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Pastukhov, A. "International cooperation in a struggling against fungal disease UG99 as a promotion of sustainable development." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26716.
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Su, Van-Anh. "Promoting Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of International Rivers: A Study of the Mekong River Basin." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/647.
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The Mekong River is a crucial shared resource that flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Over 80 million people have traditionally depended on the river to sustain their livelihoods. However, recent large-scale dam projects present serious consequences to the environmental security of the riparian states. In particular, dam construction by upstream countries poses negative socioeconomic and environmental externalities to downstream countries. Such a dynamic has incited regional tension and set a precedent for river management along national lines rather than as a collective good.
Given such circumstances, this paper investigates whether the Mekong countries can transition to a cooperative regime that prioritizes the sustainable development of the river. In particular, this paper assesses the feasibility of achieving sustainable river cooperation by (i) analyzing the conditions that enable or hinder river cooperation, and (ii) investigating the extent that bargaining and benefit-sharing strategies can promote the long-term well-being of the river. The paper finds that the lack of credible commitment to the river’s sustainable development at both the regional and domestic levels renders cooperation for Mekong sustainability unlikely at this time.
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Cameron-Lewis, Aiyanna E. "Planting the Seeds of Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Green Belt Movement on Multisectoral Cooperation and Grassroots Expansion." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1759.
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This thesis explores interorganizational cooperation as a tool for grassroots expansion. It focuses on the importance of grounding development work in grassroots perspectives, while acknowledging the structural and practical limitations to this that exist inherently in the organization of the international system and in the nature of development actors. In order to address these limitations, it analyzes the resources, methods, and missions of development actors. It uses this analysis to demonstrate how coordination maximize resources and enables actors to increase their impact. Through a structural analysis of international, national, and local actors and development practices, this paper assesses where there is room in the international system for cooperation. To measure this question it lays out the underlying nature of the international system and the implications it inherently has that complicate interorganizational cooperation and grassroots expansion. Through the case of the Green Belt Movement, this paper investigates the potential for grassroots expansion. This case study demonstrates where there is room for cooperation by illustrating relevant collaborative projects. The Green Belt Movement specifically examines the potential for coordination in Kenya for climate justice, women’s rights, and community empowerment.
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Berhanusdotter, Hanna. "The Art of Mainstreaming Sustainability : Practices and Perceptions in Swedish Popular Movements Working with Development Cooperation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-260723.
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Environmental degradation and climate change are complex cross-cutting issues. They both call for a high level of policy coordination by all actors. This thesis examines the experienceof two Swedish popular movements integrating sustainable development as a cross cutting theme in their development cooperation: an approach known as mainstreaming. I seek to show how sustainability is understood and further how it is realized in the application of the work plans. The two case studies are the International Department of the Church of Sweden and Olof Palme International Centre. I have accounted for practical experiences via using informants as the main data source. Mainstreaming theory has been applied as tools foranalysation. Sustainability has been used in relation to sustainability of results andenvironmental aspects of the work plan. There is an increased demand to report on results and the longevity of the results in addition to address environment in all works undertaken in development cooperation organisations. The significance in studying the current interpretations and above all the challenges in application is to enable consideration in futur eamendments to strategies, policies and efforts made to mainstream sustainability. The findings conclude that there are similarities between the two cases in the identification of sustainability as pertaining to results and in the need for sustainability to focus on relationships to partners. Mainstreaming of environmental concerns is stated as a good and wanted aim. However, the actual negative environmental impact caused by the work plan is seen as low and sometimesenvironmental mainstreaming is even understood as a risk to partnerships. Environmental impact is only identified and addressed when seen as relevant and not as a concept to mainstream, this based on the relative low impact. This is in accordance with Sida guidelines but not with the stated policy wants.
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Sudibyo, Alexander. "Compatibility of a Western systemic approach for handling complex, pluralist and coercive problems in developing countries: A case study of micro satellite development in Indonesia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/782.
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In this era of globalization, there has been much western investment in the eastern world, increasing the number of large projects financed by internal and foreign investments. It was thought a challenging proposition to investigate whether systemic approaches could be used in eastern developing countries that are in transition between Toffler’s first (agricultural focused) and second (industrial centered) waves of economic development.
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Jane, Okiria-Ofwono Jacqueline. "An evaluation of the implementation of decentralization of the World Bank's operations of poverty reduction in Uganda." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012605.
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Continued debates on economic development, poverty eradication and the growing skeptism concerning the paradigms proposed through many decades, has led to a continued search for a paradigm that would, finally, resolve the issue of pervasive poverty in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Having implemented decentralization within government entities without any significant contribution to poverty eradication, the focus has now turned to the development agencies themselves. What are the inefficiencies in these agencies which if addressed might enable them deliver development aid more efficiently thus, providing more resources for development from being lost in the attrition of overheads? It is, therefore, argued that decentralization of development agencies will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of IFIs in delivering development aid. At the same time, decentralization reforms have been proposed as a response to the failures of highly centralized states (or organizations in this case). Empirical evidence, strongly, suggests that physical proximity and more "face-time", promotes better results-on-the-ground, delivered by staff who are better attuned to local conditions and have a better understanding of the client and their development agenda. But, will decentralization alone solve the issue of pervasive poverty? This research recognises that the factors affecting poverty are diverse and intricate and isolating just one part of the puzzle is not enough. Nevertheless, it is argues that decentralization, has a positive impact on poverty reduction thus, this study presents both practical and theoretical considerations from which policy measures can be derived. This thesis focused on establishing how the World Bank, changed its strategies through the implementation of decentralization of its operations as proposed in the ‗Strategic Compact‘, renewed the way it worked in order to maintain its relevance in the development world. The World Bank President, James Wolfensohn, proposed the Compact as a solution to the organization‘s self diagnosis that it was in distress, in a state of possible decline and was not fulfilling its mission of poverty eradication. This research, using Uganda Country Office as a case study, undertook, mainly, a qualitative review of the overall strategy of decentralization and its implementation organization wide and specifically, in Uganda. The research examined how the implementation of the strategy impacted on poverty trends in Uganda. This research found that the decentralization strategy was, fundamentally, the right one to deliver better results of the Bank‘s mission of ‗fighting poverty for lasting results‘ and its vision of ‗A World Free of Poverty‘. Contrary to the popular notion that the World Bank has been, largely ineffective in the delivery of its mission and its decentralization strategy just another one of its 'shams‘, this research established that the implementation of the strategy, although not having a direct or causal relationship, did have positive impact on poverty alleviation in Uganda. This study, therefore, makes a case for decentralization of donor organizations as a means of better delivery of the poverty eradication agenda in the developing world. The benefits though hard to measure in monetary terms are, nevertheless, real in terms of faster and better quality engagement with the clients which in turn, result into better delivery of services and programmes.
