Essays about: "Action 13"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 60 essays containing the words Action 13.

  1. 21. A more sustainable Palm oil industry : A case study on the Government in Indonesia achieving SDGs number 8 and 13 with the help of the palm oil industry

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Rebecka Pettersson Tobar; [2020]
    Keywords : Palm oil industry; Sustainable Development Goals; Agenda 2030; The Government of Indonesia; United Nations; Climate action; Economic growth;

    Abstract : In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and 169 dub-goals, for all United Nations member countries. The goals are referred to as Agenda 2030 which aims to be guidelines for the countries as well as deepen the commitments of implementation. READ MORE

  3. 22. Data-driven smart mobility as an act to mitigate climate change, a case of Hangzhou

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Yulu Wang; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Climate Change; Smart Mobility; Sustainable Transport; Data-driven Transition;

    Abstract : The transport sector is responsible for a significant and growing proportion of greenhouse gas emissions.  The urgent actions are required to take in the transport sector facing the challenge of growing global change. READ MORE

  4. 23. Fridays for what future? : a case study on the collective action framing of the Swedish environmental movement

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Lucas Mcnabb; [2020]
    Keywords : Fridays For Future; collective action frame; framing; climate change; social movement; Sweden;

    Abstract : Climate protests under the banner Fridays For Future have increased in scale and frequency since they began in August 2018. Protests are in the present research understood as significant discursive arenas that are instrumental in societal knowledge production, prompting the aim of the present research to empirically explore how specific knowledges about climate change are communicated by the movement. READ MORE

  5. 24. Evaluation of Epistemic Uncertainties in Probabilistic Risk Assessments : Philosophical Review of Epistemic Uncertainties in Probabilistic Risk Assessment Models Applied to Nuclear Power Plants - Fukushima Daiichi Accident as a Case Study

    University essay from KTH/Filosofi

    Author : Omed A. Rawandi; [2020]
    Keywords : Probabilistic Risk Assessment; PRA; Probabilistic Safety Assessment; PSA; Uncertainty; Epistemic Uncertainty;

    Abstract : Safety and risk assessment are key priorities for nuclear power plants. Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is a method for quantitative evaluation of accident risk, in particular severe nuclear core damage and the associated release of radioactive materials into the environment. READ MORE

  6. 25. “Planting Trees is Always Good” : a WPR-analysis of Swedish carbon offsetting initiatives through tree planting projects in the Global South

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Emil Planting Mollaoglu; [2020]
    Keywords : carbon offsetting; climate change; sustainable development; Global South; Sweden; WPR; policy analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how two Swedish companies and a sample of Swedish consumers describe the role of private actors in climate change mitigation. Carbon offsetting by planting trees in the Global South has become a common approach for Swedish food and beverage companies (among other companies) that seek to reduce their climate impact. READ MORE