Essays about: "social and ecological dimensions of sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 47 essays containing the words social and ecological dimensions of sustainability.

  1. 1. The BECCS Doughnut: A strong sustainability framework for assessing implementation strategies for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Domenik Tress; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability assessment; bioenergy with carbon capture and storage; negative emissions; doughnut economics; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is a largely promoted, but also heavily contested solution to the problem of climate change. Whilst removing carbon from the atmosphere, it potentially leads to detrimental side effects. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ecomodern masculinity? An intersectional feminist analysis of barriers for participation in Renewable Energy Communities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Julia Hönnecke; [2023]
    Keywords : renewable energy communities; marginalized groups; inclusion; sustainability science; just transition; empowerment strategies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Renewable Energy Communities (REC) are seen as a way to promote energy justice and security and advance a democratic, socially-just energy transition. However, energy justice scholarship indicates that some social groups are not included in RECs. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impact Investments for the Social Economy: Reframing the impact investing phenomenon by evaluating impact investment strategies from a social ecological economics perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Nicol Mayr; [2022]
    Keywords : Social economy; impact investing; relationship-to-profit; social ecological economics; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Social economy organisations are attributed a major role in solving societal and environmental problems and in implementing social innovations in Europe. These organisations are private entities running economic activities whose main purpose is to provide goods and services to their members or the community at large, with profits coming second. READ MORE

  5. 4. Complexity of improvement : a sustainability analysis of the park along Riachuelo river connected to marginalized areas in Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anna Jogefalk; Cassandra W. Kallifatides; [2022]
    Keywords : Landscape architecture; urban planning; informal settlement; water pollution; sustainability; Riachuelo river; Buenos Aries; Argentina;

    Abstract : The Riachuelo river in Buenos Aires was considered one of the most polluted watersheds in the world, where industries, sewers and illegal dumping have contaminated the river for over 200 years. Over 8 million people live in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, many of which live in informal settlements without official waste management, sanitation- or water systems. READ MORE

  6. 5. No jobs on a dead planet: Swedish unions’ perceptions of their roles in a just transition

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hedvig Schylander; [2021-06-15]
    Keywords : Just transition; Sweden; Labour unions; Unionisation; The Swedish Model; Climate change; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable Development Goals; SDG; Climate transition; Agenda 2030;

    Abstract : If we are to avoid the worst-case scenarios of climate change and environmental issues, we must drastically reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases. Such a transition to an ecologically sustainable society has far-reaching consequences on production systems and labour markets. READ MORE