Essays about: "pollution in china"

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1. 1. China's Green Transition: Analysing Chinese Minerals Policy, and its Impact on Zambia

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Richard Olsson; [2023]
   Keywords : China; Zambia; resource security; energy metals; energy minerals; copper; environment; Debt Trap Diplomacy; Pollution Haven Hypothesis; Resource Security Theory; Green Transition;

   Abstract : This study concerns the dynamics of Chinese strategic minerals policy and its effects on Zambian copper mining between 2016-2020. The essay employs a complementary—theories congruence analysis using Resource Security Theory, Debt Trap Diplomacy, and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis in order to analyse China’s actions and ascertain their effects on Zambia. READ MORE

3. 2. The regional test of relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions : --Evidence from Chinese provinces

   University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Thoth Mo; Weibin Wang; [2023]
   Keywords : EKC; high-income provinces; low-income provinces; Inverted U-shaped relationship; turning point;

   Abstract : This thesis has investigated the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the provinces of China which assumes the increase in GDP per capita (income per capita) would generate the raise of CO2 emissions (pollution) until a turning point in which CO2 emissions start decreasing. The study includes 30 provinces over a period spanning from 2000 to 2019 by applying OLS and Fixed-effects regression model with panel data. READ MORE

4. 3. Assessing Textile Raw Materials and Exploring Sustainable Sources for Future Renewable Textile Materials for IKEA of Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Susan Lan; [2023]
   Keywords : drought; water scarcity; land degradation; cotton Gossypium sp. ; synthetic textiles; viscose; lyocell; IKEA; agro-waste; poplar Populus sp. ; bamboo Bambusoideae ; sustainability;

   Abstract : This degree project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has been conducted in collaboration with IKEA of Sweden. The textile industry contributes to significant environmental challenges, including pollution and global water scarcity. READ MORE

5. 4. Sustainability and Fast Fashion : Exploring Factors Influencing Consumer Behavior Among Young Generation in China

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Yaoyao Li; Tian Xin; Daiyan Zhang; [2023]
   Keywords : fast fashion; consumer behavior; Chinese young generation; sustainability;

   Abstract : The rise of fast fashion in the global fashion industry has changed the consumption patterns of consumers. However, fast fashion consumption patterns are unsustainable and constitute a risk to environmental and social sustainability. READ MORE

6. 5. Closing the Plastic Tap — Global Plastic Waste and the Circular Economy. A Multi-Regional Hybrid Input-Output Analysis of Plastic Waste Footprints

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Judith Baeta Humanes; [2021]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Plastic pollution is a cross-national environmental and societal challenge that needs to be addressed from the point of view of global supply chains. The circular economy (CE) has emerged as an alternative paradigm to the traditional “take-make-waste” models of production and consumption to create a closed-loop system so that plastic is trapped in the economy and not in the environment. READ MORE