Essays about: "climate change"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 2519 essays containing the words climate change.
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1. Getting Comfortable with Climate Scenarios: A Qualitative Study on the Micro-Stage of Making the TCFD Scenario Analysis Auditable
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This study examines how the scenario analysis as an integral part of the novel TCFD framework is made auditable. Drawing upon the theoretical lens of Carrington and Catasús' (2007) comfort framework, we uncover professionals' discomforts with the TCFD scenario analysis and show how they address these discomforts to make the scenario analysis auditable. READ MORE
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2. The effect of environmental policies on CO2 emissions - using the environmental policy stringency index
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : The carbon concentration in the air has increased by 50 percent since pre-industrial times and continues to increase every year. Climate change is, therefore, a significant challenge today. READ MORE
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3. Gender dynamics in media-driven belief polarization - disentangling reinforcing processes behind media usage and perception of societal issues
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikationAbstract : In academia as well as in mainstream media, people are voicing concern that a fragmented media environment, entailing an immense increase of alternative media, may motivate selective exposure, in turn leading to increasingly polarized perceptions of society among the public. Consulting the theory of reinforcing spirals (RSM), there is ample evidence for a reciprocal relationship between selective media exposure and sociotropic beliefs – potentially sparking polarization dynamics. READ MORE
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4. Towards a Green Techno-Economic Paradigm - The implications of EUs strategy to finance a sustainable growth on industry dynamics from a neo-Schumpeterian perspective
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The consequences of climate change are becoming more and more evident. Environmentalshocks in terms of massive forest fires, ferocious cyclones and droughts have become morefrequent leading to mass migrations and business disruptions. It has now been declared that wehave reached a tipping point and that further global warming is inevitable. READ MORE
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5. THE SHIFT TOWARD ELECTRIFICATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY - A Scenario Analysis Investigating What Sourcing Mode for Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Original Equipment Manufacturers Can Take to Meet Future Demand in The United States
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The automotive industry is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and hasconsequently commenced its transition toward producing more sustainable vehicles. Electric vehiclesare contributing to sustainable development and due to new components, original equipmentmanufacturers are facing substantial supply chain challenges. READ MORE
