Essays about: "climate burden"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 57 essays containing the words climate burden.

1. 16. Innan staden drunknar : ett gestaltningsförslag för skyfallsdrabbade Mellanheden i Malmö

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Josefine Bengtsson; Lisa Engstrand; Tilda Fransson; [2022]
   Keywords : skyfall; grönblå lösningar; estetik; rumslighet; tillgänglighet; trygghet; cloudburst; climate change; Aesthetics och Spatiality;

   Abstract : Genom användningen av fossila bränslen har klimatet förändrats, vilket bland annat resulterat i ökad risk för skyfall. De kraftiga skyfall som inträffat de senaste åren har inneburit förödande konsekvenser med flertalet dödsoffer och svåra skador på infrastruktur. READ MORE

3. 17. Comparative analysis of linear and circular manufacturing system paradigms for a steel-based product. : A case study of a mailbox manufacturing company

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT)

   Author : SAMUEL ALAGBADA; [2022]
   Keywords : The manufacturing system; green supply chain management circular economy; life cycle analysis; cumulative energy demand; global warming potential.;

   Abstract : The manufacturing industry has exerted a tremendous impact on the natural environment. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the consequences of shift from linear manufacturing system to circular manufacturing system in order to decouple the environmental burden of production and consumption process in relation to quantity of carbon footprint, cumulative energy demand, natural resource consumption, waste generated and recovered presently. READ MORE

4. 18. What is the future? It is not in our hands : Women's realities of living in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh in the context of environmental challenges

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Moa Kemi; Isabell Svensk; [2022]
   Keywords : Bangladesh; women; environmental challenges; vulnerability; exposure; adaptation; gender; climate change; Conception of Risk; Feminist Political Ecology;

   Abstract : Bangladesh is known as one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, especially the southwest coastal region. This area frequently experiences extreme weather such as cyclones, storms, waterlogging, droughts, and high levels of salinity. These events are projected to intensify further with climate change. READ MORE

5. 19. Why It Can Be Effective To Be Just When Sharing Climate Burdens

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Carl-Otto Decker; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate burdens; Burden-sharing; Climate justice; The ability to pay; The polluter pays; The beneficiary pays; IPCC; Klimatbörda; klimatfördelning; Klimaträttvisa; Rättvisa; Förorenaren betalar.;

   Abstract : This article aims to provide both efficient and just ways of sharing mitigative and adaptive climate burden costs. Time is an important factor when constructing policies which are set out to turn negative temperature trends around. Justice is another crucial value to consider when deciding who ought to carry out these climate burdens. READ MORE

6. 20. Universities and the Doughnut Strategy : Comparative analysis of university strategies and the integration of planetary and social boundaries and the general concept of sustainable development

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Juliane Kraskes; [2022]
   Keywords : Planetary Boundaries; Social Boundaries; Universities; Sustainable Development; Strategy;

   Abstract : The 21st-century climate crisis and human development are placing a burden on the planet and society and require strategic integration as well as education about sustainable development. Universities are educational institutions and have the potential to encourage and empower a climate-friendly individual and collective behaviours and educate about the importance of sustainable development pathways that are grounded in social and planetary long-term goals. READ MORE