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Olazabal, Marta. "Sustainable urban development under climate change and resource scarcity." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/248999.

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The urgent need to transform our patterns of urban development has been expressed not only by the scientific community but also in the policy arena. Current concerns relate to increasing urbanisation and global environmental trends in regard to resource scarcity, climate change and degrading environmental quality. Urban complexity, cross-scale impacts, socio-institutional diversity and adaptability become crucial when thinking about alternative development pathways. This dissertation seeks to explore why and how cities face change in this context by revisiting the concepts of resilience, susta
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Uddin, Mahatab. "Climate Change and Requirement of Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technology." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160461.

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Technology and policy play a twofold role in international environmental laws. Stronger environmental policies encourage new green technologies and likewise, better technologies make it easier to regulate. “Technology transfer” refers to the transfer from one party, an association or institution that developed the technology, to another that adopts, adapts, and uses it. As different kinds of threats posed by climate change are continuously increasing all over the world the issue of “technology transfer” especially the transfer of environmentally sound technologies has become one of the key top
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Lo, Ya-Chih. "Exploring the Discourse of Sustainable Tourism and Climate Change." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-226688.

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This thesis studies sustainable tourism and climate change with discourse analysis by addressing two special issues of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, published in 2006 and 2010. Based on social constructionism assumptions, discourse theory assumes knowledge as “power-constructed reality” with the usage of language, that is, discourses. The formation of discourse thereby can be analyzed based on the texts presented. Likewise, the knowledge presented in the papers, namely the content of the special issues, is treated as empirical data containing discourses worthy of identifying and discussi
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Claassens, Katrine Brink. "Visualising climate change: the case of the intergovernmental panel on climate change's cover images." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20704.

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Climate change is an increasingly urgent problem. How it is communicated and represented are of interest to those seeking to understand action or inaction on the issue. There is increasing interest on how it is being communicated visually. This research speaks to the growing body of literature on the visual communication of climate change in order to contribute to the wider critical literature addressing the role of images in the communication of climate change. It does so by considering a neglected site of climate change imagery: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) report c
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Anaïs, Marie. "Sustainable urban agriculture: a sustainable adaptation strategy for the City of Cape Town? : Practices and views on sustainable urban agriculture and climate change in Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25056.

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This work explores the narratives associated with the benefits of sustainable urban agriculture areas in terms of adaptation to climate change in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area, South Africa. Urbanization and climate change are stressing urban areas in developing countries. Therefore, finding a development path towards "sustainable adaptation" remains a critical matter for humanity. Adaptation is sustainable only if it takes into consideration climate risks, while maximizing both social justice and environmental integrity. Urban agriculture is defined in this dissertation as the urban and per
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Islam, Tarikul. "Adaptation of Stagnicola palustris to Rapid Climate Change in the Baltic Sea." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-160850.

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Rapid climate change is one of the most pressing environmental issues in the world, with Scandinavia andthe Arctic among those projected to be most strongly affected. Faced with a changing environment,organisms may respond in three ways – by adaptation, migration or extinction. Adaptation can occurthrough phenotypic plasticity or microevolution, and while phenotypic responses to climate change arewell described, examples showing microevolution are rare. To be able to predict the effects of climatechange, an assessment of a species’ evolutionary potential to increased temperature is necessary.I
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Logan, Alexandra Joanna. "Sustainable tourism awareness and environmental practices in luxury safari lodges." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19962.

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Sustainable tourism requires accommodation businesses to balance economic, environmental and social issues, taking into account the needs of current and future generations. However, despite the ever E increasing attention on sustainable tourism and the acknowledgement of the impacts of tourism on the environment, this form of tourism only represents a minor share of all tourism. Ecotourism forms part of sustainable tourism and is one of the most common forms of commercially focused wildlife management on privately owned land. Luxury safari lodges are expected to provide a high level of hospita
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Wang, Hanjie [Verfasser]. "Sustainable Development: Rural Poverty and Climate Change in Agriculture / Hanjie Wang." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1220504475/34.

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Ley, Debora. "Sustainable development, climate change, and renewable energy in rural Central America." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:90ce7966-ad99-4bcc-9192-001712ca03f1.

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Can rural renewable energy projects simultaneously meet the multiple goals of sustainable development, climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation? If so, under what conditions? Rural communities throughout Latin America have increasingly suffered the impacts of climate change and few policies exist to help them adapt to these impacts. The basic infrastructure and services that they frequently lack can be provided by low carbon technologies, potentially funded by international carbon finance flows that could enable the Millennium Development Goals of economic growth and poverty all
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Mustafa, Artan. "Climate Change and Freedom." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-163167.

