Sökning: "catastrophic climate change"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 uppsatser innehållade orden catastrophic climate change.

1. 1. Business as usual trumps transformation: 1.5°C Businesses not on track

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Julia Martin; [2023]
   Nyckelord :climate policy; business climate action; emissions reduction targets; sustainable business; high-impact; Paris Agreement; sustainbility science; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Averting catastrophic climate change requires private businesses to reach net zero emissions while staying within 1.5°C of global warming. LÄS MER

3. 2. Wholesale market + - a transformation of the wholesale market Munich in a water sensible mixed district

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Författare :Annika Enzinger; [2023]
   Nyckelord :mixed use; water sensible; sustainable; transformation; Arts and Architecture;

   Sammanfattning : There is always talk of climate change in the future, but climate change is already present in all its facets. Intense droughts, water scarcity, severe fires, rising sea levels, floods, melting polar ice, catastrophic storms, and the decline of biodiversity are already visible. LÄS MER

4. 3. Body-Safe Apocalypse : Sexual Materiality and Frameworks for Design During and Beyond Collapse

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

   Författare :Joshua (Ev) Carr; [2023]
   Nyckelord :collapse; sexual practices; materiality; design theory; philosophy of design; meta;

   Sammanfattning : Following the Covid-19 pandemic, a relatively mild global disruption, our global society experienced large-scale shortages of high-tech materials, the increasing cost or absence of many commodities usually taken for granted, and the floundering of industries that facilitate our global industrial civilisation such as shipping and aviation. By comparison, catastrophic climate change stands to be far more devastating. LÄS MER

5. 4. The intraspecific drought tolerance of Betula pendula Roth. : ecotypic aptitude as tree selection criteria for the urban landscape

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)

   Författare :Simon Hannus; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Betula pendula; clinal variation; drought tolerance; ecosystem services; ecotypes; potential evapotranspiration; turgor loss point; urban forestry; urban resilience; urban tree selection;

   Sammanfattning : The ecosystem services provided by urban trees are substantial contributors to the quality of urban living, and their environmentally regulating capabilities are increasingly regarded as integral in order to efficiently secure urban resilience, by ameliorating the human and material impacts of extreme weather events. However, current trends of urban development presents challenges of how to preserve urban greenery ecosystem functioning, particularly in light of the ongoing climate change; which also has brought forth the importance of taxonomically diverse urban forests, to mitigate risks of catastrophic tree loss associated with these conditions. LÄS MER

7. 5. Reimagining climate futures : Using critical futures studies to explore scenarios for Ljungby municipality in Sweden

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :Linna Fredström; [2021]
   Nyckelord :sustainability transformations; scenarios; storytelling; critical futures studies;

   Sammanfattning : A growing body of research is calling for radical transformation of society to avoid catastrophic levels of climate change and create a more sustainable and just future. To make this possible, climate researcher will need new approaches and methods that help envision and enable transformations. LÄS MER