Essays about: "Emission Intensity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 108 essays containing the words Emission Intensity.

  1. 16. Reducing the beef with beef. How a food retailer could reduce their environmental impact by changing what and how they sell

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ross McDonald; [2022]
    Keywords : food retailers; interventions; sustainable consumption; meat reduction; behaviour change; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Current food consumption habits in wealthy countries continue to drive biodiversity loss and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Food retailers play a key but currently understudied and underleveraged role in shifting consumer habits away from foods with high climate and biodiversity impacts (e.g. beef, lamb, milk) towards lower-impact alternatives. READ MORE

  3. 17. Life Cycle Assessment of typical projects of the distribution power network : Assessment, Improvement & Recommendations

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

    Author : Hugo Serres; [2022]
    Keywords : Life cycle assessment; GHG emissions; power infrastructures; Livscykelanalys; växthusgasutsläpp; energiinfrastrukturer;

    Abstract : The carbon footprint of the power generation is studied for more than 30 years now. In order to curb GHG emissions, politics, industrials and consumers tend to take action to reduce the carbon intensity of the electricity mix, spread electrification and enhance usage efficiency. READ MORE

  4. 18. A study of the gamma-ray emission from the blazar S50716+71 using the Fermi-LAT telescope

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för fysik och elektroteknik (IFE)

    Author : Fredrik Vislander; [2022]
    Keywords : AGN; active galactic nuclei; Fermi-LAT; astrophysics; gamma-rays; synchrotron self-Compton; SSC; S50716 71.;

    Abstract : This thesis sums up a bachelor project in which gamma-ray emission from an extra-galactic source (S50716+71) is studied using data collected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The emission consists of 12,5 years of data (April 2008 to February 2020) in the energy range 100 MeV - 300 GeV. READ MORE

  5. 19. Sustainable Development in Latin America – Linking Renewable Energy, Economic Complexity and GHG Emissions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lea Sasse; [2022]
    Keywords : Economic Complexity; Renewable Energy; GHG Emissions; Latin America and the Caribbean; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the interrelations of economic complexity, greenhouse gas emissions, and renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), using annual data from 1998 to 2018. Economic development in the region is characterised by the exploitation of natural resources and low economic sophistication. READ MORE

  6. 20. Do higher GHG emissions involve a risk that must be compensated by a higher return? : A cross-sectional study in the Nordic stock market that examines the potential carbon risk factor from an investment perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mattias Ålander; Emmy Ahnfelt; [2022]
    Keywords : GHG Carbon Emission;

    Abstract : This thesis will touch upon how investment decisions relate to different scopes of GreenHouse Gas (GHG) emissions reported by listed companies in the Nordic market. Two different time frames were examined, 10 years (2011-2020) and 5 years (2016-2020) respectively. READ MORE