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Palling, Huusko Susanna. "Global Partnerships for Sustainable Development - a case study of the Global Deal for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-361128.
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This thesis discusses global partnerships for sustainable development. Global partnerships have come to be considered as key tools for the implementation of certain international sustainable development goals and there is a growing literature on the subject. Nevertheless, no study has yet been done of the Global Deal Partnership for Decent Work and Inclusive Growth, initiated by the Government of Sweden in 2016. The partnership is presented as a concrete input to several of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially numbers 8, 10, and 17. This provides an important opportunity to make sense of the Global Deal partnership, in particular since it is the first attempt of its kind to unite all stakeholders on the global labour market to work together to provide decent work and inclusive growth for all. What are the goals of the Global Deal, how was it formed, and how is it being implemented? The analysis presented in this thesis is based on a literature survey, documentary analysis, and interviews with the Global Deal Partnership’s support unit at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. This thesis argues that the Global Deal partnership is a textbook example of a global multi-stakeholder partnership, developed through an inclusive goal-setting process, and implemented with monitoring and reporting functions.
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Morton, Nicola. "Parks that cross the borderline : transnational co-operation in Southern Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51868.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this era of globalisation, the world is becoming more economically, politically and ecologically interdependent, that is, there is a growing mutual vulnerability between actors. The conditions of growing interdependence produce specific challenging circumstances for the achievement of particular goals, -includinq that of sustainable development. The Southern African context holds further obstacles to such development, which include poverty, inequality, a history of racial conflict and colonialism, and a regional economy on the semi-periphery of the global economy. It is my assertion that it is in the mutual self-interest of states and other stakeholders (e.g. communities) to approach this dilemma through transnational co-operation under the ethical umbrella of sustainable development. Thus this thesis seeks to discover to what extent the construction of Transborder Conservation Areas (TBCAs), relatively large areas which straddle the borders between two or more countries and cover natural systems incorporating one or more protected areas, can meet the criteria of sustainable development, given these conditions. The three primary criteria used for measuring sustainable development are community-based development; close linkages between the environment and development; and co-operation on all levels. The Kgalagadi TBCA, formally recognised on the 7th of April 1999 between South Africa and Botswana, serves as the case study. The conceptual framework used for the analysis is a theory of cooperation, as it applies to the field of International Relations. The key concepts employed here are those of interdependence, co-operation, sustainable development and institutionalisation. The research centers around three key issues: If sustainable development is the way forward for Southern Africa, do TBCAs reflect and fulfill the criteria as set forth by sustainable development? What does the experience of TBCAs in Southern Africa tell us about co-operation, recognising that TBCAs can only succeed if it has a sound base in the awareness and engagement of people? And, how best can decision-makers go about establishing TBCAs? Ultimately the thesis is a call to Southern African countries to embrace this new form of utilising the environment.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie era van globalisering is die wêreld besig om ekonomies, polities en ekologies meer interafhanklik te word, met ander woorde, daar is 'n toenemende wedersydse kwesbaarheid tussen akteurs. Toenemende interafhanklikheid produseer spesifieke uitdagings ten opsigte van die bereiking van sekere doelwitte, insluitend volgehoue ontwikkeling. Daar is besondere hindernisse op die weg na volgehoue ontwikkeling in Suidelike Afrika, is byvoorbeeld armoede, ongelykheid, en verlede gekenmerk deur rassekonflik en kolonialisme, asook en regionale ekonomie op die semi-periferie van die globale ekonomie. Dit is in die wedersydse belang van state en ander betrokke partye (bv. gemeenskappe) om hierdie dilemma te benader deur middel van transnasionale samewerking onder die etiese sambreel van volgehoue ontwikkeling. Hierdie tesis probeer vasstel tot watter mate die skep van Transnasionale Bewaringsgbiede, of sogenaamde "Vredesparke" (Transborder Conservation Areas = TBCAs), d.w.s. relatiewe groot areas aan weerskante van die grens(-e) tussen twee of meer lance en wat natuurlike stelsels dek wat ten minste een beskermde gebied inkorporeer, kan voldoen aan die kriteria vir volgehoue ontwikkeling, gegewe die bogenoemde konteks. Die drie primêre kriteria wat gebruik word om volgehoue ontwikkeling te meet is gemeenskapsgebaseerde ontwikkeling; die hegtheid van die verhouding tussen die omgewing en ontwikkeling; en samewerking op alle vlakke. Die Kgalagadi TBCA, amptelik op 7 April 1999 tussen Suid-Afrika en Botswana erken, dien as die gevallestudie. Die konseptueie raamwerk wat gebruik word in die analise is 'n teorie van samewerking, soos dit van toepassing is op die veld van Internasionale Betrekkinge. Die sleutelkonsepte wat gebruik word is interafhanklikheid, samewerking, volgehoue ontwikkeling en institusionalisering. Die navorsing sentreer rondom drie sleutelkwessies: lndien volgehoue ontwikkeling die weg vorentoe vir Suidelike Afrika is, weerspiëel en voldoen TBCAs aan die vereistes van volgehoue ontwikkeling? Wat kan ons wys raak oor samewerking na aanleiding van ons ervaring van TBCAs in Suidelike Afrika, gegewe dat TBCAs slegs kan slaag indien dit gefundeer is op gemeenskapsbewustheid- en deelname? Laastens, wat is die beste manier waarvolgens besluitnemers TBCAs kan vestig? Ten slotte is hierdie studie 'n beroep op die besluitnemers In Suidelike Afrika om hierdie nuwe wyse waarop die omgewing benut kan word, te ondersteun.
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Booi, Lusu. "Millennium development goals: lessons from Brazil and Venezuela (2000-2015)." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14675.
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This research looks at social policy making in Venezuela and Brazil with the objective of alleviating poverty, with special focus on meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that were set in 2000. Considering the leftist democratic governments that have been established in Latin America since Hugo Chávez was elected president in 1998, and later with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2002, the research seeks to understand and illustrate what nuances exist in strategy, ideas and implementation of social policy that would positively affect the underprivileged for a more equal and just society. The two countries have deep historical and structural inequalities from slavery, colonialism, imbalanced distribution of resources and like most developing nations of the Global South, have had to endure structural adjustments that have entrenched poverty levels further. Arguments in the past have been made for economic prosperity and economic growth as good indicators for development, however, the research takes a comparative analysis on how Venezuela (through Barrio Adentro and multiple state driven Missions) and Brazil (state supported Bolsa Familia and Universal Health System), have targeted health and education as the primary sectors not just to transform society but also because it is through these sectors that the most effective and efficient manner to measure human development which has thus far been neglected. The research also examines the leadership of the countries which speaks to the differing approaches adopted, style, rhetoric and political realities; and how they have been received not just domestically, but also internationally. The outcomes of the research illustrate a good link between literacy, education and health and a healthy level of state intervention that requires reciprocal social participation for programmes to succeed. Brazil and Venezuela have shown notable creativity and effectiveness in this regard.
