Essays about: "currently used government policy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 22 essays containing the words currently used government policy.

  1. 11. Spurring Climate Change Action Beyond External Borders - A study of legal measures available to the EU to exert pressure on Canada to pursue climate change action in times of international institutional failure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Lena Lundahl; [2014]
    Keywords : Canadian Climate Policy; EU Climate Policy; Climate Change Policy; Environmental Law; EU Law; EU-rätt; Miljörätt; Klimatpolitik; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of today’s major challenges; a challenge with significant consequences that will affect all countries in different ways if a way to combat global warming by stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions cannot be agreed on. A global problem calls for an international response; however, the international climate regime has failed to deliver adequate results. READ MORE

  3. 12. A multi-scale analysis of biofuel-related land acquisitions in Tanzania : with focus on Sweden as an investor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emma Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : social impacts; environmental impacts; jatropha; sugarcane; Tanzania; Sweden; biofuel; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Land acquisition; DPSIR; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Spurred on by pressure to find sustainable energy production alternatives to fossil fuels, many industries have been acquiring land in order to plant crops for biofuel production. In Tanzania, biofuel development is in an early stage, and over the last decade, several foreign actors have tried to start up biofuel projects in the country (without success). READ MORE

  4. 13. A PGIS approach to unearthing Manchester’s Cultural Heritage “gold mine”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Angeleta Oveta Wilson; [2013]
    Keywords : Cultural Heritage; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; GIS; Geographic Information Systems; Tourism; Participatory GIS; PGIS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Cultural heritage tourism is regarded as one avenue that can be used to stimulate the economic viability of an area; this is strongly believed by the tourism proponents in the parish of Manchester, Jamaica. With a lagging economy, and various studies done in the area, there has been no significant movement by policy makers towards implementing a sustainable tourism product, much to the ire of the stakeholders within the parish. READ MORE

  5. 14. Markedsanalyse av skogforsikring i Sverige og Finland

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Ove Staubo Munthe-Kaas; [2012]
    Keywords : Skogforsikring; markedsanalyse; forsikringsmodeller; skadehendelser; produktutvikling; lønnsomhet; drivere; klima og interesseorganisasjoner; Forest insurance; market analysis; insurance models; forest damage; product development; profitability; promotors; climate and interest groups; associations; NGOs;

    Abstract : Skogforsikring har fått økt oppmerksomhet de siste årene fordi store skadehendelser i skog har oppstått stadig hyppigere. Denne endringen i hyppigheten har man merket spesielt godt i det svenske skogbruket. READ MORE

  6. 15. Biomass or Biomess?: Examining sustainability schemes as way to address stakeholder concerns over the use of forest biomass

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Charlotte Ulrike Sluka; [2012]
    Keywords : Renewable energy; woody biomass; sustainability certification; stakeholder opinions; utilities; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Stakeholders are voicing concerns over the social and environmental impacts of components of Europe’s renewable energy strategy that will significantly increase the region’s demand for forest biomass. Energy companies must address these concerns if they are to manage financial, reputational, regulatory and competitive risks. READ MORE