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Incentives and actions of a transitioning industry

Knight, Edgar LU (2022) STVK12 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis seeks to investigate the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, and the Swedish Climate Act in the transition to net-zero in energy intensive industries, with a focus on the steel sector. Several empirical studies have previously been done on both national and international policies and how they influence low-carbon transitions and technological innovation within industry. What is somewhat lacking in the literature on the decarbonization of energy intensive industries is the analysis of how they themselves conceptualize and mention specific policies and climate-related issues. This research fills an important gap on the ways in which companies externally conceptualize, react to, and talk about... (More)
This thesis seeks to investigate the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, and the Swedish Climate Act in the transition to net-zero in energy intensive industries, with a focus on the steel sector. Several empirical studies have previously been done on both national and international policies and how they influence low-carbon transitions and technological innovation within industry. What is somewhat lacking in the literature on the decarbonization of energy intensive industries is the analysis of how they themselves conceptualize and mention specific policies and climate-related issues. This research fills an important gap on the ways in which companies externally conceptualize, react to, and talk about external pushes towards decarbonization. Based on green state theory and transition theory, this research uses quantitative and qualitative methods to examine five Swedish companies’ annual reports in the steel sector. The findings show that there have been increased efforts to steer toward climate-mitigating strategies by the companies in this sector. The discussion applies transition theory and finds that the Swedish steel sector is in transition to become greener, but more can be done. The specific extent the role the SDGs, the Paris Agreement and The Swedish Climate Act has played in this transition is not determined. (Less)
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author
Knight, Edgar LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK12 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
climate change, the Paris Agreement, Swedish climate act, Sustainable Development Goals, steel sector, transition theory, green state theory, Multi-Level Perspective
language
English
id
9081645
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:50:13
date last changed
2022-07-03 08:50:15
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  abstract     = {{This thesis seeks to investigate the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement, and the Swedish Climate Act in the transition to net-zero in energy intensive industries, with a focus on the steel sector. Several empirical studies have previously been done on both national and international policies and how they influence low-carbon transitions and technological innovation within industry. What is somewhat lacking in the literature on the decarbonization of energy intensive industries is the analysis of how they themselves conceptualize and mention specific policies and climate-related issues. This research fills an important gap on the ways in which companies externally conceptualize, react to, and talk about external pushes towards decarbonization. Based on green state theory and transition theory, this research uses quantitative and qualitative methods to examine five Swedish companies’ annual reports in the steel sector. The findings show that there have been increased efforts to steer toward climate-mitigating strategies by the companies in this sector. The discussion applies transition theory and finds that the Swedish steel sector is in transition to become greener, but more can be done. The specific extent the role the SDGs, the Paris Agreement and The Swedish Climate Act has played in this transition is not determined.}},
  author       = {{Knight, Edgar}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Incentives and actions of a transitioning industry}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}