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Nobre, Gabriella Machado. "Parceria estratégica entre o Brasil e Noruega: cooperação em clima, meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável da Amazônia 2006-2013." Universidade Federal de Roraima, 2016. http://www.bdtd.ufrr.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=365.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorO propósito desta dissertação é compreender, a partir dos pressupostos conceituais e historiográficos, a participação da Noruega na elaboração da estratégia de cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento, com o foco na parceria noruego-brasileira a partir de 2006 até 2013. A parceria estratégica entre o Brasil e a Noruega é pensada de modo que contribua significativamente em áreas prioritárias, neste caso na Amazônia Legal em clima, meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável. Esta pesquisa descreve as ações governamentais da Noruega para a cooperação para o desenvolvimento, por meio da sua contribuição ao Fundo da Amazônia, com base no documento intitulado Estratégia do governo norueguês para cooperação entre Brasil e Noruega- Novas perspectivas para um relacionamento de longa data. Com o objetivo de reduzir as emissões por desmatamento e degradação florestal, a cooperação entre a Noruega e o Brasil (REDD+) constitui parte importante da iniciativa climática e florestal do governo norueguês. Por meio da parceria estratégica, a Noruega almeja contribuir para a produção sustentável de alimentos e, consequentemente, para a geração de empregos na Região Amazônica. Releva-se a atuação norueguesa na cooperação internacional para o desenvolvimento, o que permite a Noruega, poder de influência nas relações internacionais. Por meio dos argumentos explicitados, espera-se que este estudo contribua para a compreensão de como o Estado norueguês e, em específico a diplomacia norueguesa se formula para defender seus interesses por meio da sua parceria internacional com o Brasil.
The purpose of this dissertation is to comprehend, through a conceptual and historical perspective, the participation of Norway in the elaboration of the international cooperation strategy for development, with focus on the Norwegian-Brazilian partnership, since 2006 until 2013. The strategic partnership between Brazil and Norway it is viewed to contribute significantly in areas of strategic importance, in this case in the Legal Amazon in environment and sustainable development. This research describes the Norwegians governmental actions under its donation to the Amazon Fund. Based on the document The Norwegian Governments strategy for cooperation between Brazil and Norway: new perspectives on a long-standing relationship. With the objective of reducing gas emissions by human cutting trees and deforestation, the Brazilian and Norwegian cooperation (REDD+) represents an important role of the Norwegian forest climate initiative. Through the strategic partnership, Norway aims to contribute to the sustainable food production and as a result to new employment in the Amazon Region. It is important to consider Norways role in cooperation and development field. This in the end guarantees to Norway, the power of influencing in international relations. By this, it is hoped that this academic study contributes to the comprehension of how the Norwegians state, specifically the Norwegians diplomacy, formulates itself in order to pursue its national interests by its international cooperation with Brazil.
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Santos, Ricardo Mota. "Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa: política, poder-saber e governo do planeta." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21583.
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This research sought to locate the provenances of the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, showing how it was possible to build an international organization based on the common element that is the language, and how the CPLP consolidated and strengthened itself in the emergence of a new policy perspective, which interferes with the way of producing the living and the life on the planet. In view of this, it was possible to verify through the production of knowledge and truths related to diplomatic approaches between Portugal and Brazil, and later, with the end of colonialism in lusophone Africa and Asia, the emergence of the new national states for the institutionalization of the organization. In the mid-1990s, the consolidated community is crossed by apparent common identity, kindness and cooperation, and multiculturalism to demarcate the geographical differences and particular characteristics of each member state. In the wake of sustainable development and the demand for the production of human capital relegated by neoliberalism, it is possible to map the political transformations of the language and the various strategic plans of the CPLP to meet the global development goals and strengthen in a planetary environment
Essa pesquisa buscou situar as proveniências da Comunidade de Língua Portuguesa, mostrando como foi possível a construção de uma organização internacional baseada no elemento comum que é a língua, e como a CPLP se consolidou e se fortaleceu no despontar de uma nova perspectiva da política, que interfere no modo de produzir o vivo e a vida no e do planeta. Diante disso, foi possível constatar por meio de produção de saberes e verdades relacionadas às aproximações diplomáticas entre Portugal e Brasil, e posteriormente, com o fim do colonialismo na África lusófona e na Ásia, o surgimento dos novos Estados nacionais para a institucionalização da organização. Em meados da década de 1990, a comunidade consolidada é atravessada pela aparente identidade comum, de amabilidade e cooperação, e pelo multiculturalismo para demarcar as diferenças geográficas e as características particulares de cada Estadomembro. No rastro do desenvolvimento sustentável e na demanda da produção de capital humano relegada pelo neoliberalismo é possível mapear as transformações políticas da língua e os diversos planos estratégicos da CPLP para atender os objetivos de desenvolvimento globais e se fortalecer em ambiente planetário
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Burešová, Kateřina. "Environmentální politika Číny a trvale udržitelný rozvoj." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-191701.
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The presented diploma thesis deals with environmental issues in China and focuses on the analysis of environmental policy in China and its approach to sustainable development. There is also addressed international environmental cooperation and China's role within. The aim of this thesis is to present the current condition of the environment in China and its causes, to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental policy in China using the concept of environmental governance and eventually introduce the attitude of China to international environmental cooperation.
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GRIGORYEVA, VICTORIA. "Att förbättra utbildningen för en hållbar utveckling : Lärares utsagor om framgångsfaktorer i arbetet för en hållbar utveckling." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för matematikämnets och naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-109607.
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För pedagoger är det viktigt att se det som skapar framgång och ger positiv perspektiv. Min undersökning kan hjälpa till att fördjupa förståelsen för vilka faktorer som främjar utbildning för hållbar utveckling. Syftet med studien är att ta reda på faktorer som är viktiga för att främja och förbättra utbildning för hållbar utveckling. Enligt styrdokumenten är hållbar utveckling en nödvändig komponent i utbildning. Materialet erhölls genom kvalitativa djupintervjuer med 6 lärare, inkluderar förskollärare, grundskollärare, gymnasielärare, representanter från Håll Sverige Rent, Naturskolan som har av erfarenhet i praktiskt arbete med hållbar utveckling inom framgångsrikt Grön Flaggs certifieringsprogram. Det analyserades och sammanställdes sedan i löpande text. Genom SWOT- analys identifieras och kategoriseras starka sidor, svaga sidor, möjligheter och hot bland faktorer som främjar utbildning för hållbar utveckling. Starka sidor och möjligheter betraktas som framgångsfaktorer. Resultaten visar vilka faktorer som är viktiga för att främja och förbättra utbildning för hållbar utveckling utifrån lärarens perspektiv. Den studien belyser framgångsfaktorer för utbildning för hållbar utveckling i praktiskt arbete. Min förhoppning är att min undersökning ska öka förutsättningarna för att utveckla en internationell dialog och samarbete inom kompetensutveckling inom utbildning för hållbar utveckling.
