Essays about: "GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN Science"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 148 essays containing the words GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN Science.

1. 21. Unlocking Finance through Social Networks : Attracting investment for the high-tech Swedish startups in Luleå, Sweden

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

   Author : Thilini Nimesha Wijewarna Arachchi; [2022]
   Keywords : Social networks; entrepreneurship; high-tech startups; investments; digitalization;

   Abstract : The importance of entrepreneurship for economic growth and development is a well-known factor in the world. In which high technology startup firms are playing an important role in introducing innovative and advanced technologies. However, due to inherent difficulties in nature, they face major challenges such as acquiring sufficient investments. READ MORE

3. 22. Libraries of Things - Drivers for a sustainable sharing economy? A case study of Circle Centre Lund

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Florence Kunert; [2022]
   Keywords : collaborative sharing; social change; prefiguration; sustainability science; non-profit sharing organizations; transformative potential; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The gradual destruction of global ecosystems enhanced by the predominant growth paradigm and overconsumption, require social change and alternative practices. A sustainable sharing economy is one alternative pathway to challenge the current socio-economic system. READ MORE

4. 23. The EU mandatory human rights due diligence legislations and FTA in Vietnam context – A useful toolbox or a set of decorative items

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Van Huan Nguyen; [2022]
   Keywords : Mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate sustainability due diligence; business and human rights; free trade agreement; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The EU is establishing its leadership in setting global rules and standards for sustainable development over the world through legal instruments with transformational effects on third countries. On the one hand, the EU is the leading region in the development of mHRDD legislations which has been hardened for the last decades and is now evolving to become CSDD, generating extraterritorial effects for human rights enjoyments through global value chains. READ MORE

5. 24. The ’Responsibility to Protect’ in Myanmar: Investigating the call for R2P through the Epistemic Community

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Fanny Törnqvist; [2022]
   Keywords : Responsibility to Protect; R2P; Myanmar; Human Security; Epistemic community; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The principle of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ or ‘R2P’, adopted by states at the World Summit in 2005, establishes that states have a responsibility to protect their citizens, and if a state fails to do so, the responsibility falls upon the international community. In Myanmar, the Rohingya crisis and the military coup of 2021 has displayed the widespread systematic violations of human rights. READ MORE

6. 25. Towards green EU State aid law? The Guidelines on State aid for Climate, Environmental protection and Energy 2022 in light of the European energy transition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Torge Hendrik Hildebrandt; [2022]
   Keywords : EU; State aid; European Green Deal; fossil fuels; renewables; energy transition; stranded assets; carbon lock-in; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The European energy transition entails opportunities to mitigate two of the EU’s most pressing current challenges: climate change and the energy crisis due to the dependency on fossil fuel imports. The EU has committed to limiting global warming to 2°C (preferably 1.5°C), compared to pre-industrial levels. READ MORE