Direct Actions by Transnational Environmental Organizations, 1971-2024

400 direct actions carried out by 7 transnational environmental organizations, including Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion, between 1971 and 2024. The dataset was created under a European Union Horizon TMA Postdoctoral Fellowship at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway. It serves as background data for a monograph in preparation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the frequency and evolution of direct action tactics over a 53-year period.
• Comparing the operational focus and strategies across different transnational environmental organizations.
• Studying the relationship between activist interventions and the enforcement of international environmental law.
• Mapping the temporal distribution of actions to identify historical trends and campaign cycles.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 53 years (1971-2024).
• Includes actions from 7 distinct, well-known transnational organizations.
• Created under a formal EU-funded research fellowship, suggesting academic rigor.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known (400), but the specific features and granularity of each record are unknown.
• Data may reflect a specific research focus or selection bias inherent to the monograph project.

Provenance

Source

DataverseNO Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Compiled as background research for a monograph, likely from public records and organizational reports.

Time Range

1971 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 02:26:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Transnational (organizations operate across national borders)