Essays about: "environmental variable"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 256 essays containing the words environmental variable.
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1. Vedlevande skalbaggar 10–20 år efter brand i tallskog : en jämförelse mellan hällmark och produktiv mark
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : The Swedish boreal forests have changed drastically in the last century. Intensive forestry with clear-cuttings and fire-prevention, cause a lack in dead wood diversity and volume. The current research on forests mainly focuses on productive forests and there is a knowledge gap regarding the importance of low-productive forest for biodiversity. READ MORE
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2. TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: EXAMINING BUREAUCRATIC INFLUENCES ON GREEN AID A quantitative study of the effect of politicized bureaucracy on the effectiveness of climate mitigating aid – a global perspective.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The climate threat is alarming, which has spurred research regarding how to mitigate its consequences. A significant amount of environmental aid is transferred yearly, to help developing countries adjust and mitigate climate change. READ MORE
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3. The Sustainable Era - The Excess Return on Swedish Sustainable Global Equity Funds
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : This thesis explores the relationship between the performance of Swedish global equity funds and the level of sustainability, as measured by the Morningstar Globe Rating, using a Fama-French six-factor model, globe rating categories, and time effects. Treating the Morningstar Globe Rating as a time-invariant variable, a sample of 80 Swedish global equity funds are divided into two sustainability groups, ‘Low’ and ‘High’, grouping funds with 1-3 globes into a reference group. READ MORE
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4. WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY A cross-country analysis
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Extensive research argues that women express higher levels of concern regarding environmental degradation and are more likely to act for environmental causes. This raises the question if women’s empowerment could lead to better environmental outcomes. Some research finds that women’s political empowerment indeed has good environmental outcomes. READ MORE
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5. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGEN (FUTURE SCENARIOS: SOCIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND ENERGETIC ASPECTS)
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskapAbstract : Nowadays, the term energy transition is coming into vogue, as many countries are adopting the climate change agenda across the world to achieve sustainable development goals and change from nonrenewable energies to those coming from inexhaustible energy sources, that are more efficient and less polluting. Power-to-hydrogen is an auspicious solution for storing variable renewable energies. READ MORE
