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  1. 1. The Cultural Production of Climate Disinformation : A Social Network Analysis of the NIPCC

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Erik Björklund; [2022]
    Keywords : Disinformation; climate change; post-truth; social network analysis; The Cultural Industries; climate communication; NIPCC; IPCC; scientific realism; conspiracy theories; alternative epistemological realities;

    Abstract : This master thesis in media and communication studies examines the production and dissemination of disinformation regarding climate change. Utilizing a synthesis of social network analysis, cultural industries, and disinformation studies. It is a study of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change and its production of texts. READ MORE

  3. 2. Diagnosis of Synoptic Weather Patterns Causing Heavy Rainfall Occurrence Using Self-Organizing Maps

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Aoi Kasai; [2021]
    Keywords : Self-Organizing Map; heavy rainfall frequency; classification; meteorological fields; prediction; heavy rainfall risk; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The annual number of events with precipitation over 50 mm/h have increased from 1970s and this trend is likely to be continued due to climate change in Kyushu, Japan. Therefore, it is important to recognize what kind of meteorological fields have contributed to the occurrence of heavy rainfall events and to reveal whether it is possible to diagnose heavy rainfall risk. READ MORE

  4. 3. IKEA Land Use Footprint : Quantification of Carbon Emissions and Removals from Forest Lands, Plants and Wood Products

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Celia Cacho Salvador; [2021]
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    Abstract : Accounting for carbon removals and reducing the carbon emissions related to the LULUCF sector has become a relevant target to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5ºC, in alignment with the Paris Agreement. READ MORE

  5. 4. Are Renewable Energy Policies Effective? : A panel data study concerning the impact policies have on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions through renewable energy production

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Katrine Lanfelt; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate change; renewable energy; environmental policy; STIRPAT; CO2 emissions; OECD;

    Abstract : Climate change has been a topic of interest both in politics and academics during the last decades and it is only becoming more prominent. The relationship between energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions is of particular interest both in politics and in the world of business. READ MORE

  6. 5. Refuge from Climate Change? : The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ICCPR and the ECHR in the Context of Climate Change

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Joel Herrault; [2021]
    Keywords : non-refoulement; climate refugees; climate change; human rights law; ECHR article 3; ECtHR; ICCPR articles 6 and 7; United Nations Human Rights Committee; slow onset processes; climate change effects; klimatflyktingar; non-refoulement; EKMR artikel 3; ICCPR artikel 6 och 7;

    Abstract : In the early 1990s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the gravest effects of climate change could be on human migration, as millions would be displaced by coastal erosion, flooding, and drought. Today, this is considered a reality that is coming ever closer. READ MORE