Environmental NGOs in Greece: the Acheloos campaign as a case study of their influence

Article Abstract:

Environmental non-government organizations (NGOs) have proved very effective in influencing environmental policy in Greece. This has been seen in the case of the campaign against the damming and part-diversion of the river Acheloos, where environmental NGOs also linked with European counterparts. The NGOs are influential in changing public opinion, but politicians and public employees are still strongly committed to traditional concepts of development.

Greece, Environmental policy

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Profile: From limits to growth to degrowth within French Green politics

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The article discusses on the introduction of degrowth to party politics as a new political frame will change the parameters of the established politics and social movements as this movement can help in the revitalization of green thought and practice and there is room for degrowth politics even in a hostile environment like the French political sphere.

France, Analysis, Ecopolitics

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Norms, interests and environment NGOs: The limits of cosmopolitanism

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A study of the role of non-government organizations is presented, with reference to the norms they advance to the development of environmental international institutions. An examination is made of the role of Greenpeace and it's global influence on climate change.

Political activity, World politics, Greenpeace Foundation Inc.

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