All content about Natural resources and climate

• When ‘Pockets of effectiveness’ matter politically: Extractive industry regulation and taxation in Uganda and Tanzania

  Event

  Mon 31 May 2021

  Time: 15:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Zoom

  We are excited to announce this semester’s fifth and last Tax for Development Webinar with Anne Mette Kjær (Aarhus university). She will present the study “When ‘Pockets of effectiveness’ matter politically: Extractive industry regulation and taxation in Uganda and Tanzania”.

  

• Ukraine's energy transition in a new political landscape

  Event

  Wed 30 Oct 2019

  Time: 14:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

  The presidential and parliamentary elections earlier this year resulted in a massive shift of power in Ukrainian politics. How is this affecting the energy sector in Ukraine?

  

• CLIMate Change, global SECurity and future operations (CLIMSEC) - a Mulltinational Capability Development Campaign (MCDC) project (CLIMSEC)

  Research project

  The CLIMSEC project aims to analyse the security related implications of climate change, and its potential effects on military operations...

  Defence and security  Peace, crisis and conflict  Natural resources and climate  Diplomacy and foreign policy

  

• New frameworks for Norwegian security and defence policy (TEOTEK)

  Research project | 2019 - 2021 (Completed)

  This project aims to employ diverse theoretical perspectives to enhance our understanding of the development of new technology, and its consequences and implications for Norwegian security and defence...

  Diplomacy and foreign policy  Defence and security  Peace, crisis and conflict  Global governance  Global economy  Natural resources and climate  Regions  Theory and method

  

• Small States, Different Approaches. Estonia and Norway on the UN Security Council

  Publication | 2021

  • Kristin Haugevik
  • Niels Nagelhus Schia

  In 2021, Estonia and Norway serve alongside Ireland as elected European members on the UN Security Council. In this report we ask: Why do smaller sta1

  

• Why peace is important for COP and why COP26 is important for peace

  Publication : Editorial | 2021

  • Cedric H. de Coning
  • Florian Krampe

  In the medium to long-term, the most effective prevention against the worst effects of climate change - including violent conflict over scarce resour1

  

• Seizing the Momentum. EU Green Energy Diplomacy towards Kazakhstan

  Publication | 2021

  • Roman Vakulchuk

  The relationship between the EU and Kazakhstan has historically been dominated by trade in oil and natural gas. However, the EU’s Green Deal and comm1

  

• Vietnam's solar and wind power success: Policy implications for the other ASEAN countries

  Publication : Academic article | 2021

  • Indra Overland

  This study analyzes the factors that have facilitated Vietnam's recent rapid solar and wind power expansion and draws policy insights for other1

  

• Funding flows for climate change research on Africa: Where do they come from and where do they go?

  Publication : Academic article | 2021

  • Roman Vakulchuk
  • Haakon Fossum Sagbakken
  • Galina Kolodzinskaia
  • Indra Overland

  Africa has only contributed a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions yet faces disproportionate risks from climate change. This imbalance1

  

• Matt McDonald, Ecological Security: Climate Change and the Construction of Security (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021)

  Publication : Book review | 2021

  • Paul Beaumont

  This is a book review of Matt McDonald's book titled "Ecological Security: Climate Change and the Construction of Security". This book1