Essays about: "climate burden"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 57 essays containing the words climate burden.

  1. 21. Comparative life cycle assessment of two desiccant wheel dehumidifiers with industrial application

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Astrid Ortis; [2022]
    Keywords : Desiccant wheel dehumidifier; adsorption dehumidification; life cycle assessment LCA ; EU Taxonomy; Rotorsorptionsavfuktare; luftavfuktning; livscykelanalys LCA ; EU taxonomi;

    Abstract : Humans spend around 80 percent of their lifetime indoors. The humidity level plays an essential part in indoor climate, both in non-industrial applications, such as thermal comfort, and industrial ones. Dehumidification is a technology in the field of thermal comfort and indoor climate to control humidity levels. READ MORE

  3. 22. Shedding Light on Sustainable Shipping: Examining Content and Motivations for Sustainability Reporting along the Shipping Value Chain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Christian Andrew Bakken; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainability Reporting; Shipping; Value Chain Analysis; Stakeholders; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sustainability reporting is the primary way corporate sustainability data is disseminated to stakeholders and the wider public. While sustainability reporting is growing, certain industries still lag, such as shipping. READ MORE

  4. 23. Clunkers for Mobility? A critical environmental justice perspective on the EU’s exports of used cars to the Global South

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sophie Scherger; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental justice; second-hand cars; world-system theory; environmental load displacement; used car trade; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the face of climate change, governments in the Global North have decided on various decarbonisation plans. With the transport sector causing more than a quarter of the global greenhouse gas emissions, its decarbonisation has become a central debate. READ MORE

  5. 24. Emerging Powers in Global Climate Politics: The discursive story-lines used by the BASIC countries regarding the climate crisis, responsibilities and burden sharing in the UNFCCC

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lærke Salhauge-Rasmussen; [2021]
    Keywords : BASIC; climate politics; discourse analysis; UNFCCC; rising powers; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Global climate policy negotiations have become increasingly complicated with the rise of the socalled emerging powers as they have seen both great economic growth and increased emissions of greenhouse gasses – yet they continue to hold a developing country, or non-Annex I, status under the UNFCCC, which determines their responsibilities for addressing the climate crisis. This thesis examines the story-lines that constitute the discourse used by the BASIC countries, Brazil, China, India and South Africa, following the Paris Agreement in order to discern their understanding of the climate crisis and hence their policy preferences when it comes to addressing the crisis. READ MORE

  6. 25. A wealth of soil : Social-ecological traps, economy and agency on Finnish farms

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Hanna Nikkanen; [2021]
    Keywords : Transformation; farm transitions; financial circumstances; food systems; animal husbandry; regenerative agriculture; sustainability;

    Abstract : Food systems are facing increasing pressure to adapt to the local, regional and global implications of the climate crisis while reducing the environmental impacts of food production and retaining their competitiveness on increasingly connected agri-food markets. Many suggested aspects of a more resilient, sustainable model of food production are directly linked to decisions made on individual farms. READ MORE