This thesis looks at the compatibility of statism with principles of distribution of climate change costs. Two strands of statism are analysed, communitarianism and institutionalism, in relation to...Show moreThis thesis looks at the compatibility of statism with principles of distribution of climate change costs. Two strands of statism are analysed, communitarianism and institutionalism, in relation to three principles of distribution of costs, the Polluter Pays Principle (PP), the Beneficiary Pays Principle (BP) and the Ability to Pay Principle (AP). This thesis focusses on statism because its applicability to climate change is understudied in the climate justice literature. The main argument is that statism is only partially compatible with some of the principles of distribution of costs. Institutionalists are only partially compatible with the PP and the AP but not with the BP. Communitarianism on the other hand, is applicable to all three principles but always to a limited extent.Show less
There is a lack of research on the relationship between climate movements and the media to better understand why movements are taken seriously or remain unheard. This thesis thus examines the...Show moreThere is a lack of research on the relationship between climate movements and the media to better understand why movements are taken seriously or remain unheard. This thesis thus examines the coverage of the three climate justice organisations (CJO) Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and Ende Gelaende within the German newspapers Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and Die Tageszeitung (taz) during three different time periods between 2018 and 2021. A sample of 122 articles is explored via a qualitative content analysis to identify the frames used by the journalists and to assess if the newspapers cover the CJOs substantively or if they rather adhere to the so called ’protest paradigm’. In line with previous research, the results show that lot of the articles gave protestors a voice and portrayed their cause as legitimate. Nevertheless, 57% are mostly or entirely focussed on information as the protest numbers or the legality of actions compared to only 16,4% with substantive coverage, meaning that the issues and/or demands of a CJO are discussed. Arguably, this circumstance hampers the CJOs’ ability to transmit their messages what in turn undermines their credibility and the function of protest actions as necessary drivers for progressive change.Show less
This thesis examines the EU ETS and analyzes the Scheme's ability to support the EU’s climate leadership, which is founded on the principle of ‘leading by example’. As this is the most prominent...Show moreThis thesis examines the EU ETS and analyzes the Scheme's ability to support the EU’s climate leadership, which is founded on the principle of ‘leading by example’. As this is the most prominent formulation of EU climate leadership, a normative lens is used to analyze the nature and implications of the EU ETS. This is done using Ian Manner’s conception of normative power, which argues that the EU’s international power stems from its ability to shape international ideas by adhering to domestic norms. The author argues that the set-up of the ETS does not sufficiently incorporate fundamental EU values. Due to the policy’s significance in wider EU climate efforts, its lack of value incorporation results in a diminishing of the credibility of the EU’s climate leadership on an international level, and thus leads to a decrease in the region’s possibility to exert normative power.Show less
