Search for dissertations about: "Climate Strike"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Climate Strike.

  2. 1. Drivers of Going Green in Financial Markets and Corporate Networks

    Author : Zahra Hashemzadeh; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Investor Behavior; Asset Pricing; Financial Markets; Corporate Network; Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; ESG performance; Sustainability; Environmental performance; Climate Strike; Public Attention;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a collection of three self-contained empirical papers developing the knowledge on environmental responsibility of investors and corporations.The first paper investigates how corporate environmental performance propagates in firm networks. READ MORE

  4. 2. Spaces of appearance : Intergenerational and interspecies relations in the Anthropocene

    Author : Elisabeth Kring; Mats Börjesson; Cecilia Åsberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children; generations; species; the environment; appearance; temporality; political action; the acting body-subject; school strike for the climate; Arendt; Merleau-Ponty; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The thesis brings together childhood studies and the problems of environmental degradation and climate change. It focuses on intergenerational and interspecies relations and aspects connected to environmental sustainability. READ MORE

  5. 3. Condensation and frost formation in fibrous thermal-insulation materials

    Author : Tomáš Vrána; Folke Björk; Ove Söderström; Kjartan Gudmundsson; Carsten Rode; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Fibrous thermal insulation; Stone wool; Cellulose; MAterial properties; Moisture transport; Condensation; Frost formation; Exterior conditions; Interior conditions; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur; Construction materials; Konstruktionsmaterial;

    Abstract : Heavily insulated constructions are at present being used to strike at the vast energy consumption in residential buildings and commercial alike. They introduce a high-thickness layer of thermal insulation in the building envelopes. READ MORE

  6. 4. Parched Injustice : Unravelling the production and distribution of drought risk in South Africa

    Author : Elisa Savelli; Maria Rusca; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Hannah Cloke; Emily Boyd; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; drought; water crises; social power; inequalities; sociohydrology; critical social sciences;

    Abstract : Droughts and water shortages constitute some of the most urgent challenges that society must address. Due to anthropogenic pressure and human-induced climate change, future projections expect droughts to escalate and most heavily affect those who are socially, economically and politically disadvantaged. READ MORE

  7. 5. Tectonic evolution of NW Svalbard

    Author : Carl Pettersson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Svalbard; Migmatization; Zircon; Provenance;

    Abstract : The Neoproterozoic is a remarkable era in Earth’s history with dramatic variations in climate and biota, possibly resulting in global glaciations events (eg. “snowball earth”, Kirschvink, 1992) and the first appearance of metazoans (Conway Morris, 1993). READ MORE