Sökning: "Tipping Points"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 20 uppsatser innehållade orden Tipping Points.

  1. 11. Breaking down barriers - a sustainable transitionfor cement through collaboration with the construction sector

    Magister-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Författare :Philippa Wisbey; Johanna Mattsson; Juliana Salamone; Marcus Olsson; [2020]
    Nyckelord :cement; construction; sustainability; leverage points; systems thinking; framework for strategic sustainable development;

    Sammanfattning : Society is on an unsustainable course, predicted to reach a tipping point where greenhouse gas emissions cause irreversible consequences. The cement industry is estimated to be responsible for 7% of the global CO2 emissions, but remains an essential part of building safe and affordable infrastructure for an urbanising and growing population. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Understanding women's stewardship in the Amazon : A decolonial-process-relational perspective

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Författare :Taís Gonzalez; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Gender; Landscapes Stewardship; Process-relational perspective; Decoloniality; Knowledge; Amazon;

    Sammanfattning : The widespread and increasing forest degradation in the Amazon contrasts with a range of individual or collective practices developed by local agents, which have the potential to reconcile conservation and local understanding of the quality of life and economic development. The role of women among these initiatives has been overlooked or not well understood. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Conceptualizing green water within the planetary boundary for freshwater use

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Arne Tobian; [2019]
    Nyckelord :green water; planetary boundaries; land use modelling; physical geography; ecosystem analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Anthropogenic land-use covers a constantly increasing fraction of the terrestrial surface area. By employing a dynamic global vegetation model, human-induced changes in the terrestrial water balance as compared to an undisturbed scenario were simulated. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Carbon tax for emission targets - An alternative application of the DSGE model for optimal fossil fuel taxation by Golosov, Hassler, Krusell and Tsyvinski 2014

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Anita Hafner; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Carbon tax; Integrated Assessment Model; Damage function; Emission targets;

    Sammanfattning : Economists widely agree that a Pigouvian fee on emissions is the first best option to correct for the un-priced externality of climate change. However, scientific estimates of future global costs of climate change are varying. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Ponto de Inflexao: Patterns of Occupational Tipping in Brazil

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Hugo Wikner; Max Öberg; [2018]
    Nyckelord :tipping; occupational segregation; preferences; Brazil; Schelling;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the dynamics behind occupational segregation in Brazil. Applying the theoretical framework of Schelling (1971) into a labour market context, it is investigated whether occupations in Brazil exhibit tipping. LÄS MER