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Inès Boivin

Working in Oil and Gas, at What Price? The Challenges International Organizations Face in Implementing an Inclusive Just Energy Transition Away from Fossil Fuels and its Impacts on Migrant Labour. As seen through the last IPCC report (2022), the climate crisis needs to be tackled urgently and energy is the first factor to look at. […]

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Vivien Schüßler

The Climate Policy Landscape and Fossil Fuel Phase-out in South Africa. The burning of fossil fuels causes climate change. The most effective way of addressing climate change is through leaving fossil fuels underground. This thesis studies the scarcely addressed the 1) challenges with leaving fossil fuel underground for emerging economies like South Africa from an

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Robin Hids

A Changing Labor Market: Just Transition or Collateral Damage?: The role of labor in a socially inclusive Just Transition away from fossil fuels. The Paris Agreement implicitly calls for phasing out fossil fuels to comply with targets of remaining below a 1.5-2 °C global temperature increase. In order to meet these internationally determined objectives and

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Phani Varnava

What kind of challenges do European Union Member States face and under what conditions does it appear likely that they will be able to phase out fossil fuels? A case study of the small European Union Member State of Cyprus. Recent reports such as the recent IPCC reports have been clear about the path that

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Bart de Looze

Framing Fossil Fuels: A case study of the German LNG Terminals The increasing visibility of climate change consequences has led countries worldwide to intensify efforts to phase out fossil fuels from their energy mix. However, recent geopolitical events, specifically Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have prompted some countries to reassess these efforts due to soaring global

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Bram Donker

Mediators stuck between Regulations: The Role of Dutch Utility Companies in Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Countries worldwide are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and phasing out fossil fuels. As the energy sector accounts for almost three quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions, this is one of the most important and largest sectors that is

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Louis Siouw

Phasing out Fossil Fuels with Hydrogen Fuel: Energy Transition in the Netherlands The 2015 Paris Agreement stressed the need to strengthen the global response to climate change by working together to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, enhance resilience and build a more sustainable future. As such, the agreement emphasised the importance of limiting global average

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Febe van Buren

Climate Action Commitments Communicated: A Comparison of Unilever’s Corporate Climate Policies and Public Messaging in the Global North and the Global South This study aims to explore the communication of Unilever’s climate action strategies in corporate policies and public messaging, focusing on news releases from South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom and Ireland (UKI).

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Luc van Vliet

Deconstructing Neo-Colonialism: Germany and Senegal’s Potential Gas Partnership and its Implications for Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2022 spurred a European dash for African gas supplies, including an announced partnership between Germany and Senegal on LNG. This thesis aims to contribute to the literature on leaving fossil fuels underground (LFFU)

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