Essays about: "local targets"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 124 essays containing the words local targets.
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21. Regional Energy Transitions in England: The Governing Role of Combined Authorities in the Decarbonisation of Heating
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : In order to meet its carbon targets, the UK must address the decarbonisation of the currently fossil-fuel dependent system of heating. Buildings and heat strategy at the national level has been insufficient in combatting this issue, and it is increasingly suggested that more local and regional approaches will be needed to accelerate the transition to low carbon heating. READ MORE
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22. Power-to-Gas and zero-emission buses in Uppsala : challenges and Opportunities from a techno-economic perspective
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and TechnologyAbstract : This thesis has explored the use of power-to-gas technology as a means to produce hydrogen for fuel cell electric buses. The municipal council of Uppsala are looking at options to electrify the local city and regional bus fleet but have been faced with power capacity constraints on the local electrical grid. READ MORE
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23. Heroes for Change or Systems for Change? Is it time to reject heroism discourse? : A critical eye into a comic edutainment on SDGs
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This study seeks to extend observations on critical citizenship education by examining what the edutainment Comics Uniting Nations, which presents the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), may tell us about the UN view of imagined agency and citizenship, and subsequently, its broader view of development. Given that the SDGs’ message within the comics targets a global audience, the research work in this thesis puts the comic Heroes for Change to the test by surveying how the minority community in Gaza, occupied Palestine feel and situate themselves in the SDGs’ universal message. READ MORE
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24. Participation and U; A Case-Based Testing of Theory-U’s Utility in Facilitating the Pivot towards Participatory Development Practice
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : This thesis will contribute to the transition the development sector presently sees itself confronted with. This transition involves the pivoting from project-based development endeavors, whereby frameworks and targets defined in the Global North play a dominant role in defining the overall development trajectory. READ MORE
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25. Private Regulatory Governance and Sustainable Development: Is there a connection? Mapping linkages of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) share similar objectives. VSS are being increasingly used because of their claims to address sustainability issues at the production stage, such as greenhouse gas emissions in production, biodiversity conservation, labor rights, worker’s wages, local pollution and good corporate governance. READ MORE
