Essays about: "catastrophic climate change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words catastrophic climate change.

  1. 1. Business as usual trumps transformation: 1.5°C Businesses not on track

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Julia Martin; [2023]
    Keywords : climate policy; business climate action; emissions reduction targets; sustainable business; high-impact; Paris Agreement; sustainbility science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Averting catastrophic climate change requires private businesses to reach net zero emissions while staying within 1.5°C of global warming. READ MORE

  3. 2. Wholesale market + - a transformation of the wholesale market Munich in a water sensible mixed district

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Annika Enzinger; [2023]
    Keywords : mixed use; water sensible; sustainable; transformation; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : There is always talk of climate change in the future, but climate change is already present in all its facets. Intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, floods, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms, and the decline of biodiversity are already visible. READ MORE

  4. 3. Body-Safe Apocalypse : Sexual Materiality and Frameworks for Design During and Beyond Collapse

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Joshua (Ev) Carr; [2023]
    Keywords : collapse; sexual practices; materiality; design theory; philosophy of design; meta;

    Abstract : Following the Covid-19 pandemic, a relatively mild global disruption, our global society experienced large-scale shortages of high-tech materials, the increasing cost or absence of many commodities usually taken for granted, and the floundering of industries that facilitate our global industrial civilisation such as shipping and aviation. By comparison, catastrophic climate change stands to be far more devastating. READ MORE

  5. 4. The intraspecific drought tolerance of Betula pendula Roth. : ecotypic aptitude as tree selection criteria for the urban landscape

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)

    Author : Simon Hannus; [2021]
    Keywords : Betula pendula; clinal variation; drought tolerance; ecosystem services; ecotypes; potential evapotranspiration; turgor loss point; urban forestry; urban resilience; urban tree selection;

    Abstract : The ecosystem services provided by urban trees are substantial contributors to the quality of urban living, and their environmentally regulating capabilities are increasingly regarded as integral in order to efficiently secure urban resilience, by ameliorating the human and material impacts of extreme weather events. However, current trends of urban development presents challenges of how to preserve urban greenery ecosystem functioning, particularly in light of the ongoing climate change; which also has brought forth the importance of taxonomically diverse urban forests, to mitigate risks of catastrophic tree loss associated with these conditions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reimagining climate futures : Using critical futures studies to explore scenarios for Ljungby municipality in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Linna Fredström; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainability transformations; scenarios; storytelling; critical futures studies;

    Abstract : A growing body of research is calling for radical transformation of society to avoid catastrophic levels of climate change and create a more sustainable and just future. To make this possible, climate researcher will need new approaches and methods that help envision and enable transformations. READ MORE