Essays about: "UNEP"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 essays containing the word UNEP.

  1. 11. HOW DO POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AFFECT WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT WITHIN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Gertruda Uleviciute; [2018]
    Keywords : Environmental peacebuilding; natural resource management; post conflict; female empowerment; gender equality; UNEP; UNEP country recovery; Sudan; DRC; Democratic Republic of Congo.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explain how post-conflict environmental initiatives affect women’s empowerment within natural resource management in the short term. It argues that the lack of causal effect between the variables can be explained by the robustness of patriarchal institutions. READ MORE

  3. 12. The need for leadership on Climate Change : A study examining the framing of leadership by the UNEP

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Åström; [2017]
    Keywords : Framing; Utvecklingsstudier; Climate Change; Leadership;

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  4. 13. Waste Management System Assessment in the North of Argentina

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maria Eugenia Quiroga Ekman; [2017]
    Keywords : Integrated waste management; solid waste; methodology; waste management; waste treatment; landfill; organic waste; biogas;

    Abstract : During the last decades, solid waste management has been going through a lot of changes regarding, regulation and applications of models and systems. New practices to solve environmental problems have been approached in different scenarios, situations and in different countries. READ MORE

  5. 14. Gendering Environmental Reconstruction: A study of the gendered dimensions of UNEP’s environmental reconstruction assessments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofie Berglund; [2017]
    Keywords : environmental reconstruction; gender; security; UNEP; vulnerability; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As we are facing a future of more frequent and extreme weather events targeting primarily low income countries, research on effective and inclusive environmental reconstruction following these crises is vital. In this study, the gender inclusion of UNEP’s environmental reconstruction assessments is examined by looking at four cases in which the organisation has performed assessments on widely different premises. READ MORE

  6. 15. Zero Energy Buildings : A concept review and case study of terraced houses in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Gina Sjöberg; Kristina Nilsson Bromander; [2016]
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    Abstract : The building sector consumes about 40 % of the total global primary energy, 60 % of the total electricity and accounts for about 30 % of all greenhouse gas emissions (UNEP, 2015). The zero energy building (ZEB) concept is considered as a step towards reducing the environmental impact of the building sector (European Parliment, Council of the European Union, 2010). READ MORE