Essays about: "consumption-based emissions"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 essays containing the words consumption-based emissions.
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11. Consuming Agenda-Setting : A qualitative study of the driving factors behind the emergence of consumption-based emissions on the agenda in Umeå municipality
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study sets out to examine the factors driving consumption-based emission on the political agenda of Umeå municipality in northern Sweden. The paper attempts to contribute to the understanding of how climate change related issues can be given a more salient role on the political agenda of municipalities. READ MORE
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12. The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Examining the relationship between income and technology-adjusted consumption-based CO2 emissions
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This study aims to investigate whether countries succeed to reduce their contribution to global emissions when countries reach higher levels of income. As a result of rapid changes in international trade, a country’s emission responsibility goes beyond national borders, which should be adequately captured in their carbon footprint. READ MORE
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13. A small step for emissions accounting, a giant leap for sustainability? Unpacking the debate around the consumption-based emissions accounting method.
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : This thesis deals with the problem of outsourced emissions, the situation when the consumption of (predominantly Global North) countries with high carbon efficiency drives emissions in (predominantly Global South) countries with low carbon efficiency. The EU as a climate leader and an economic superpower subsumes a large share of outsourced emissions. READ MORE
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14. What does it take for local actors in Hammarby Sjöstad to cut the consumption-based emissions by half till 2030? : A backcasting study on a local climate transition following Carbon Law
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : How many local actors need to do what to reduce Hammarby Sjöstad’s climate impact till 2030 in alignment with "Carbon Law”, i.e. halving the citizens’ consumption-based emissions every ten years? This is demonstrated in a backcasting study of the city district. READ MORE
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15. Iceland's Consumption and Decarbonisation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : As an effort in combating climate change, the Icelandic government has set the ambitious goal of a carbon-neutral economy before the year 2040. Meanwhile, projections show continuing growth in private household consumption. READ MORE