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This paper examines the relation between climate change discourse and freedom which is held both as a self-evident value and a vital attribute for modern democracy. I argue that the discourse refutes individual freedom. It does so both through the goals and ends it promotes as well as the solutions it puts forward to achieve them, in other words through means, in the areas of economy, rights and political organization which reduce choices and diminish space of action for individuals. It opens the path to authoritarian regimes and the like by disempowering people in the name of natural order. T
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Kinkese, Theresa. "Climate change impacts and farmers' responses in Chilanga District, Zambia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27524.

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Climate change and variability are predicted to threaten agricultural production in Southern Africa. For example, Zambia's agriculture remains vulnerable to climate change and variability due to the small-scale farmers' dependence on rain-fed agriculture. Some studies in Zambia have shown the quantitative negative impacts of climate variability on agriculture; however, there is limited knowledge on how farmers perceive the impacts and adapt their agricultural systems. To fill in the knowledge gap mentioned above, the aim of the present study was to evaluate farmers' observations of climate var
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Lamb, William. "Identifying and learning from sustainable development pathways." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/identifying-and-learning-from-sustainable-development-pathways(9d7f1022-7302-47a8-bbe0-667652b5d6c9).html.

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With the Paris Agreement calling for climate change to be held "well below" 2oC, and the release of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the international community has reaffirmed its commitment to enabling human progress within the constraints of the biosphere. In major assessments, a common approach is to examine climate and development trade-offs under a framework of economic costs, rather than human well-being, despite the latter being a potentially more accurate way to portray real development outcomes. This thesis elaborates on these links between well-being, carbon emissions and clim
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Geall, Samuel Paul. "Changing political climates : Chinese environmental journalism and sustainable development." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2014. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/changing-political-climates-chinese-environmental-journalism-and-sustainable-development(97f2393f-e26c-47e4-8062-c5a1dfcaf2b9).html.

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The phenomenon of human-caused climate change releases a “cosmopolitan imperative” (Beck 2010, 258) that demands cooperation across boundaries: national, scalar, temporal, epistemological and ontological (cf. Hulme 2010, Urry 2011). However, many of the approaches taken today only reinforce such distinctions: for example, by insisting on a universal scientific understanding of climate change as a basis for policy (Jasanoff 2010a). In the People’s Republic of China, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 2007), the new leadership has made
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Bell, Patrick. "Sustainable Intensification for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation in Tanzania." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468359165.

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Coldrey, Kevin. "Assessing the vulnerability of South Africa's national protected areas to climate change." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29568.

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Protected areas should be reviewed under expected future climate conditions so that conservation and expansion strategies can be developed appropriately. An assessment of the vulnerability of protected areas to climate change is a necessary step in developing such strategies. Indeed, a vulnerability assessment is an important step in developing adaptation strategies for conservation. This is important as substantial climate change has already been experienced at a park level in South Africa. The aim of this study was to develop a method for assessing the relative vulnerability of protected are
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Chen, Lujie. "Climate Change Conflict in Sustainable Aviation : -A case study of Cathay Pacific Airline." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-58574.

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By analyzing the sustainability performance and the framework of Cathy Pacific’s sustainable management, the paper tries to make contribution to the application and dissemination of practical approaches to sustainable management in Aviation Industry. This paper can be used as a base for  decision and policy making to solve the global aviation environmental conflict at the same time as a consult in the option of technology and strategy, for international cooperation and as public information about the current circumstance and outlook perspective.
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Bray, Jamieson. "Cultural Cognition and Climate Change: Communicating climate science across potential divides in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-254959.

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Human civilization is failing in the fight to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and limit the impact of anthropogenic climate change. Whilst there are likely numerous reasons for this inertia, societal risk perception plays a fundamental role in influencing the speed and effectiveness of political and social action to address climate change. This study presents the psychological, sociological and cultural reasons for variations in the perceptions of risk amongst a group of climate change sceptics in Sweden. Highlighting cognitive barriers and characteristics associated with different ideological
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Hedlund, Tomas. "Preparing Pupils for Climate Change." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-29876.