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Mogotsi, Barulaganye Jones. "Implementation of local agenda 21's education, awareness and training component : a case study of Gaborone /." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/508/.
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Collin, François. "Les politiques internationales d'atténuation du changement climatique : enjeux, difficultés et perspectives." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013REN1G029.
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Cette étude analyse les différents angles de vue qui permettent de comprendre l’état des politiques internationales d’atténuation du changement climatique au début du XXIème siècle. Dans un contexte réellement inquiétant au regard des données scientifiques actuellement à disposition sur le sujet, elle interroge la capacité d’action de la communauté internationale dans la gestion de la crise environnementale en cours. Alors que la plupart des études et des mesures adoptées tendent à se concentrer sur les capacités d’adaptation au changement climatique, il importe de savoir dans quelle mesure les politiques d’atténuation de ce dernier gardent une forme de légitimité et d’intérêt. S’appuyant sur un grand nombre de publications du monde universitaire et de rapports publics nationaux ou internationaux, cette étude bibliographique dresse un bilan sur l’état des connaissances relatives à la gestion internationale de la crise environnementale contemporaine, sur les enjeux fondamentaux que cette dernière soulève pour les prochaines décennies par rapport à nos modèles de sociétés (politiques, économiques, sociaux, éthiques…), sur les difficultés qu’elle ne manque pas de rencontrer dans le cadre des négociations internationales (atteinte aux souverainetés nationales, défense d’intérêts particuliers, répartition des rôles entre les différents acteurs, organisation et mise en place de moyens complexes…), puis enfin sur les différentes perspectives qu’elle pourrait voir émerger au cours des décennies à venir en fonction du degré d’action ou d’inaction de la communauté internationale à court terme (ampleur du réchauffement et de ses conséquences, modèles politiques et économiques associés, forme et niveau de la coopération internationale…). Le travail s’intéresse dans un premier temps au processus du changement climatique lui-même ainsi qu’à son contexte par l’intermédiaire de l’évolution de la société contemporaine (Partie I). Il met ensuite en évidence l’existence des difficultés importantes auxquelles est confronté le politique aujourd’hui, dans sa capacité notamment à prendre en charge la gestion de la crise environnementale en cours (Partie II). Il analyse en outre l’incapacité systémique du modèle économique mondialisé à assurer seul l’atténuation du changement climatique (Partie III). Il met enfin en avant certaines pistes de réflexion démontrant la nécessité de l’établissement sur la scène internationale d’un développement mondial durable et équitable (Partie IV)This study analyses the different points of view that lead to a better understanding of international public policies addressing climate change mitigation in the beginning of the XXIth century. In a truly worrying context according to current scientific data, it questions the international community’s ability to act upon the current environment crisis. Many studies and policies about climate change are focusing on the ability to adapt to climate change; but it is important to know how policies that mitigate the climate change still remain legitimate and gather interest. Based on a large number of research publications and national or international public reports, this bibliographic study produces a review of the international management of the current environment crisis; an evaluation of the most important issues it reveals for the next decades about our society’s models (political, economic, social, ethical...); an assessment of the difficulties it creates for international negotiations (threats to national sovereignties, protection of specific interests, roles sharing between various stakeholders, organization and logistics of complicated means...); and finally an analysis of the different outlooks for the next decades depending on the international community’s level of action in the near term (magnitude of temperature warming and its consequences, associated political and economic models, form and extent of international cooperation...). First, this study addresses the climate change process itself and its context within the evolution of our contemporary society (Part I). Second, it exposes the great difficulties facing today’s politicians to tackle the environmental crisis (Part II). Then, it analyses the systematic inability of the global economic model to assume by itself the full responsibility of climate change mitigation (Part III). Finally, this study presents a number of considerations regarding the need to establish an equitable and sustainable economic development at the global scale (Part IV)
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MATSUMOTO, Tetsuo. "Role of International Cooperation Center for Agricultural Education (ICCAE) in Capacity Building for Sustainable Agriculture." 名古屋大学農学国際教育協力研究センター, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/8940.
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Le, Goueff-Duong Meï-Line. "Le droit du développement durable comme facteur de développement différencié des états : de la théorie aux pratiques." Thesis, Poitiers, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019POIT3001.
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Despite the crisis in the global economy, politics and social-environment between the developed countries and thedeveloping countries, sustainable development law is a potential instrument that can manage to resolve disputesbetween countries of the North and countries of the South, and reconcile economic development with environmentalmatters. Consolidation of sustainable development law that was undertaken by the Stockholm Conference in 1972 andthe Rio Conference in 1992 has also had an impact on social and environmental justice. Indeed, it promotes a doublesynergy between the protection of the environment, the economic development and State action. In this regards, theintegrative function and the conciliatory function lead to the universal recognition and the affirmation of sustainabledevelopment law at international, national and regional level, especially within the international institutions and the legalcorpus including economic and social rights (i.e. Human Rights). Numerous treaties, constitutional and legislativeprovisions have been integrating sustainable development. The recognition of sustainable development law represents asignificant change to the current legal system guarantied by consistency, rationality, autonomy and structured inhierarchical layers. However, the emergence of sustainable development law and its recognition raised concern,questions and controversy about its legal prospect, sophisticated governance and structural limits due to theproliferation of sustainable development standards and the growing number of complex institutions. Besides, differingpractices between States point to the need to consider whether there is a genuine joint will of both developed countriesand developing countries to create a new paradigm which can reconcile environment protection with economicdevelopment. Thus raising the question whether sustainable development law is able to fulfil its function as aconciliator and to strike a balance between environmental, socio-economic issues to both developed and to developingcountries. Furthermore, the affirmation of sustainable development law at the international, regional and national levelrequires relevant law implementing and enforcement strategies for respecting, protecting and ensuring full enjoyment ofsustainable development law. It can help to address the issue of effectiveness and implementation. It also encourageswider participation of concerned public and private actors, NGO, decentralized authorities as well as of InternationalOrganization in the development of standards and its implementation and enforcement. Finally, the necessary legal,procedural and technical guarantees should be ensured in order to guarantee full compliance with sustainabledevelopment standards and to avoid a legitimacy crisis of sustainable development as well as a rupture of diplomaticrelationsDans un contexte de querelles, de tensions et d’affrontements politiques, économiques et environnementaux entre lespays Nord-Sud, le droit du développement durable apparait comme un instrument potentiel de résolution des conflitsNord-Sud et de conciliation du développement économique avec l’environnement. Ce nouveau droit a également unimpact sur la justice environnementale et sociale dans la mesure où il favorise une double synergie entre la protection del’environnement, le développement économique et l’action des Etats. Les fonctions d’intégration et de conciliation dudroit du développement durable ont conduit à la reconnaissance universelle et l’affirmation au niveau international,régional et national, particulièrement au sein des institutions internationales et du corpus juridique à