Essays about: "environmental impacts"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1471 essays containing the words environmental impacts.

  1. 6. Life Cycle Assessment : a comparison of fossil energy use and climate impact on small scale manufacturing and large scale conventional manufacturing of textile toys

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Malin Henriksen; [2024]
    Keywords : textile toy; LCA; energy use; sustainable production; China; Sri Lanka; cotton production; fossil fuel use; GWP100;

    Abstract : This study conducts a Life Cycle Assessment to compare the environmental impacts, specifically climate impact and fossil fuel use, of textile toys produced in China and Sri Lanka. Through evaluating large-scale industrial production in China against small-scale, handcrafted production in Sri Lanka, it identifies the considerable environmental footprint of cotton production in both scenarios. READ MORE

  3. 7. An Idea of Land : Hydroelectric Dams lying in the middle of the Sámi of Sweden and Three Affiliated Tribes in the United States.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Corey Klinge; [2024]
    Keywords : Sámi; Indigenous; Sábme; Native American; Three Affiliated Tribes; Imperialism; Hydroelectric Dams;

    Abstract : In this study a comparative approach between both the Sámi of northern Sweden and the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota in relation to the constructions of the Letsi Reservoir and Garrison Dams will be given. The comparison will help create an understanding of what kinds of impacts they had to a number of factors. READ MORE

  4. 8. Carbon credit schemes & landownership in Scotland : an analysis of policy discourses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Imogen Cadwaladr-Rimmer; [2024]
    Keywords : carbon credit schemes; discourse policy analysis; environmental governance; landownership; land reform; neoliberalisation; rural Scotland; sustainable development.;

    Abstract : Carbon Credit Schemes have become an important feature of governance approaches to climate change in recent years and have been gaining prominence in the Global North. Scotland in particular has seen a rise in the development of carbon projects, with developers looking to sell carbon credits. READ MORE

  5. 9. What is vulnerability to climate change and who are the particularly vulnerable?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Emilie Greve Pobiega; [2024]
    Keywords : Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The effects of climate change are resulting in harmful impacts — known as loss and damage — hitting the most vulnerable countries the hardest. At COP27 in Sharm el- Sheikh, a new “loss and damage fund” was agreed upon, creating history within the international climate change policy arena. READ MORE

  6. 10. Quantifying liquid food waste : levels of liquid coffee waste, its causes and barriers and drivers for quantification in the Swedish food service sector

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Rosa Hellman; [2024]
    Keywords : sewage food waste; beverage waste; direct measurement; hospitality; restaurant; serving waste; food waste cause;

    Abstract : Food waste is a waste of resources required throughout the entire supply chain, leading to environmental impacts that could have been avoided. Coffee has a relatively high environmental impact partially due to the high consumption. To identify levels and sources of food waste, and consequently prevent it, quantification is used. READ MORE