Search results for "Carbon emission"
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Sostenibilidad empresarial y estrategias de divulgación de huella de carbono
2021
El cambio climático es uno de los mayores desafíos medioambientales en los actuales momentos, su creciente aceptación como una de las cuestiones más urgentes en el mundo, a nivel social, político y empresarial ha llevado a las organizaciones a introducir mecanismos de control y mitigación ambiental como parte de sus compromisos adquiridos, siendo uno de ellos la divulgación sobre emisiones de carbono. En este sentido, el sector empresarial, como ente dinamizador de las economías de todo el mundo, es uno de los principales agentes en la lucha contra el cambio climático; por otro lado, a pesar del aumento de la divulgación de GEI, hay aún evidencias relativamente escasas en la literatura de l…
Recupero sostenibile nel centro storico di Petralia Soprana: strategie per il retrofit energetico.
2013
The valorization of building in the historical centers of limited territorial environment, such as the ones in the Madonie’s Park, represents a requirement of mountain communities, which are the witnesses of a gradual abandonment of historical buildings, representative of the local cultural heritage, mainly because they are inadequate to ensure indoor comfort. Also for the recovery of these buildings, technological, energy and economic issues have to be evaluated, compatibly with the historical value. In particular this urban area, typical of the Madonie’s Park, is an architectural, historical and material heritage that merges with the natural and scenic values of the area, representing the…
Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Airport Inventories
2020
Greenhouse gases retain heat in the atmosphere since they absorb most of the Earth's outgoing long wave infrared radiation. The energy trapping alters the radiative balance that, in turn, modifies weather patterns at a global scale, progressively increasing the natural greenhouse effect. Heattrapping ability of some pollutants and primarily the carbon overload in the atmosphere as a result of human activities which have been protracted over a long period of time, has led to climate change and increase in global average temperature. In a long-term perspective, emission abatement from aviation sector has needed wide-ranging strategies. In this view an inventory of greenhouse gases can be a be…
Evolution of the Global Distribution of Carbon Dioxide: A Finite Mixture Analysis
2015
Economists and environmental policymakers have recently begun advocating a bottom-up approach to climate change mitigation, focusing on reduction targets for groups of nations, rather than large scale global policies. We advance this discussion by taking a quantitative perspective, focusing on econometric identification of groups of countries that have statistically similar distributions of carbon emissions using a broad range of finite mixture models. Nearly all of our results yield a consistent pattern: after 1980, there are two distinct emissions distributions, and that these distributions continue to evolve over time. We provide a rigorous analysis of these distributional differences al…
Monitoring deforestation and forest degradation linking high-resolution satellite data and field data in the context of REDD+. A case of Tanzania
2017
El principal objetivo de este doctorado es apoyar el desarrollo de un sistema nacional de monitoreo forestal en Tanzania para informar sobre las emisiones actuales e históricas derivadas de la deforestación y la degradación forestal. El marco de la tesis se centra específicamente en el emergente contexto internacional de la iniciativa REDD + (Reducción de Emisiones por Deforestación y Degradación) de las Naciones Unidas, bajo la cual los países pueden obtener subsidios financieros para demostrar que están reduciendo sus emisiones de carbono de tierras forestales con respecto a su práctica histórica reciente. La investigación se centró en cinco áreas de investigación: La parte (1) revisa los…
Exploring Changes in Fishery Emissions and Organic Carbon Impacts Associated With a Recovering Stock
2022
International objectives for sustainable development and biodiversity conservation require restoring fish populations to healthy levels and reducing fishing impacts on marine ecosystems. At the same time, governments, retailers, and consumers are increasingly motivated to reduce the carbon footprint of food. These concerns are reflected in measures of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the CFP Reform Regulation, which highlighted a need to move from traditional single-stock management toward an ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAF). Using publicly available landings and effort data combined with estimates of adult population biomass, we develop methods to explore the potent…
Foster Carbon-Neutrality in the Built Environment: A Blockchain-Based Approach for the Energy Interaction Among Buildings
2022
Decarbonizing urban environments and reducing their energy consumption is one of modern society biggest commitments. In this regard, both the scientific community and international governments have been giving special consideration on improving the energy-environmental performance of mostly single buildings; recently the focus has been shifting towards a broader Positive Energy District (PED)/ Energy Community (EC) vision, from small clustered group of buildings to neighborhoods up until urban settlements. In this respect, integrating the use of renewable energy resources (RES) and actively involving building users can have a significant environmental impact on local areas. Within this fram…