Essays about: "climate burden"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 57 essays containing the words climate burden.

  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. The female perspective on a situation of uncertainty : examining gendered and accumulated vulnerability in multiexposure to stressors through a case study in rural Nepal

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Filippa Dahlback; [2023]
    Keywords : Multi-exposure; stressors; climate change; Ghorka earthquake; COVID-19; vulnerability; gender; Nepal; life histories; small-scale farmers;

    Abstract : Climate change impacts are becoming more severe globally, with estimations of a continued negative trend in the future. This interacts with increasing natural disasters as well as non-climatic stressors, such as pandemics or social stressors, creating a multi-exposure to stressors especially harmful for rural populations and small-scale farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. READ MORE

  4. 8. Climate, Coloniality and Financialization: A Decolonial Analysis of Global Climate Finance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Judith Rybol; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Providing adequate climate finance, meaning funding for mitigation, adaptation or loss and damage, has been very high on the global policy agenda recently. The political economy and ecology behind it are much more complex and morally multidimensional than the mainstream finance world likes to present it though, which results in grave colonial injustices, international debt crises, deepened global inequalities and heightened climate vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  5. 9. Carbon Capture and Storage : And the Possibilities in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Risha Chowdhury; Sofie Malmberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Bio-Carbon Capture and Storage Bio-CCS ; Carbon Capture and Storage CCS ; Carbon Capture and Utilisation CCU ; Carbon Dioxide CO2 ; Climate Change; Climate Policy; Costs regarding Carbon Capture and Storage; Direct Air Capture DAC ; Geological Storage; Greenhouse Gas es GHG ; Policy regarding Carbon Capture and Storage; Bio-Carbon Capture and Storage Bio-CCS ; Carbon Capture and Storage CCS ; Carbon Capture and Utilisation CCU ; Koldioxid CO2 ; Klimatförändring; Klimatpolitik; Kostnad för Carbon Capture and Storage; Direct Air Capture DAC ; Geologisk lagring; Växthusgas er ; Reglering för Carbon Capture and Storage;

    Abstract : The Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and Sweden has set a goal toreach net-zero emissions by 2045. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one method that can reducecarbon dioxide emissions. READ MORE

  6. 10. FIT & FAIR FOR 55? - A frame analysis of fairness arguments on the EU’s 2021 emission reduction proposals within the Council of the European Union

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Katharina Pfeffer; [2022-06-27]
    Keywords : Fairness; mitigation; greenhouse gas emissions; Council of the European Union; negotiation; frame analysis;

    Abstract : Fairness, usually not a common consideration in international bargaining, features prominently in global climate negotiations. Also within the European Union, typically (self-)portrayed as a unified climate actor, discussing fair emission reduction targets divides the Member States. READ MORE