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Klimatförändringarna är troligen den största utmaningen mänskligheten står inför. För den överskådliga framtiden, nuvarande och kommande generationer kommer att tvingas relatera till den genom hela sina liv. Det finns ett behov av att förbereda dem för de utmaningar klimatförändringarna innebär. Det här examensarbetet kommer att undersöka hur skolor kan förbereda elever för de utmaningar klimatförändringarna kommer innebära, både i form av anpassning till, och begränsning av klimatförändringarna. För att besvara frågeställningen presenteras de huvudsakliga konsekvenserna av klimatförändringarn
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Kassam, Zain. "Barriers and Enablers of Water Conservation in Formal Residential Households in Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33827.

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In recent years, climate change has caused great changes in weather patterns such as extreme changes in rainfall leading to prolonged drought. Rapid urbanization has led to more than half of the world's population living in urban centres, and the growing urban population must share increasing scarcity of water, exacerbated by climate change. Thus, climate change and urbanization has contributed to the emergence of more water-stressed cities. This thesis is concerned with water conservation as a method of adaptation to an urban water crisis. It looks into the water crisis in the City of Cape To
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Swain, Meagen Courtney. "How has environmental violence been experienced during the Cape Town water crisis using the Newlands Spring as a case-study." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31277.

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Four million residents of a major modern city faced the very likely existential and physical threat of running out of water. The water crisis continues to be an extremely complex threat with many complicated aspects to the drought, which resulted in residents of Cape Town reacting with intensity to this danger. The crisis is an example of how ignoring environmental issues can lead to catastrophic outcomes for society. For South Africa, which is characterized by a turbulent history, Homer-Dixon (1999) predicted there would be violent conflict in the future over resource scarcities. The drought
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Otieno, Jackson Ongong'a. "Climate change and wildlife utilization on private land: evidence from wildlife ranching in South Africa." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23413.

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This thesis focuses on the economics of climate change and wildlife utilization in privately owned parcels of land in South Africa. A significant proportion of agricultural land in the Southern Africa region has undergone transition with many farmers opting to move away from livestock farming to either wildlife farming, ranching or conservancies. In other instances, farmers in areas which were predominantly under irrigation are also switching to wildlife land use. One of the biggest claims to this transition has been the effects of climate change on livestock and crop production. The increasin
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Mosime, Bonolo. "The use of traditional weather forecasting by agro-pastoralists of different social groups in Bobirwa sub-district, Botswana." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29536.

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Agro-pastoralists of Bobirwa sub-district depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture as a source of their livelihood. However, this agro-pastoralism is affected by climatic variability. Advanced warning of upcoming weather information is, therefore, important in informing farming decisions. Traditional weather forecasting is often a major planning tool used to inform agro-pastoralists’ decision making and has been handed from one generation to another. For instance, local knowledge indicators are used to determine onset of rainfall and quality of the rainfall expected. However, there are numerous f
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Vilissa, Delfim Julio. "Vulnerability of horticulture producers to climate variability and change : the case of Chókwe District, Mozambique." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20997.

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Climate change is projected to have continued and globally severe environmental, economic and socioeconomic effects. These effects are forecast to be more severe in the agriculture sector, considering that it is one of the most sensitive industries to climate change. Studies from the Mozambican National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) suggest that Mozambique is among the countries highly vulnerable to climate change due to its geographical location, in the coastal zone. In addition, the majority of its population is entirely dependent on agriculture activities for food and income. For
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Mutimba, Egídio Artur Alfredo. "Using micro-finance services to support climate change adaptation among small-scale farmers : identifying opportunities and challenges in southern Mozambique." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20934.

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Microfinance organisations represent a potential opportunity to promote adaptation of smallholder farmers. Without access to credit, this group of farmers has few opportunities to invest in adequate technologies and practices required to respond to climate variability and change. In this context, this study explores how Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) can be capacitated in order to assist smallholder farmers to respond to climate change. The core objective of the study is to identify opportunities and needs to foster smallholders' adaptation through MFIs. The study is informed by a survey inv
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Momanyi, Joan. "Zero emissions, zero poverty in Kenya: a review of whether Lamu Coal Power Plant promotes a pro-poor low carbon development pathway." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25055.

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"Zero emissions, zero poverty" has become an ambitious target to fight climate change and reduce poverty at the same time. In Kenya, eradication of extreme poverty through economic growth is one of the aims to be achieved by the Government of Kenya by 2030. Historically, economic growth has been directly linked to increased emissions. Poverty eradication through economic growth is proving to be challenging due to the fact that both developed and developing countries are expected to mitigate climate change through emissions reduction. Despite the challenge, Kenya has prioritised low carbon deve
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Glasser, Zachariah. "Low carbon energy transitions for informal settlements: a case study of iShack South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27093.

