Essays about: "Climate declaration"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words Climate declaration.
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1. A Call for Action: Placing Emergency on the Agenda : A Study on Irish Public Opinion and the Climate Emergency Declaration
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study researches how public attitudes can affect policy, which is done by examining if climate change issues can be placed onto the agenda by actors outside of the policy process. The study centers on Ireland as the first nation to declare a climate emergency, with the UK taking the role of control group due to them not having made such a declaration. READ MORE
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2. Climate Change, Water Management, and Human Rights: : A Comparative Study of India and Somalia, and Prospects for Legal Frameworks
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Climate change is one of the most important issues in today's world. Its effect reaches beyond geographical borders and deeply connects to human welfare, rights, and possibilities. Climate change affects the climate and all other sectors of development in the world. READ MORE
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3. Development of a Product Circularity Indicator Suitable for the EPD-scheme of Construction Products : A Review of Product Circularity Indicators and their Potential Applicability in EPDs for the Construction Sector
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : A change in resource consumption patterns is crucial to avoid climate change, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to increase climate resilience and consequently, the idea of a circular economy (CE) has gained widespread attention. The resource intense building and construction sector has become subject to both internal and external pressure to become more circular. READ MORE
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4. Life cycle assessment of timber high-rise building structures : Case study of a project examined in the context of French environmental regulation (RE2020)
University essay from KTH/ByggnadsmaterialAbstract : The damages that the building sector does to the environment can no longer be ignored and need to be approached with a life cycle assessment (LCA). Advantages to build in wood and to build dense cities lead to a potential “two birds in one stone” effect regarding high-rise massive timber construction. READ MORE
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5. Innovation in Industrial Building Sustainability : Exploring timber frames as a viable alternative to steel frames in industrial buildings A case study of Sweco AB
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Lund University (2020) describes that the material chosen for the construction of constructions significantly affects the environment. Due to the impact of the choice of construction materials on the environment, we have carried out an in-depth study where we examine the complex decision-making process when choosing frame materials concerning both external and internal factors where external influences become regulatory requirements related to global sustainability goals with the aim that the industrial construction industry can find sustainable solutions such as hybrid solutions in the choice of frame materials, while internal factors involve financial considerations linked to the protection of materials against environmental conditions and challenges that industrial buildings can face. READ MORE
