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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Carbon offsetting"”.
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Forest conservation through voluntary carbon offsetting interventions
… in the tropics is destabilising planetary carbon cycles, impacting biodiversity and affecting societies the world over. Multiple strategies have been put in place to reduce threats to tropical forests through integrated conservation and sustainable development projects. Reducing Emissions …
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The Unique Challenges of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
… greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to reach the 2050 carbon-neutral goal. The ICAO aims to eliminate all GHG emissions using sustainable alternative fuels, advanced technology, and the world's first market-based mechanism to mitigate aviation emissions. It adopted the International Aviation Carbon …
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Elites and Carbon-Offsetting in Brazil: A Critique of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Mato Grosso
… official claims about the social benefits and carbon neutrality have received much less attention. This thesis addresses this under-researched area. It documents and analyses the social and environmental claims made in the context of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, and explores how these …
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Other equators : measures for an international tribunal for the Rights of Nature
In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol institutionalized carbon offsetting as a "market solution" to emissions, allowing companies and states to offset every tonne of carbon dioxide emissions with an equivalent tonne of carbon dioxide sequestered somewhere else. This logic of equivalence was enabled by a set …
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Bioproducts and environmental quality: biofuels, greenhouse gases, and water quality
… GHG emissions because the feedstocks capture carbon, offsetting at least partially the carbon discharges resulting from use of the products. However, several life cycle analyses point out that while biofuels may emit less life cycle net carbon emissions than fossil fuels, they may exacerbate …
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Essays on Moral-Psychological Rebound Effects and Feedback Interventions for Sustainable Consumer Behavior
… sufficiency-oriented consumption, or carbon offsetting aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, their intended effects may be undermined by behavioral responses. Consumers may adjust their behavior in ways that offset or reverse potential environmental benefits, resulting in rebound …
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Towards Mindful Consumption
… involving biodegradability, recycling, and carbon offsetting seek to reduce the effects of pollution while allowing humanity to keep consuming products at the same rate. Alternatively, reducing the production of these goods in the first place eliminates the need for such anti-pollution …
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Feasibility study of carbon offsets as a source of revenue for a land trust using the Climate Action Reserve's avoided conversion protocol
… forest land contained 45,337 teragrams (Tg) of carbon. Changes in land use and forestry practices in 2008 resulted in a net carbon sequestration of 940.3 Tg of carbon dioxide equivalent, or 13.5% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2008, making forests a net sink for carbon. With …
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A comparative assessment of the clean development mechanism and Alberta's carbon offset system
This thesis is an assessment of Alberta’s Carbon Offset System (ACOS) using the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a comparator. ACOS is a hybrid policy, having features of both command-and-control and market based instruments. The objective of implementing ACOS within Alberta’s …
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Mudala: A blockchain-based carbon credit exchange platform
… strategies such as reducing energy use, adopting carbon-neutral technologies, and trading on carbon markets to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, existing carbon markets, which are meant to incentivise emission reduction, face critical challenges such as a lack of trust and …
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Aviation and climate change: a focus on Zambia’s international aviation emissions.
… therefore endeavoured to assess on how a low carbon aviation industry could be enhanced in Zambia. Thus the study estimated the levels of international aviation emissions attributed to Zambia over a period of 10 years (2010 - 2019). It also examined the compliance levels of the aviation sector …
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Aviation and climate change: a focus on Zambia’s international aviation emissions.
… therefore endeavoured to assess on how a low carbon aviation industry could be enhanced in Zambia. Thus the study estimated the levels of international aviation emissions attributed to Zambia over a period of 10 years (2010 - 2019). It also examined the compliance levels of the aviation sector …
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Analysis of future carbon tax scenarios for South African gold mines
The South African Carbon Tax Act came into effect in 2019, and it places a price on the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). The second phase of the carbon tax will be implemented in 2023. Presently, there is uncertainty regarding the changes that will be made to tax policy during this review. This …
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Accounting frameworks, uncertainty, and compliance pathways in Iceland’s LULUCF sector : a System Dynamics approach
… Change and Forestry (LULUCF); System Dynamics; Carbon Neutrality; Iceland; climate policy; inventory uncertainty; carbon accounting frameworks; compliance pathways.
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Development of a methodology and modelling toolkit to aid carbon neutrality planning in industrial manufacturing
… Goals emphasises the shift of economies toward carbon neutrality to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The resulting legislation as well as corporate social responsibility are drivers for industrial decarbonisation. This thesis explores available technical support for Irish industrial …
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An analysis of the performance of certification schemes in the hotel sector in terms of CO2 emissions reduction.
… including so-called green electricity and carbon offsetting, are accounted for is examined since it is found that in obtaining certification, this often plays an important part. Actual annual energy use data is desperately needed as feedback to designers, managers and owners in order to …