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The majority of informal settlements in South Africa do not have access to reliable, safe, and clean energy. Infrastructural constraints, poor service delivery, the inapt application of policy, and the financial constraints of those living in informal settlements all contribute towards this problem of energy poverty. This dissertation argues that low carbon energy transitions, such as solar home systems, are a viable means for overcoming issues of energy poverty in informal settlements. This dissertation examines the role of urban experimentation in implementing low carbon energy transitions w
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Smit, Katherine. "The role of the retailer in proactive adaptation to climate change at the farm level in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24494.

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Globally, agriculture is one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. Despite the high coping capacity of large-scale commercial agri-firms in South Africa, they are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, particularly due to the semi-arid nature of the country and the frequency of droughts. Vulnerability at the farm-level has major implications for overall agri-supply chain resilience as the impact at the farm level is transmitted up and down the chain. Whilst large-scale commercial agrifirms are adapting autonomously some authors suggest that it won't be enough for them to mana
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Bouwer, Roy. "The capacity of local governments to build flood resilience in informal settlements: a social networks approach." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24927.

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As greenhouse gas emissions drive anthropogenic climate change, flooding and flood related risk are likely to increase in frequency and intensity. The burden of these risks are expected to be concentrated in urban areas, particularly affecting highly vulnerable informal settlements. Adapting to these risks will largely fall under the responsibility of local governments. However local governments, in particular those in developing countries, often lack the capacity to implement effective adaptation strategies for long-term resilience. Drawing on social network analysis this research examines th
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Musingarabwi, Steffanie. "Time-use and wellbeing in Onesi, Namibia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22722.

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Men's and women's time-use in relation to wellbeing is well-investigated and understood within the context of the developed world. There has been limited research into the gendered experiences of time-use and three dimensional (3D) wellbeing in rural communities of sub-Saharan Africa and particularly so in semi-arid areas. As a result, failure to appreciate how time-use and wellbeing are experienced by the rural population in semi-arid areas impedes a full understanding of how rural inhabitants spend their time and how this makes them worse off or better off in different aspects of their wellb
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Selato, Janet Chatanga. "Credibility and scale as barriers to uptake and use of seasonal climate forecasts in Bobirwa Sub-District, Botswana." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27526.

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Seasonal climate forecasts (SCF) can play a crucial role in reducing vulnerability to climate variability, particularly for rural populations reliant on agriculture for their livelihood. The use of disseminated SCF by farmers in decision-making could reduce losses and maximise benefits in agriculture. Despite the potential usefulness of SCF, incorporating them into farming decisions is a complex process that navigates through several barriers which constrain their effective use. The first two barriers, namely credibility (trust on SCF) and scale (relevance of SCF in geographical space and time
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Shooya, Omagano Ndapewa. "Barriers and enablers to water access and community wellbeing in the Onesi constituency of Namibia: the case of Okalonga B and Onandjandja villages." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27527.

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The scarcity of water and especially the lack of safe drinking water have been accepted as amongst the most serious challenges facing the twenty-first century. The lack of access to water is a global problem that faces between 460 million to more than 1 billion people as a result of an increasing demand for water as well as a diminishing supply of water resources. The lack of access to potable water poses a great constraint on the societal and individual well-being for the inhabitants of the semi-arid regions of southern Africa and the key area needed to improve the sustainable development of
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McMahon, Molly. "Ethical consumption among Cape Town students: a qualitative study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20937.

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Much of current research on ethical consumption biases the North - South relationship of Northern consumers being considered ethical based on their purchasing of items from Southern producers. This establishes the dominant perspective of ethics needing to be expressed toward the distant other and to be based in a specific object, often typified by Fair Trade. These conditions of ethics have led to the assumption that Southern consumers lack ethics in their consumption. Thus this research seeks to expand the current understanding of ethical consumption to include ethics at home and ethics of ca
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Davies, Julia. "Exploring the factors and actors that contribute to the co-production of climate adaptation plans: a comparison of three municipalities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22720.

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Local governments are increasingly responding to climate change by developing formal institutions for adaptation. However, given the relative novelty of the adaptation planning field, there is insufficient practice-related research to inform these processes. The aim of this dissertation is therefore to assess the factors and actors that affect climate adaptation planning at the municipal level. Whilst numerous studies have identified the barriers to and opportunities for adaptation, less is known about what the underlying institutional, political and social conditions are that cause these fact
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Gicheru, Mercy Njeri. "Barriers and enablers to uptake and implementation of system of rice intensification: a case study of Mwea irrigation scheme in Kenya." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23716.