caractèreéconomique et social (droits de l’Homme) du développement durable. Il a également fait l’objet de nombreusesdispositions conventionnelles, constitutionnelles et législatives. Cette reconnaissance du droit du développementdurable bouleverse le modèle « classique » du système juridique cohérent, rationnel, autonome et hiérarchisé.Cependant, l’émergence du droit du développement suscite des inquiétudes, des interrogations et des controversesinhérentes à sa portée juridique, sa gouvernance trop sophistiquée et aux limites structurelles du fait de l’affluenceconstante de normes et d’institutions toujours plus complexes. De plus, face aux pratiques différenciées des Etats, ilconvient de se demander s’il existe une réelle volonté commune de créer un « nouveau paradigme ». Par ailleurs,l’affirmation du droit du développement durable sur le plan international, régional et national nécessite la mise en placede stratégies de mise en oeuvre effective et efficace du droit développement durable et la participation accrue desdifférents acteurs publics et privés, des ONG, des collectivités territoriales et des organisations internationales dans laproduction et l’application dudit droit. Enfin, il convient de chercher les garanties et de nouvelles mesures de sanctionsafin d’assurer la conformité et le respect avec les normes inhérentes au développement durable, et d’éviter la crise delégitimité du développement durable et une rupture éventuelle des relations internationales
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Wright, Brian Bradley. "A review of lessons learned to inform capacity-building for sustainable nature-based tourism development in the European Union funded ʺSupport to the Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative Pilot Programmeʺ." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003628.
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This case-study establishes the influences of power-knowledge relationships on capacity-building for sustainability in the European Union Funded ‘Wild Coast Spatial Development Initiative Pilot Programme’ (EU Programme). It aims to capture the lessons learned for capacitybuilding to support nature-based tourism initiatives on the Wild Coast. The EU Programme aimed to achieve economic and social development of previously disadvantaged communities through nature-based tourism enterprises, and to develop capacity of local authorities and communities to support environmental management. The study discusses common trends in thematic categories emerging from the research data, and contextualises research findings in a broader development landscape. This study indicates that power-knowledge relations were reflected in the EU Programme’s development ideology by an exclusionary development approach, which lacked a participatory ethos. This exclusionary approach did not support an enabling environment for capacity-building. This development approach, guiding the programme conceptualization, design and implementation processes, resulted in a programme with unrealistic objectives, time-frames and resource allocations; a programme resisted by provincial and local government. The study provides a causal link between participation, programme relevance, programme ownership, commitment of stakeholders, effective management and capacity-building for sustainable programme implementation. The study argues that the underlying motivation for the exclusionary EU development ideology in the programme is driven by a risk management strategy. This approach allows the EU to hold power in the development process, whereas, an inclusionary participative development methodology would require a more in-depth negotiation with stakeholders, thereby requiring the EU to relinquish existing levels of power and control. This may increase the risk of an unexpected programme design outcome and associated exposure to financial risk. It may also have a significant financial effect on donor countries' consultancies and consultants currently driving the development industry. This study recommends an interactive-participative methodology for programme design and implementation, if an enabling environment for capacity-building is to be created. In addition, all programme stakeholders must share contractual accountability for programme outcomes. This requires a paradigm shift in the EU development ideology to an inclusionary methodology. However, this research suggests that the current EU development approach will not voluntarily change. I, therefore, argue that South Africa needs to develop a legislative framework that will guide donor-funded development programme methodology, to support an enabling environment for capacity-building.
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Edynak, Elsa. "Le droit international applicable à l'océan Arctique : l’adéquation d’un ensemble juridique complexe à un espace spécifique." Thesis, Normandie, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019NORMR139.
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Le changement climatique et les bouleversements qu’il implique en Arctique ont véritablement renouvelé l’intérêt pour cet espace. Celui-ci soulève des enjeux de différentes échelles (aussi bien régionale que globale), mais aussi de différentes natures (économiques, politiques, sociales, environnementales), qui constituent autant de problématiques juridiques et interrogent la pertinence du droit applicable. Cependant, et c’est là l’enjeu juridique principal de ce sujet : le cadre juridique existant fait preuve d’une grande complexité, dont la cohérence et la pertinence vis-à-vis de la région ont été largement remises en cause. Mais à ce mal unique – la complexité – les auteurs ne semblent pas s’accorder sur les solutions à adopter. Ces divergences soulignent l’intérêt de déterminer si le cadre juridique applicable à l’océan Arctique peut être consi-déré comme « adéquat » dans le sens où il permettrait une gestion répondant aux critères d’un système juridique satisfaisant. Du point de vue de la méthode, l’étude demandait de mettre de l’ordre dans le désordre apparent. A cette fin, la systématisation, à travers la réalisation d’un tableau synoptique analysant l’ensemble des normes de droit international applicables à la région, a été nécessaire. En conclusion, en dépit de sa diversité, le cadre juridique peut néanmoins être considéré comme satisfai-sant du point de vue substantiel (complétude) et formel (cohérence). Au-delà de la simple cohérence, la construc-tion actuelle d’un droit de l’Arctique amène à identifier un processus d’ordonnancement au niveau régional, appa-rentant de plus en plus cet encadrement à un véritable « système juridique ». Cette régionalisation est juridiquement indispensable, mais il faut néanmoins admettre qu’elle ne permet pas d’assurer l’action mondiale qui demeure indispensable face au problème global du changement climatique. Si elle constitue une étape probablement néces-saire, elle représente surtout une étape supplémentaire à cette mise en oeuvre généralisée et renforce dès lors la fragmentation du droit international, et donc sa complexitéClimate change and the disruption it implies in the Arctic have really renewed the interest in this space. This raises issues of different scales (both regional and global), but also of different natures (economic, political, social, environmental), which constitute as many legal issues and question the relevance of the applicable law. However, and this is the main legal issue here: the existing legal framework is extremely complex, whose consistency and relevance concerning the region have been widely questioned. But to this unique problem - com-plexity - the authors do not seem to agree on the solutions to adopt. These differences underline the interest to determine whether the legal framework for the Arctic Ocean can be considered as "adequate" in the sense that it would enable a management that meets the criteria of a satisfying legal system. Regarding the method, the study demanded to put the apparent disorder in order. To this end, systematization was necessary; it was done through the creation of a synoptic table analyzing all the standards of international law applicable to the region,. In conclusion, despite its diversity, the legal framework can nevertheless be considered satisfactory from a substantive (completeness) and formal (coherence) point of view. Beyond simple coherence, the current cons-truction of an Arctic law leads to the identification of an scheduling process at the regional level, this framework resembling more and more a real "legal system". This regionalisation is legally essential. Nevertheless, it must be recognized that it does not ensure the worldwide action which remains essential in the face of the global problem that is climate change. If it constitutes a probably necessary step, it represents above all an additional step in this generalized implementation and therefore reinforces the fragmentation of international law, and its complexity
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Winands-Kalkuhl, Sarah Margareta [Verfasser]. "International Cooperation for the Conservation and Sustainable and Fair Use of Biodiversity / Sarah Margareta Winands-Kalkuhl." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1077269501/34.
