Essays about: "climate policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 606 essays containing the words climate policy.

  1. 1. Controlling the Uncontrollable? : A qualitative content analysis of the United Nations Sendai Framework and its reflection of disaster risk reduction in a risk society.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Lindberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030; natural hazards; the United Nations; climate change; control; resilience; uncertainty; humanitarian aid;

    Abstract : Occurrences of extreme weather events are increasing due to the ongoing climate change driven by human actions. In parallel, this triggers a growing need for humanitarian action in the future to help those impacted by disasters. READ MORE

  3. 2. Aviation Discourses in News : The influence of the political climate on climate politics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Jonathan Rahn; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate Change Communication; Critical Discourse Studies; Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis; Diachronic Corpus Studies; Media Studies;

    Abstract : Climate change must be considered one of the most critical issues of the coming decades that poten- tially poses foundational threats to human societies. Aviation has relatively little impact on green- house gas emissions globally, but this picture changes when focusing on emissions of rich industrial states. READ MORE

  4. 3. Greening the City : The Process of implementing Biodiversity in Melbourne and Stockholm

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ann-Sofie Daniels; [2022]
    Keywords : Melbourne; Stockholm; climate adaptation policy; biodiversity; local governance; citizen participation; adaptive co-management; adaptive governance; smart governance;

    Abstract : This paper examines the implementation of biodiversity in local policy in the cities of Melbourne and Stockholm. Using process tracing as methodology, the study examines the process from the time the process to develop a policy on climate adaptation is initiated, to the time it is adopted. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate change: Information, beliefs and action. Can new information affect Swedes’ climate change mitigation efforts?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Kihlstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate change; information provision experiment; beliefs; action; climate behavior; social norms; climate policy; survey experiment; information deficit; Sweden; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Due to the steep requirements of the 1.5°C goal, there is an urgent need to better understand what measures can be used to strengthen climate mitigation efforts. This study illuminates which factors drive climate mitigation efforts in the Swedish public and how such efforts are affected by new information. READ MORE

  6. 5. Klimatpåverkan och energianvändning vid tillämpning av bio-CCS och bio-CCU från biogasanläggningar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Emelie Wallman; [2022]
    Keywords : livscykelanalys; koldioxid; biometan; power to gas; biologisk metanisering; katalytisk metanisering; elektrolys;

    Abstract : To mitigate the human-induced climate change, Sweden has adopted a climate policy framework that states a net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by the year of 2045 and thereafter negative emissions. To achieve this goal extensive emission mitigation alongside supplementary measures are required. READ MORE