Essays about: "Environmental Regulation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 271 essays containing the words Environmental Regulation.

1. 1. Design of high performance buildings : Vulnerability of buildings to climate change from an energy perspective

   University essay from KTH/Hållbara byggnader

   Author : Robin Gobert; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate Change; High Performance Buildings; Dynamic Thermal Simulations; Thermal Regulation; Environmental Regulation; Cooling Needs; Heating Needs; Representative Data; Big Data; Clustering;

   Abstract : The challenge of climate change is twofold: to mitigate (prevent) the causes of climate change and to prepare (adapt) to the inevitable effects and consequences. Building and construction are key sectors for decarbonisation (mitigation). READ MORE

3. 2. Discussing International Climate Regulations in a Post-colonial World : A Content Analysis on EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Iman Miriam Djelloul; [2022]
   Keywords : Global Trade; Carbon Emissions Trading; Climate Regulations; Carbon-colonialism; Post-colonialism; WTO; EU; CBAM.;

   Abstract : In a contemporary with intense concerns towards global warming, this thesis has investigated the matter of how trade regulation policies, responding to climate change, are rhetorically motivated and discussed within international forums. Particularly by looking at the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and by critically dissecting how the EU has been navigating its conflicting position; on one hand, as the self-appointed leader of progressive climate actions, on the other hand, as the guardian of the common economic interests of the Union – and on a third stand, as a prominent member of the World Trade Organization, with binding obligations to not violate its rules. READ MORE

4. 3. Insekter till middag! : är Sverige redo för en ny matkultur?

   University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

   Author : Nikolina Ström; [2022]
   Keywords : Insekter; Livsmedel; Hållbarhet; Matkultur; Entomofagi;

   Abstract : Är Sverige redo för en ny era i sin matkultur? Vi har gjort det förut och vi kan göra det igen! Entomofagi! Äta insekter? Svensk matkultur har ändrats mycket genom tiden och förändras fortfarande, kommer insekter kunna bli ett populärt alternativ på marknaden tro? Förr åt vi varken pasta, pizza, falafel eller sushi. Det har vi delvis medlemskapet i EU att tacka för, då det medförde bland annat frihandelsavtal inom EU. READ MORE

5. 4. Repurposing of Electric Vehicle Batteries for Energy Storage – A review of the current legal framework and proposals for improvement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Daniel Torán Saltó; [2022]
   Keywords : Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Electric Vehicle Batteries; Waste Law; Circular Economy; Reuse; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Circular economy has recently become a central part of European policy, bridging the environmental and economic policy domains closer than ever in an attempt to fulfil enhanced environmental ambitions. As economic operators seek to adopt innovative solutions, the issue of how established legal frameworks hamper or facilitate them becomes central. READ MORE

6. 5. Stand characteristics and temperature’s effect on bilberry availability and quality

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Jennifer Chaimungkhun Johansson; [2022]
   Keywords : bilberry; vaccinium myrtillus; nutrition; maturity classes; temperature loggers;

   Abstract : Stand characteristics is a crude description of a forest and provides general knowledge of what the forest looks like, for example plant composition and site productivity. Factors and measurements like tree canopy and basal area affects the near ground microclimate through temperature regulation, light intake, and available soil nutrient. READ MORE