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Butros, Simon, and Tim Lager. "Plussummespela hela vägen till hållbar utveckling – En studie om ”Europas grönaste stad” : Hur Internationella samarbeten driver hållbar utveckling framåt i staden." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Globala studier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40741.
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The environmental threat is a stressing concern which must be addressed immediately. The urbanization has been growing in a rapid pace the past years. Today, more than 50 percent of the world’s population lives in cities, and the forecast tells us that it will increase to 70 percent in 2050. This puts pressure on actors like states, organizations, companies, and municipalities who must work to meet the urbanization immediately. The UN, the EU and WWF amongst others advocates that international cooperation between these actors is the best way to go, and that cities must be prepared for the problem that occurs today and the challenges for tomorrow. In spite of this, there is no substantial research on this topic, on what international environmental cooperation between cities could mean to a city or what the results could be. Växjö is one of few Swedish cities who work internationally with local as well as global ecological sustainable development. This study intends to discover the international cooperations in the topic of environmental sustainable development in the city in Växjö. The purpose is to see what impact the international cooperations have in the environmental work of Växjö, and to see whether environmental sustainable development is being urged on by international collaborations. By using a positive–sum game as a theoretical starting point, a case–study has been conducted, where interviews were made with representatives from Växjö municipal. The result of the study shows that the effects Växjö has obtained through these cooperations, do promote environmental sustainable development. If the collaborations take the form of a positive–sum game, all actors benefit from it and the environment as well. Since the international cooperations bring exchange of knowledge and sometimes external financial means to put into different projects, the city’s environmental sustainable development improves.Klimathotet är ett tryckande problem som bör adresseras omgående. Urbaniseringen har ökat stadigt de senaste åren då idag över 50 procent av jordens befolkning bor i städer och prognosen förutspår att den siffran kommer att öka till 70 procent till 2050. Det här sätter press på aktörer som länder, organisationer, företag och kommuner som måste arbeta för att bemöta urbaniseringen omgående. FN, EU och WWF med flera förespråkar att internationellt samarbete mellan samtliga dessa aktörer är den bästa vägen att gå och att städerna måste vara beredda på de problem som idag finns och som kommer att uppdagas i framtiden. Trots detta finns inga studier på vad internationellt ekologiskt samarbete mellan städer innebär eller vad det resulterar i. Växjö är en av få svenska städer som internationellt arbetar med lokal och global ekologisk hållbar utveckling. Studien ämnar undersöka Växjös internationella samarbete inom ekologisk hållbar utveckling i staden. Avsikten är att se vilken roll Växjös internationella samarbete spelar i deras hållbarhetsarbete i Växjö samt undersöka om och hur ekologisk hållbar utveckling i staden kan drivas framåt av internationella samarbeten. Med ett plussummspel som teoretisk utgångspunkt i fallstudien genomförs en intervjustudie med representanter från Växjö kommun. Resultatet visar att de effekter Växjö erhållit genom sina internationella samarbeten leder till ekologisk hållbar utveckling i staden. Ifall samarbete tar formen av ett plussummepsel medför det att samtliga inblandade aktörer går med vinning ur samarbetena och att miljön och klimatet gynnas. Detta genom att internationellt samarbete medför betydande kunskapsutbyten och externa finansiella medel att lägga på projekt, som således driver hållbar utveckling framåt i staden.
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Gutiérrez, Alexis Theresa. "The Sustainable Seafood Movement : bringing together supply, demand and governance of capture fisheries in the U.S. and U.K. to achieve sustainability." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ad3f9e68-0171-4f51-9a08-1361dcf1d6b7.
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The Sustainable Seafood Movement's "theory of change" is predicated on using markets to improve the supply of, demand for and governance of sustainable fisheries. Over four articles, this thesis will examine the implications of this approach. Article I evaluates the cultural model of seafood eco-labelling and demonstrates that while the theory of using market demand to motivate fishery improvements has been a powerful incentive, consumers have had a minimal role in incentivising that change. This is validated through semi-structured consumer interviews and structured surveys (n=196), which indicate consumers' general understanding of sustainability issues. Article II examines the roles of actors in the Sustainable Seafood Movement in facilitating the growth of sustainable seafood products in the supply chain, thus explaining how in the absence of large consumer demand, certified sustainable seafood product offerings have continued to grow. Article III examines the private governance mechanisms that the Sustainable Seafood Movement has established in the supply chain and how these are rivalling, complementing and substituting those of state-led fisheries governance mechanisms. At the same time both private and public governance mechanisms continue to monopolise certain spaces, such as flag state authority. Greater coordination between these two governance systems is needed to facilitate additional sustainability gains and strengthen the resilience of these governance systems. When public and private governance efforts to improve the supply, demand and governance of sustainable seafood are looked as whole, as in Article IV, it is evident that consumers/citizens are minimally engaged. Lack of consumer/citizen engagement could lead to an undervaluing of these governance systems by society. Civic engagement organizations are needed to bridge these systems and facilitate citizen/consumer/steward engagement. Public accountability mechanisms are one means to better engage the public in both governance systems, so that sustainable fisheries are realised by collective engagement of all actors.
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Machado, João Guilherme Rocha. "O desenvolvimento econômico e as Nações Unidas: uma análise da atuação do PNUD no Brasil." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2007. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/9310.
