Essays about: "Environmental Labour Studies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Environmental Labour Studies.
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1. Labour Demand Composition and Wage Responses in a Transition to a Clean Economy : A Case Study on the EU ETS
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis studies the effect on labour demand of a transition from an unconstrained economy featuring a ’clean’ and a ’dirty’ production method towards a fully clean economy, using a simplified General Equilibrium model. This model is calibrated to the European Union Emission Trading System (EUETS) and features a linear decline in a cap placed on the dirty production method. READ MORE
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2. The Relationship Between Environmental Policy Stringency and Trade Flows
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Ceteris paribus, it is unclear whether a more stringent environmental policy increases or decreases a country's competitiveness. Two hypotheses have been formulated in this decade-long debate: the competitiveness hypothesis - stating that a more stringent environmental policy decreases competitiveness, and the Porter Hypothesis, claiming the opposite. READ MORE
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3. Predict sex in salmonids using motion-triggered cameras and artificial intelligence
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : As the EU water directive starts to be implemented in Swedish law a new national plan of negotiating new environmental permits for every hydropower plant. This process will most likely result in the building of many new fish passages and ladders around the dams to allow fish and other aquatic life to pass them. READ MORE
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4. Climate on the Horizon?: Gothenburg dockworkers’ framings of their political horizon regarding climate change
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : The climate is rapidly warming, and this has triggered a global trend in mobilisation against climate change. Due to workers’ unique position within the capitalist mode of production the interest in the potential for labour mobilisation against climate change is growing. READ MORE
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5. Rethinking organic municipal solid waste management in Kenyan urban areas
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Organic waste forms a big share of municipal solid waste, especially in developing countries. Its management is however faced with many challenges ranging from limited financial and technical capacity to lack of, or weak policy enforcement. This causes poor management of the waste leading to open dumping and disposal in un-engineered landfills. READ MORE