Essays about: "environmental impact from aviation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words environmental impact from aviation.

  1. 16. Sustainability assessment of composites in aero-engine components

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik

    Author : Pauline Léonard; [2019]
    Keywords : Composites; composite; sustainability; sustainable; aero-engine; aero-engines; jet engine; aerospace; aircraft; aviation; environment; environmental; economic; social; titanium; aluminum;

    Abstract : Environmental issues such as climate change are leading to important sustainability challenges in the aerospace industry. Composites are light materials that are extensively used to replace metals and reduce the aircraft weight, the goal being to decrease the fuel consumption in flight and limit the emission of greenhouse gases. READ MORE

  3. 17. Carbon pricing and the impact on financial markets

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Fernando Sánchez Miñaur Fernando Sánchez Miñaur; [2019]
    Keywords : Carbon pricing; emission trading scheme; carbon tax; carbon exposure; carbon risk;

    Abstract : Responsible investing has become a trend throughout financial markets. As World’s economies pledge to decrease the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, environmental policies like carbon pricing (CP) are expected to be strengthened; the above is attributed to the effort of internalizing the environmental costs of the current economic system. READ MORE

  4. 18. Punching the Air? On the Contest of Framing Sweden’s Aviation Tax

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Leo Nyström; [2018]
    Keywords : aviation tax; frame analysis; environmental policy; climate change; swedish politics; media analysis;

    Abstract : This paper set out to find out how actors have framed Sweden's tax on aviation, and compared the debates around the two times the tax has been enacted, 2006 and 2018. Connecting the specific issue of the aviation tax to the broader narrative on climate change, the framing process was formulated as a two-level game with both issue-specific frames and general master frames that have wider cultural resonance. READ MORE

  5. 19. Opportunities and constraints for the manufacture of bio-ethanol for transportation needs in Mauritius

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Eliane Marie Christina Etienne; [2014]
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    Abstract : The Republic of Mauritius comprises a main island of an area of 1870km2 at latitude 200 south and longitude 580 east and several outer islands, all of volcanic origin. Mauritius has no known oil, natural gas or coal reserves and is therefore heavily dependent on imported energy sources. READ MORE

  6. 20. Losing cabin pressure - A study on the forces behind the proposal to derogate intercontinental flights from Directive 2003/87/EC

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tobias Martinsson; [2013-09-24]
    Keywords : Aviation; Environmental policy; Power; Influence; Agenda Setting; Institutions; Actors; Emissions Trading System ETS ; European Union EU ;

    Abstract : In 2008, with support from all institutions, the EU decided to include aviation into its Emissions Trading System (ETS) in order to mitigate greenhouse emissions from the sector. Initially, this decision received criticism, both internally and internationally, demonstrating the controversies surrounding it. READ MORE