Essays about: "Beyond-Carbon"

Found 2 essays containing the word Beyond-Carbon.

1. 1. Holistic Sustainability Transformation & Addressing Impacts on Global Biodiversity Integrity : Incumbent Nordic Media Companies

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Tristan Månsson-Perrone; [2019]
   Keywords : Holistic Sustainability; Biodiversity Integrity; Media Industry; Incumbent Nordic Media Companies; Planetary Boundaries; Sustainability Transformation; Seven Focus Areas; Pathway Lens; Actions; Solutions; Beyond-Carbon; Business Model Innovation.;

   Abstract : Growing ecological challenges [1][2][3] can be addressed by the media industry through proactive engagement with holistic sustainability transformation that covers all activities within their value-chain. With at least 60% of vertebrate species already lost [1] and 40% of insect species at risk of the same [2], the time for business-as-usual has past [4][5][6][49]. READ MORE

3. 2. 'Benefits beyond carbon' : for whom? : gender analysis of communal forest governance and forest resource use in the Democratic Republic of Congo

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Larissa Stiem; [2014]
   Keywords : REDD ; women; sustainable forest management; feminist political ecology; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In an effort to mitigate global climate change, the REDD+ mechanism (an acronym for ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stock’) continues to be put forward as an attractive carbon sequestration and forest conservation tool. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hosting more than 63% of the Congo Basin rainforests, is the biggest receiver for REDD+ funding in Africa. READ MORE