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It already seems preposterous to be able to sufficiently meet global food demand of the expected nine billion people by 2050 while at the same time maintain our emissions levels below 2ᵒC by the end of the century. This is more so for a continent such as Africa where much of this population is expected to arise from considering the fact that the continent is ranked to have the highest proportion of food insecure population. In order to overcome this challenge, we will need a total revolution of our agricultural production systems to systems that not only focus on increasing food production but
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Brown, Alexa. "A historical perspective on wind data: time, space and vector relationships between ship log data and Cape Royal Astronomical Observatory wind data between 1834 and 1854." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24453.

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This dissertation assesses the extent to which data from the Climatological Database for the World's Oceans (CLIWOC) reflect newly digitized historical wind data captured at the Royal Astronomical Observatory (RAO) in Cape Town, South Africa from 1834-1854. This follows the historical precipitation reconstructions for Southern Africa by Hannaford et al. (2015), using wind data from the CLIWOC database. This project also forms part of a bigger project that is recovering and digitising historical instrumental meteorological data for Southern Africa that have never been analysed before. For South
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Baker, Emma. "Ghana 'rising'?: A socioeconomic snapshot of Ghana's place in the 'Africa rising' narrative." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23741.

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The 'Africa Rising' narrative, which has gained popularity since the late 2000s, refers to the considerable economic and social gains that have been made across the continent since the start of the new millennium. Heralded as more than just GDP growth and poverty reduction, supporters of the 'Africa Rising' narrative also make reference to structural change, macroeconomic improvements and a growing middle class among sub-Saharan African countries. However, there are many who dispute these claims, arguing instead that recent economic growth has not been inclusive and sustainable, and many chall
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Mahachi, Heather. "Towards zero emissions and zero poverty in the Global South: a comparative analysis of South Africa, India and Mexico's approach to development and climate change mitigation." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29360.

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Among the foremost challenges of the 21st century are sustainable development and climate change mitigation. In light of these challenges, this thesis seeks to analyse and compare the extent to which development and climate change mitigation are aligned on a policy level in three countries in the global south, namely South Africa, India and Mexico. These three middle-income countries are plagued by high levels of poverty and large inequality gaps, and address the challenge of reducing GHG emissions in this context. The objectives of this study are fourfold: (1) an analysis of each country’s cl
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Dorbor, Sylvia Saygbay Diamond. "Attribution-based parametric insurance: towards affordable premiums." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32627.

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To deal with the adverse impacts of climate change, index-based or parametric insurance has been recognized as an adaptation technique to compensate farmers for economic losses from extreme weather events. The insurance can be either private or sovereign. African Risk Capacity Insurance (ARC Ltd) offers the latter to African countries against drought events through contingency planning, risk pooling and transfer facilities. While the ARC insurance initiative seems promising, the current approaches used to estimate risk and determine premiums do not consider the change in risk from anthropogeni
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Sturdivant, Jonathan. "Is there a connection between Climate Change and Large Conflict in Darfur?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-174532.

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This project involves studying the connection between climate change and large scale conflict within Darfur. This has been accomplished by initially giving a summary of the history of Sudan and Darfur Sudan, while ending with a chronology of events leading up to 2002/3 when large scale conflict between ethnic groups and the state occured in Darfur. This is followed by an analysis of the events leading up to conflict, focusing on the group vs. group and group vs. state interacton over resources in the area which climate change brought about. Following this  is a discussion section in which rele
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Reidy, Christopher. "The eye of the storm : an integral perspective on sustainable development and climate change response /." Electronic version, 2005. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20050603.101829/index.html.

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Doughty-Grajales, Miguel. "Identifying Institutional Factors that are Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Vietnam." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-210650.

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The process to successfully adapt to climate change for farmer communities’ in Vietnam faces a multitude of challenges.  This thesis proposes that institutional barriers to implementing policy related to climate change adaptation occur in key sectors related to farmer’s livelihoods at the local level, which are important to facilitating the adaptation process for farmer communities. It analyses the current state of the climate change policy landscape, investigates water, agricultural and disaster risk management sectors in Vietnam in the literature, and examines more closely how governmental i
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Tongowona, Admire. "The economic evaluation of aquaculture as a climate change adaptation option in fisher communities of Zimbabwe." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26940.

