Essays about: "climate risk"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 847 essays containing the words climate risk.

  1. 21. Flight to climate: liquidity commonality in brown equities

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Haiping Yu; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG; ESG Investing; Climate investing; Liquidity Commonality; Systematic Liquidity Risk;

    Abstract : Emerging ESG studies have established a negative equilibrium correlation between ESG factors and stock returns in an economy predominately influenced by investors with nonpecuniary preference over high ESG credentials. However, little research has delved into a potential systematic liquidity risk phenomenon associated with aggregate trading activities of ESG-motivated investors who share a common nonzero ESG preference component in their utility function. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Role of Vertical Collaboration in Local Community Empowerment : Exploring the Implementation of Climate Smart Agriculture at a Local Level in Eswatini

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Charlee Salmelin; [2023]
    Keywords : Eswatini; Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Smart Agriculture; Vertical Collaboration; Community Empowerment; Sustainable Capacity Development Efforts; Minor Field Study;

    Abstract : To strengthen societies and address the increased risks generated by climate change, development projects within disaster risk reduction [DRR] and climate change adaptation [CCA] must ensure the sustainability of capacity development. However, sustainability is currently flawed in such projects, which could relate to the inadequate achievement of empowerment of targeted beneficiaries. READ MORE

  4. 23. A study of the survival rate of Acropora corals outplanted in Damselfish territories : A minor field study in Malolo Lailai, Fiji

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Ronja Alexandroff; Paulina Drugge; [2023]
    Keywords : Corals; Fiji; Damselfish; Ocean; Koraller; Fiji; Frökenfisk; Hav;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis was executed as a Minor Field Study (MFS) in Malolo Lailai Island, Fiji.The Minor Field Study was funded by the state agency Swedish International DevelopmentCooperation Agency (SIDA). READ MORE

  5. 24. Bridging the Gap: Assessing the Integration of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction - A Case Study on Nepal

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ebba Ragnartz; [2023]
    Keywords : The Integrated Approach; Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change; National Adaptation Plan;

    Abstract : There are two primary purposes of this study. One is theory development and the other is empirical. The first aim will be conducted by proposing a framework for the integrated approach between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. READ MORE

  6. 25. Analyzing the risk of Maladaptation: Implications for adaptation projects among development agencies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Bikram Sedhai; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Change Adaptation; Maladaptation; Non-Governmental Organizations; Transformational Adaptation; International aid; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The need for climate change adaptation is widely acknowledged and adaptation projects around the world are proliferating. Despite being one of the key actors for the implementation of adaptation projects, significant knowledge gaps persist regarding the potential maladaptive outcomes of such projects for international non-governmental organizations. READ MORE