Essays about: "fossil communities"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 47 essays containing the words fossil communities.
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16. Powered by actors and business models: Analysing the potential for energy community development in new regions using the case of Kökar island
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : An energy transition from centralised and fossil-fuelled installations towards decentralised and renewable energy has been advocated by governments, businesses and academia. In the EU it has become a regional strategy, and a desire of citizens, to enable communities to take an active role in the energy market in the hopes of transitioning to an increasingly local, renewable and participatory future energy system. READ MORE
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17. The contribution of wind farms to sustainably developing local communities
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : While renewable energy output in the World increases, Russia shows an opposite trend, consisting of a highly engrained fossil fuel-driven economy with very little State priority towards diversifying its energy supply. Accordingly, although wind energy represents only a niche market, it is more economically viable to electrifying Northern peripheral communities than connecting them to the national grid; providing more efficient, reliable, cheaper, and cleaner energy supply to the end-consumer. READ MORE
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18. Production and power structure in the landscape of the Ulu Belu geothermal area, Indonesia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Recently, the Government of Indonesia has committed to intensifying geothermal development. In its event, geothermal development is part of global demands and national interests to reduce dependence on fossil fuels as commitments to respond the climate change. READ MORE
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19. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. READ MORE
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20. Land cover changes in Southern Sweden from the mid-Holocene to present day: insights for ecosystem service assessments
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Climate change and human impact play a huge role in the sustainability and development of ecosystems and the services they offer to societies over temporal and spatial scales. Fossil pollen-based estimates provide unique information on past land cover change, but to date there are not many methods able to create spatially continuous maps and have a fine scale of land cover changes inferred from pollen information. READ MORE