Essays about: "Carbon budgets"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Carbon budgets.

  1. 1. Simulating sustainable futures - Investigating the implications of CO2 emission caps on economic growth in the OECD

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anja Sophia Theopold; Ulrika Ericson; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic growth; Climate change; Absolute caps on emissions; Technological change; OECD; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The matters of economic growth and climate change are both widely subjected to discussions and policymakers are under immense pressure to make decisions that enhance economic growth and stop climate change. Policies that ensure economic growth have traditionally had a negative impact on climate change and vice versa. READ MORE

  3. 2. Local Carbon Budgets as a Governance Tool for Sustainability Transitions : A Case Study from Västra Götaland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Derek Garfield; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Governmentality; Carbon Budgets; Climate Governance; Sustainability Transitions; Common-pool Resources;

    Abstract : A growing awareness of the severity of the climate crisis caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions has led to an increased effort to find governance strategies to transition society towards sustainable development. One recently adopted strategy is the adoption of local carbon budgets, derived from the so-called global carbon budget, within local governments across Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hydrodynamic modelling of fate and transport of natural organic matter and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Lake Ekoln

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Frida Ekman; [2021]
    Keywords : Ekoln; Natural organic matter NOM ; Total organic matter TOC ; Colour; degradation; sedimentation; photooxidation; PFAS; MIKE 3 FM; Ekoln; naturligt organiskt material NOM ; totalt organiskt kol TOC ; färg; nedbrytning; sedimentation; foto-oxidation; PFAS; MIKE 3 FM;

    Abstract : Societies are facing great challenges with obtaining a good quality and quantity of drinking water in the context of climate change. Increases in natural organic matter (NOM) and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been observed in lakes and drinking water the past years, which is of great concern for water treatment plants in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Local carbon budgets as a tool for sustainability transitions : Three emerging narratives of change and governance

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Sanna Gunnarsson; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainability transitions; narratives of change; local governance; carbon budget; climate change;

    Abstract : This study takes as a starting point that climate change must be seen as interrelated with other social, technological, political, and ecological challenges of our times, and that it is closely linked to the local arena of policy and planning. By this, the study is guided by the notion that sustainability transitions are needed to combat climate change. READ MORE

  6. 5. Variability of summer CH4 and CO2 flux rates in and between three large Swedish lakes : A spatio-temporal field study

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Isak Nilsson; Filip Seifarth; [2020]
    Keywords : Large lakes; Freshwater; Flux chambers; Emissions; Ebullition; Diffusion; Carbon cycle; Carbon budget; Methane budget; Greenhouse gases; GHGs; Methane; CH4; Carbon dioxide; CO2; Variability; Spatial; Temporal; Stora sjöar; sötvatten; flödeskammare; utsläpp; bubblor; diffusion; kolcykel; kolbudget; metanbudget; växthusgaser; metan; CH4; koldioxid; CO2; variabilitet; rumslig; tidsmässig;

    Abstract : Understanding of natural greenhouse gas (GHG) cycles is crucial for making GHG budgets, which work as basis in climate change and global warming policy programs. Lakes as a source for GHG activity have only recently been included in global GHG budgets, and most studies of lake GHG flux rates are conducted on lakes <10 km2, which only comprise roughly half of the global lake area—making data of large lake flux rates scarce. READ MORE