando pelas políticas públicas de resíduos sólidos em âmbito nacional, estadual e municipal, a maneira como a tutela jurisdicional pode atuar quanto à omissão do poder público local em relação à aplicação das políticas públicas de resíduos sólidos, principalmente em relação à nova lei de resíduos sólidos (Lei n 12.305/2010) e suas respectivas responsabilidades. Nesse sentido cumpre mencionar as infrações pelas quais o gestor público e as pessoas físicas e jurídicas que fazem parte dessa relação estarão sendo responsabilizados e de que forma as variadas tutelas do Estado poderão cobrar sua aplicabilidade e intervir em prol da sociedade e de todo o meio ambiente. Em relação ao município de Boa Vista, capital do Estado de Roraima, ainda não há um plano nos moldes ditados pela Lei n 12.305/2010, existindo apenas um Termo de Referência, sem qualquer sinal de uma efetiva solução por parte dos órgãos competentes, demonstrando a falta de vontade política pelo gestor público para solução do problema. Assim sendo, procura-se com a presente pesquisa vislumbrar uma sustentabilidade equilibrada, em consonância com o uso correto dos resíduos sólidos em que o manejo se torna adequado e que, por consequência, tenha resultados sociais e econômicos para toda a sociedade. / Law n. 12.305, of August 2, 2010, which established the national solid waste policy imposed duties to individuals or legal entities, public or private, responsible, directly or indirectly, by the generation of solid waste and to develop actions related to integrated management or management of solid waste. This law established a period of up to four (04) years of its publication, for municipalities to submit an integrated management plan for solid waste for disposal of garbage dumps, this term which expired in August 2014. The research aims to demonstrate, establishing long history of solid waste at the international and local level, through the public policies of solid waste at the national, state and municipal, the way the judicial protection can act as the failure of the local authorities regarding the implementation of public policies solid waste, especially in relation to the new law of solid waste (law n. 12.305 / 2010) and their respective responsibilities. In this sense it is worth mentioning the offenses for which the public manager and the individuals and companies that are part of this relationship are being held accountable and how the various guardianships state may charge its applicability and intervene on behalf of society and the whole environment. Regarding the city of Boa Vista, capital of the State of Roraima, there is still no plan along the lines dictated by Law n. 12.305 / 2010, with only a Reference Term, without any sign of an effective remedy by the competent organs, demonstrating the lack of political will by the public manager to solve the problem. Therefore, searching with this research envision a balanced sustainability, in line with the correct use of solid waste in the management becomes appropriate and therefore has social and economic outcomes for society.
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Constructing climate capitalism: Corporate power and the global climate policy-planning network

Sapinski, Jean Philippe 12 December 2014 (has links)
Climate capitalism has emerged over the last two decades as the response of a section of the global elite to the crisis of global warming. Greater consciousness of threats to the stability of the global carbon cycle, and thus to the general conditions for capital accumulation, has led certain members of the global elite to design a project of climate capitalism, that holds the promise of a smooth transition out of the crisis and into a new era of accumulation on renewed, ecologically modernized foundations. However, climate capitalism has been contested from the start. For one, many still do not accept that there exists any problem that needs addressing in the first place. At the other end of the spectrum, climate capitalism is challenged on the grounds of its incapacity to reduce GHG emissions and its complicity with neoliberalism in entrenching existing inequality. Debates abound around the latter critique. Should climate capitalism be opposed by all means, or should it be cautiously supported, for want of an alternative that can be realized rapidly enough? The response to this question crucially depends on whether support exists among the corporate and other global elites for a climate capitalism that stands a chance of actually reducing climate impacts in a timely manner. This dissertation directly addresses the issue of the existence and extent of corporate elite support for climate capitalism. It asks specifically, what forces support climate capitalism, how and to what degree they are organized, and how powerful they are relative to the forces of the status quo. This study answers the question of the potential of the climate capitalist project to become entrenched at the core of the neoliberal hegemonic bloc with a qualified yes: although broad support has not yet emerged, it seems poised to develop in the future as the global ecological crisis deepens – perhaps as an outcome of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. As to the question of the content of climate capitalism, and thereupon the issue of whether climate capitalism can actually provide a reduction in GHG emissions, the study finds that the dominant view of climate capitalism is that of a weak ecological modernization, taking place over the long term. In view of the scientific consensus on the urgency of massive GHG emissions reductions in the near term, this confirms the argument put forth by critics that a realistic response to climate change cannot be founded on climate capitalist principles. / Graduate / 0626 / 0700 / 0616

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