Essays about: "Planetary Boundaries"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 73 essays containing the words Planetary Boundaries.

  1. 16. Distribution matters: Meeting human needs at sustainable carbon consumption

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Felix Barbour; [2022]
    Keywords : wellbeing; human needs; inequality; social provisioning; planetary boundaries; post-growth; panel methods; dynamic linear modelling;

    Abstract : To avoid irreversible damage to the climate system and biosphere, the majority of the world’s countries must reduce rates of resource throughput. However, the socio-economic conditions for satisfying basic human needs at low resource use have received scant empirical attention. READ MORE

  3. 17. Regenerative Entrepreneurship : How the Enactment of Values Can Guide Humanity into a Safe and Just Operating Space

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Jonathan Angel; Melker Larsson; Anton Lindberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Regenerative Entrepreneurship; Regenerative Sustainability; Enactment of Values; Giving Voice to Values;

    Abstract : The current efforts to address global sustainability issues are failing. To avoid the consequences of transgressing the planetary boundaries and simultaneously provide people with the basic needs for human prosperity, we have to overcome a profound challenge. READ MORE

  4. 18. Mapping wetlands in Sweden using multi-source satellite data and random forest algorithm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Salvador Hernandez Malave; [2022]
    Keywords : physical geography and ecosystem analysis; multi-temporal; Google Earth Engine; machine learning; classification; country-wide; geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Wetlands are valuable ecosystems, and assets for human life, that must be regularly monitored, starting with accurately mapping their location and extent. However, an updated national inventory of wetlands is needed. READ MORE

  5. 19. Motivations for setting science-based targets for environmental impacts in eight Swedish sustainability frontrunner companies

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning (BIG); Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Ylva Skoogh; [2022]
    Keywords : Motivations; science-based targets; Science-Based Targets Initiative; SBTi; Science-Based Targets Network; SBTN; environmental impacts; Sweden; Swedish companies; Planetary boundaries framework; culture; values of people and companies;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to find out if, how and in particular why companies are setting science-based goals and targets related to the Planetary boundaries framework (PBs), the Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi) and the Science-Based Targets Network (SBTN) guidelines, or science-based targets more broadly, for environmental impacts. A sub-question was what role culture, in particular values of people and companies, might play for that. READ MORE

  6. 20. Exploring the role of business intermediaries to advance circular bioeconomy : multi case study on plant-essential nutrient recycling firms and users in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Urankhaich Batsukh; [2022]
    Keywords : business model; circular bioeconomy; intermediary; nitrogen; nutrient recycling; phosphorus; sewage sludge; wastewater;

    Abstract : Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are key biological nutrients for global crop production and are directly linked to global food security. Despite the enormous agricultural expansion in the past century, excessive use of these elements is causing biochemical imbalances that lead to overstepping the ‘planetary boundaries’ beyond what the earth can hold. READ MORE