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Due to climate change, fisher households who depend on fishing for their livelihood are faced with a number of challenges that include low productivity. There is now an acknowledgement internationally that fishers cannot depend on hunting fish when all other food producing sectors have adapted. How economic and feasible is it for fishers to consider aquaculture in the face of climate change? This dissertation investigates the economic viability of aquaculture as a climate change adaptation option in rural fisher communities of Zimbabwe. The southern lowveld district of Mwenezi was used as a ca
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Mellmann, Niels. "Ecosystem-based adaptation – In Theory and Practice : A case study of projects supported by the International Climate Initiative." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-260729.

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Ecosystem-based adaptation as a concept of adapting to the adverse effects of climate change has become a popular approach that enjoys a good reputation. However, the evidence base for it is rather thin. This thesis sets out to explore the challenges and limitations linked to projects that engage in the concept, in order to estimate the potential threat that may lie in the ignorance of them. Timescales of projects related to the concept shall be the second major focus of this thesis as it has not been sufficiently examined yet by the literature. Empirical material has been gathered and analyze
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Houston, Henry. "Words Between Lines: Development Discourse on Dams for Sustainable Development and a Climate Change Future in Pakistan." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22729.

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Pakistan currently experiences a deficit in its energy supply and upcoming water shortage. Lack of energy negatively impacts the country's economy, and water shortage would put stress on its agriculture, for example. Furthermore, climate change will further exacerbate these two problems. Dams are considered as a solution because of their ability to manage water resources while generating electricity. Informed by Michel Foucault's power/ knowledge, the purpose of this thesis is to understand how energy and water professionals in Pakistan view sustainable development, and if dams can be consider
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Hall, David Edward. "Development and Validation of the Sustainability Climate Survey." PDXScholar, 2005. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2570.

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Motivated by an assumption of and concern about the unsustainable trajectory of modern human civilization, the purpose of this study was to develop a measurement tool to assist organizations striving to align their operations with principles of sustainability. The relevant context is established with consideration of the dimensions of environment, society and economy, as well as their interconnections, with an eye towards sustainability. Some of the challenges and opportunities presented to organizations by the current unsustainable trajectory are reviewed. The social constructs of culture and
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Walker, Haley. "The Powerful and the Vulnerable: Differing Paths to Sustainable Development in a Time of Climate Crisis." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108799.

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Thesis advisor: Hiroshi Nakazato<br>Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the common desire of states has been for constant economic growth. While this aspiration has promoted the flourishing of some societies it has been a detriment to others. With intensified inequality across the globe, the powerful have both inadvertently and knowingly exploited the vulnerable— including people, animals and the planet. Now, that inequality and environmental degradation persist in the collective crisis of climate change. Moving forward, it is critical for nations to acknowledge both their culpabilit
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Robèrt, Markus. "Mobility Management and Climate Change Policies." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Samhällsplanering och miljö, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4539.

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Globally, the transport system faces a paradigmatic shift where, in addition to increased local traffic problems, climate change and depletion of fossil oil reserves will foster a successive transition to renewable fuels and a need for more resource-efficient mobility management and communication alternatives. Foresighted countries, cities or companies taking the lead in adapting to these tougher conditions might well not only solve those problems, but also turn the problems into business advantages. This thesis is based on six studies that attempt to develop future strategies based on rigorou
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Riedy, Christopher. "The eye of the storm an integral perspective on sustainable development and climate change response /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20050603.101829/.

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Axon, Stephen. "Addressing climate change at the community level : opportunities for, and challenges to, mainstreaming sustainable development." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2007839/.

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In recent years, the UK has positioned itself to become a global leader in addressing climate change. Alongside this positioning, there has been an increasing emphasis on the role of communities to facilitate and sustain carbon reduction practices. Community-based carbon reduction strategies are one example of action towards achieving sustainability and addressing climate change. Previous research into community-based sustainability projects has highlighted the difficulty of engaging the public with community initiatives and sustaining pro-environmental behaviours. The importance placed on maj
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Markcrow, Katelin. "Engineering Nature under Climate Change – Implications of Assisted Migration on Sustainable Development in Mountain Ranges." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-324297.

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The Planet has entered a new epoch - the Anthropocene; where human activities, such as mining for and burning of fossil fuels, land-use change, and industrialization are actively disrupting the planet’s state. The rate at which climate change is occurring as a result of human activity is unprecedented in recent millennia and poses many threats through drastic changes in rain fall patterns, rising sea level, retreating glaciers, and an increase in extreme weather events. Mountain ranges and the plant and animal species that thrive in specific ‘life zones’ on the mountain slope are particularly
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