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The aim of this study is to assess the task performed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations main body for development issues, in Brazil. The method of research consists of bibliographical research, followed by a case study, in order to strengthen the theme s empirical investigation. The case study analyzed is the project BNDES/PNUD for Local Development (BRA/00/031) in the Península de Itapagipe , Salvador, Bahia. The first conclusion of this work is that the choice of the capabilities approach, developed by Amartya Sen, is convenient for the pragmatic and consensual nature of the Programme, given that it proposes a stronger focus on the expansion of individual choices without questioning the current international economic order. Therefore, it allows the maintenance of the support of not only countries which act as core resource suppliers, but also of countries where UNDP implements its interventions. Furthermore, the sustainable human development is a concept broad enough to let different interventions be classified under this one paradigm. Regarding the specific role of the UNDP in Brazil, it is clear that the nature of its approach is the government cost-sharing/national execution. This modality was first employed in a particular context, under special circumstances, which took under consideration the interests of both Brazilian government and the UNDP. It is possible to reach the conclusion that the Programme´s action in Brazil is more linked to performing the duties of a support structure, in order to have the projects fully and effectively implemented, than to furnish content and theoretical aspects to the interventions supported by the Programme. In sum, the UNDP´s action is limited by the lack of success in translating its innovative theoretical concepts and ideas into practical projects. Being successful on this task could imply an enrichment of the projects and also create a clear framework which characterizes the projects supported by the UNDP
O objetivo desse trabalho é entender como o Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD), principal órgão das Nações Unidas para a questão do desenvolvimento, atua no Brasil. O procedimento de pesquisa utilizado é a pesquisa bibliográfica. Um estudo de caso é também realizado como forma de aprofundar a investigação empírica do tema. O estudo de caso analisado é o projeto BNDES/PNUD de Desenvolvimento Local (BRA/00/031), na Península de Itapagipe em Salvador (BA). A primeira conclusão deste trabalho é que a escolha da abordagem das capacidades de Amartya Sen é conveniente à natureza pragmática e consensual do Programa, porque propõe um foco na expansão das escolhas individuais das pessoas, mas sem questionar a ordem econômica internacional vigente. Dessa forma, permite a manutenção do apoio tanto de países doadores de recursos regulares como dos países nos quais o PNUD mantém atividades. Além disso, o desenvolvimento humano sustentável é muito amplo, e isso permite que intervenções nas mais diferentes áreas sejam classificadas como relacionadas a este paradigma. Em relação à atuação específica do PNUD no Brasil, está claro que a modalidade de cooperação utilizada majoritariamente é a execução nacional/financiamento pelo governo. Essa modalidade passou a ser utilizada em um contexto específico, que atendia interesses tanto do governo brasileiro quanto do PNUD. Pode-se concluir que a atuação do Programa no Brasil passa muito mais por servir como uma estrutura de apoio para que os projetos sejam implementados do que por realizar aportes teóricos e de conteúdo às intervenções apoiadas pelo Programa. Portanto, a atuação do PNUD é limitada pelo fato de não conseguir traduzir as idéias e os conceitos inovadores criados no seu âmbito para os seus projetos. Ter sucesso nessa questão poderia representar um enriquecimento dos projetos, bem como criar uma delimitação clara que caracterize os projetos apoiados pelo PNUD
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Barros, Josieni Pereira de. "Tributação verde como instrumento internacional para implementação dos objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável." Universidade Católica de Santos, 2018. http://biblioteca.unisantos.br:8181/handle/tede/5021.
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A presente tese propõe-se a apresentar a tributação ambiental, pautada na extrafiscalidade, como uma fundamental política pública de fomento ao desenvolvimento sustentável, de modo a estimular outros atores não estatais na cooperação para a gestão da sustentabilidade. Pretende-se, com esta abordagem, demonstrar a possibilidade de atuação da política fiscal ambiental e a instituição de ecotributos como uma ação global e local para a implementação de pontuais Objetivos do Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), especialmente os objetivos 11 e 12. Para atingir tal propósito, demonstrou-se a participação dos atores subnacionais como mecanismo da governança ambiental global. A pesquisa analisou o efeito dessa participação na solução de problemas comuns, crescentes na era globalizada e no mundo pós-moderno, onde os conceitos tradicionais do direito internacional são insuficientes para a tratativa dos problemas líquidos que permeiam a atualidade. Verificou-se essa mudança de paradigma pelo viés da tributação ambiental e da cooperação internacional local, estabelecendo a criação de ecotributos como instrumento essencial para fomento da produção, do consumo e das cidades sustentáveis.
The present thesis aims to present environmental taxation, based on extrafiscality, as a fundamental public policy to promote sustainable development, in order to stimulate other non-state actors to cooperate towards sustainable management. This approach sets out to demonstrate the viability of environmental fiscal policy and the creation of greentaxes as global and local action to implement specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially goals 11 and 12. To this end, this study establishes the participation of subnational actors as a mechanism for global environmental governance. The study examined the effect of this participation in solving common problems, increased in the globalized era and in the postmodern world, where traditional concepts of international law have proved insufficient to deal with liquid problems. This change of paradigm was observed through environmental taxation and local international cooperation, establishing the creation of greentaxes as a fundamental instrument to promote production, consumption and sustainable cities.
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Kinuthia, Wanyee. "“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30170.
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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.
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Broman, Jennie. "Sustainable Consumption and Production in International Development Cooperation : A case study of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)." Thesis, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-39761.
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Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is integral within the international sustainable development agenda both as goal and objective. As well as linking people and society to the broader picture of development, sustainable consumption helps the global sustainability agenda to connect with individuals because it affects everyday practices at home and in society. Sustainable production is strongly linked to consumption as it touches on the practices of producing consumer goods and services. International development cooperation agencies are important actors in the SCP agenda, as they oversee international aid and funding for programmes meant to implement international sustainable development policies. SCP has strong links to global north narratives, and participatory approaches have become mandatory for recipient countries to obtain donor funding. It is therefore important to understand how these agencies conceptualise these practices in a global south context. Drawing from the ideas of empowerment through participation, this degree project analyses two project reports funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), an important actor within international development cooperation activities, and investigates how SCP is communicated in a global south context. It finds that: the initiatives experience limitations by donor dependency, constraining local community practices to sustain; lacking measuring tools and strategies limit the information to clearly say these initiatives reach the intended target groups; and that there is strong reason to question whether these initiatives, largely built upon global north narratives, are suitable for the context and subjects of intervention.
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Strub, Juliane. "Opportunities for co-operation between informal youth groups and international non-governmental organisations : a case study of Amman and Zarqa in Jordan." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25453.
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Text in EnglishThe study focuses on the interaction between two structures in development cooperation: the bottom-up approach of Informal Youth Groups (IYGs) and the topdown approach of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs). These are considered in the theoretical context of the capability approach. In the empirical study, conducted in the cities of Amman and Zarqa in Jordan, the researcher interviewed eleven key members of IYGs to analyse their work mechanisms and criteria for co-operation. A Focus Group Discussion with members of INGOs about challenges and opportunities in co-operations with IYGs was conducted, to complement the literature review of INGO perspectives. The study provides insights into the work mechanism and co-operation criteria of IYGs. The interviewees mentioned trust between the parties and sharing vision and motivation as key requirements. Recommendations for INGOs in their work with local partners and practical steps for supporting IYGs are given.
