Essays about: "post-Kyoto"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word post-Kyoto.
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1. Public Green Space in Paris : Sustainable Development Discourses in the Objective of Le Grand Paris
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Sustainable Development challenges will increasingly concentrate in cities as the urbanization in Europe and the rest of the world continues and governments must implement policies to ensure benefits of urban growths are shared sustainably. When more people move into the cities, the intimate contact with nature is lost since nature has not always been a priority in the history of urban planning. READ MORE
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2. Post Kyoto Protocol International Frameworks on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions: Does the Presence of Informal Economies Limit their Efficacy?
University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : This paper examines the informal economy’s greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions and whether it poses a problem to the effectiveness of international frameworks designed to reduce GHG emissions. With the results of a literature review conducted on the relation between the informal economy and regulations and results on 160 nations’ theoretical informal-economy emissions over time, this paper finds that the informal economy does hinder the ability of governments to manage GHG emissions. READ MORE
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3. Ideas of justice in climate change negotiations
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : With the Kyoto Protocol in effect and well into its implementation period, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are now in the midst of negotiating an agreement to govern the global policy on climate change in the post-Kyoto period. Recognizing the difficulties of the Parties to agree on the commitments laid out in the Kyoto Protocol and acknowledging in particular the aspects of justice related to the responsibility for the origin as well as the mitigation of global warming, this thesis investigates the ideas of justice prevailing in the negotiations of climate change. READ MORE
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4. Exploring Opportunities for Biogas as a Vehicle Fuel in South Korea: Learning from Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : In this study, opportunities for utilizing biogas produced from anaerobic digestion of different organic wastes as a vehicle fuel in South Korea have been investigated, using experiences from Sweden as a basis for analysis. Strategic governmental policies and financial support have enabled many municipalities in Sweden to successfully develop biogas/biomethane as a locally produced renewable fuel. READ MORE
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5. US re-engagement? - a study of central elements that will increase a US inclination to participate in a post-Kyoto agreement
University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälleAbstract : The United States is the single largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. Its engagement is therefore critical to the success of any international effort to prevent man-made global climate change. READ MORE
