Essays about: "global disaster"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 99 essays containing the words global disaster.

  1. 16. From dishwashers to Ferrari : How Loccioni successfully utilized their dominant logic and core competencies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Linus Nordberg; Nils Enbom; [2022]
    Keywords : Dominant logic; Core competencies; Radical industrial transformation;

    Abstract : The world is facing an unprecedented global environmental disaster. CO2 is currently the largest contributor to global warming and a large part of global emissions come from the automotive industry. READ MORE

  3. 17. Risk-Informed Development: Barriers and enabling factors in development cooperation in Georgia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Christine Falta; [2022]
    Keywords : Risk-informed development; Georgia; health sector; integration; climate change adaptation; disaster risk management; sustainable development; Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction; Paris Agreement; Sustainable Development Goals; resilience; risk information; risk management; development cooperation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Risk-informed development aims to include complex risks into all levels and phases of decision-making. Going beyond the integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, risk-informed development emerged after the 2015 global agreements (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals) and represents a rationale to consider multiple disaster and climate risks simultaneously in societal development. READ MORE

  4. 18. Modelling of Capital Requirements using LSTM and A-SA in CRR 3

    University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)

    Author : William Gan; [2022]
    Keywords : Capital Requirements; machine learning; neural networks; financial mathematics; risk management; CRR 3; FRTB; Kapitalkrav; maskininlärning; neurala nätverk; finansiell matematik; riskhantering; CRR 3; FRTB;

    Abstract : In response to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, a handful of measures were taken to increase the resilience toward a similar disaster in the future. Global financial regulatory entities implemented several new directives with the intention to enhance global capital markets, leading to regulatory frameworks where financial participants (FPs) are regulated with own fund's requirements for market risks. READ MORE

  5. 19. Colonial continuities and their influence on knowledge production on the migration and climate change nexus : A policy analysis of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Agnes Ziegler; [2022]
    Keywords : Global Compact for Safe; Orderly and Regular Migration; climate change and migration; knowledge; modernity coloniality; racial capitalism; policy-making; intergovernmental institutions;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the greatest challenges currectly facing humanity. Its impacts lead to the displacement of people through sea level rise, desertification, drought, flood and other ecological disaster. The global imbalance of power results in people being unequally affected by climate change. READ MORE

  6. 20. Evaluation of a change detection approach to map global flood extents using Sentinel-1

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Axel Risling; [2022]
    Keywords : Flood mapping; global flood models; synthetic aperture radar; cloud-computing; change detection; Översvämningskartering; globala översvämningsmodeller; syntetisk aperturradar; molntjänster; förändringsdetektering;

    Abstract : Floods are the most frequent disaster in the world and flood exposure is increasing globally. Flood mapping of past events can be a useful aid in not only disaster risk management, but also in evaluating and validating global flood models (GFMs) which are being used to assess and predict these floods. READ MORE