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Roba, Tesema Fote. "Media and environmental awareness : a geographical study in Kembata Tembaro Zone, southern Ethiopia." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/9236.
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In Ethiopia people are highly dependent on natural resources which often lead to
environmental degradation. The perception is that environmental degradation is
partly due to lack of environmental awareness. The level of environmental
awareness and the role of the media in creating awareness in Kembata
Tembaro Administrative zone were investigated. Quantitative and qualitative
methodologies were used to identify sources of environmental knowledge,
content, spatial extent, volume and priority of media coverage, impact of media,
and expectation of audiences and producers. Experience, rather than outside
sources, such as provided by the media, is the main source of environmental
information, but awareness is key to reduce further environmental degradation.
Environmental media programs should be transmitted at suitable times and the
experiences of successful farmers in natural resources conservation and
development should be shared. Attention should also be given to identification of
awareness obstacles and training and sensitizing of journalists on environment issues
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Eschbach, Philipp. "The effect of entitlement and patronage on empowerment : a case study on a development project in Bangladesh." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25544.
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Text in EnglishSustainable development empowers poverty-affected people and communities by strengthening their capabilities. HRDP, a Bangladeshi development agency aims to achieve this goal by offering literacy classes and primary school edu-cation. In recent years, they have encountered obstacles to their empowerment strategy. Socio-cultural mediated expectations and moral obligations impeded the capability approach. This case study seeks to research the effects of entitlement and patronage on the empowerment of people in one of their projects. To be able to understand these structures and to determine possible implications for the asset-based ap-proach, 14 interviews and two focus-group discussions with local stakeholders have been conducted in the village of Gabtali, Bangladesh. Findings revealed that people desire to invest their own assets to increase their well-being, but expect assistance for this to happen. The study suggests align-ing expectations and obligations with the capability approach and also suggests a few ideas how this could be accomplished.
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Březovská, Romana. "Hranice globální daňové spolupráce: Neúspěšná vyjednávání na půdě OSN." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-267756.
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In view of the adopted SDGs in 2015 and their focus on domestic resource mobilisation, this diploma thesis attempts to fulfil two main objectives. First, it aims to describe and analyse the current tax system often labelled not only by developing states as unfit for the 21st century's globalized economy. Second, it tries to provide deeper understanding of reasons that lead certain countries not to support the creation of a UN Tax Body, the only platform where all countries could participate in the negotiating of tax harmonization on an equal footing. Three hypotheses based on a neorealist, liberal and functional regime theory are put forward. Using data obtained from interviews conducted with delegates at the UN, it can be concluded that the organisational infrastructure is the power reflection. While the OECD BEPS mechanism is recognised by many as efficient and sufficient, this is possible due to the enabling power relations that exclude more than hundred developing countries from the negotiation of international tax rules. It can thus be concluded that the current OECD mechanism does not address existing policy loopholes that cause losses to developing countries. To match the SDGs' rhetoric with reality, policy-makers should create a more inclusive and universally agreed on standard-setting...
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Udombana, Nsongurua Johnson. "Shifting institutional paradigms to advance socio-economic rights in Africa." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1978.
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The thesis offers new paradigms for advancing socio-economic rights in Africa. Many States Parties to human rights instruments have failed to promote the common welfare of their citizens partly because of the justiciability debate, which continues to complicate intellectual and practical efforts at advancing socio-economic rights. The debate also prevents the normative development of these rights through adjudication. Furthermore, traditional human rights theory and practice have been state-centric, with non-state actors largely ignored in the identification, formulation, and implementation of human rights norms. Yet, the involvement of non-state entities in international arena has limited states' autonomies considerably, with serious implications for human rights. Transnational Corporations (TNCs) have capacities to foster economic well-being, development, tenchnological improvement, and wealth, but they also often cause deleterious human rights impacts through thei employment practices, environmental policies, relationships with suppliers and consumers, interactions with governments, and other activities.
The thesis argues that socio-economic rights are normative and justiciable. It argues that traditional approaches are no longer sufficient to secure human rights and calls for a dismantatling of some structures erected by doctrinal systems; for realignment of relationships among social institutions; and for integrated bundles of fundamental interests that harness benefits of human rights norms and widen the landscape to commit both formal and informal regimes. Fashioning out a new paradigm for advancement of socio-economic rights requires addressing state capacity. It requires an integrative and global interpretive framework. It requires, finally, a new paradigm to commit non-state actors in Africa. The illustrative chapter uses the rights to work and to social security as templates for some prescriptions towards reaslising socio-economic rights in Africa.Jurisprudence
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Qasaymeh, Khaled Ahmed. "South Africa’s peaceful use of nuclear energy under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and related treaties." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13855.
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Text in EnglishEnergy is the natural power stored in matter which can be potential and kinetic energy. This occurs in nature in various forms such as chemical energy, thermal energy, electromagnetic radiation, gravitational energy, electric energy, elastic energy, nuclear energy, and rest energy. The scientific research relating to nuclear energy has revealed that atoms are the foundation of matter. In 1905 Albert Einstein initiated the quantum revolution utilising the Newtonian mass-energy equivalence concept in order to put his famous equation: E =mc2, where energy is (E). This facilitated the nuclear research which focused on manufacturing the first atomic bomb. In 1945 the USA acquired its first two atomic bombs which were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, killing 200 000 people; mostly civilians. But nuclear energy research has been redirected by scientists in order to industrialise nuclear technology in order to address growing power needs. This encouraged policy makers to consider the risks posed by utilising nuclear energy for civil purposes. The shift towards peaceful nuclear energy applications has been motivated by the many valuable contributions to humankind which nuclear energy offers - for instance in the fields of energy generation, human health, agriculture and industry. The nature of nuclear energy lends itself to becoming an important component of the world energy and global economic system. Nuclear energy is a viable option for many countries including South Africa, because it offers an economic and clean source of electricity; the primary engine for socio-economic development. South Africa operates the only two nuclear power reactors in Africa, (Koeberg 1 and Koeberg 2) generating 1.8 GWe. South Africa’s energy supply infrastructure consists fundamentally of coal-fired power plants which pose serious threats to the environment. Therefore, it is assumed that the planned 9.6 GW of new nuclear capacity by 2030 will meet the requirements of South Africa’s policy regarding the diversification of available energy resources to secure energy supply, support economic growth, and contribute to environmental management. Consequently, the legal system which governs nuclear energy programme is intended to prohibit the proliferation of nuclear weapons, ensure security and maintain the safe operation of nuclear facilities.
Public, Constitutional, & International Law
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