Essays about: "Climate compensation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 52 essays containing the words Climate compensation.

  1. 16. An analysis of Swedish corporate climate footprints – reaching a more consistent and scientific approach

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för miljövetenskap

    Author : Matilda Ågren-Hernvald; [2021]
    Keywords : Corporate emissions; comparability; Greenhouse Gas Protocol; Scope 3; avoided emissions; system boundaries; life cycle assessment;

    Abstract : Corporate action has become increasingly prevalent in recent years in order to address the urgent issue of climate change. A wide range of concepts are today being used to describe company climate footprints, where one single concept can have varying definitions due to inconsistent approaches on what to include and not in the calculations. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Price of a Green Conscience : Social impacts of carbon forestry projects

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Jasmine Brown; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate compensation; Sustainable development; Tree planting; Uganda; Mozambique;

    Abstract : Scholars and civil society organizations have over the last decade referred to large-scale carbon sequestration TPPs as "carbon colonialism" (Carmody and Taylor, 2016) as well as a "development by dispossession" dressed in new clothing behind words such as climate change mitigation and development (Kröger, 2012). Concerns have been raised that the trade-offs from the implementation of industrial tree plantations (ITPs) may result in conflicting effects on countries' overall development (The Oakland Institute, 2019; Osborne, 2015; Nel & Hill, 2013). READ MORE

  4. 18. Climate Justice for Tuvalu : Awarding Compensation for Loss and Damages caused by Anthropogenic Climate Change

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Myriel Julie Mathez; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate Justice; Compensation; Loss and Damage; Tuvalu; Polluter Pays;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to enable the compensation for sustained Loss and Damage on Tuvalu through a principle conforming to the requirements of Climate Justice. By applying the method of conceptual framework analysis, the various concepts which form the larger frameworks of Climate Justice and Loss and Damage are identified and narrowed down to parameters. READ MORE

  5. 19. How to be Perceived as a Sustainable Brand : Success Factors for Signaling Sustainability while Avoiding Greenwashing

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Micaela Drugge; Emma Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Green Branding; Brand Strategy; Environmental Advertising; Sustainable Marketing Orientation; and Greenwashing;

    Abstract : Being perceived as a sustainable brand by customers is becoming increasingly more important for companies. This has resulted in that more companies are communicating what actions they take to be more sustainable. Companies also utilize symbol and labels to signal suitability on products and services. READ MORE

  6. 20. Hardware-In-the-Loop simulation of a small scale prototype of a Wave Energy Converter

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för maskinteknik

    Author : Anton Magnusson; [2020]
    Keywords : Hydrodynamics; Hardware-In-the-Loop; WEC-Sim; Wave Energy Converter; NEMOH; Hydrodynamik; Hardware-In-the-Loop; WEC-Sim; vågenergikonverterare; NEMOH;

    Abstract : Renewable energy sources are a hot topic, both when it comes to climate change and the constant increase in demand of electricity due to population growth and a more electrified society. One such energy source is wave energy - an energy source with great potential but still relatively new with the need for further development. READ MORE