International politics of climate change: Can climate change represent a threat for international security? How?
Essay - 7 pages - International relations
While science and economics dominate the ongoing United Nations climate change program, new reports warn of other serious consequences of global warming. In May 2007, the Democrats in the United States fought for a ruling that would require intelligence agencies to produce a...
Environmental History - The Impact of New Research Technologies on Knowledge of Glacier Melts During the 20th Century
Case study - 6 pages - World geography
The document presents a project outline in Environmental History on the subject of the impact of new research technologies on knowledge of glacier melts during the 20th century. Melting ice is a crucial topic in environmental history, as it provides accurate scientific data on the impact of...
India and renewable energy
Case study - 10 pages - Ecology & environment
With the Copenhagen Climate Conference taking place in December 2009, one of the main issues in the news currently is global warming and the way States should cooperate in order to face this problem. Since the beginning of the debate, the Indian government showed an intransigent...
Environmental risks and sustainable development
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
In 2006, Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore released a movie called “An inconventient Truth: Global Warming”, and this movie basically talks about the risks associated with development. In 2007, they were honored with the Noble Peace award by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on...
Is coal an energy of the past or of the future?
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Coal is today one of the most important energy sources of the world, second only to oil. But the use of coal raises several issues. First there's the issue of energy supply. In a globalized world with mass production, the energy supply must be abundant and the energy must be as cheap as...
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics of Air France/KLM
Case study - 9 pages - Management
Global warming, water pollution, child labor, and human rights: All international firms now have to cope with many social problems. It is becoming common practice for multinational companies to make a report in order to clarify, to explain and to justify the company's actions...
Should the Kyoto Treaty be ratified?
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Taking note of the reality of global warming in the 1990s, and of the human responsibility in this change, political leaders initiated a policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol, which came into effect on February 2005, is an amendment of the United Nations...
A feminist perspective on climate change issues
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Climate change has emerged over the last thirty years as one of the major issues in international politics. It is now generally accepted that greenhouse gases emissions are contributing to a process of global warming which is leading to an increased incidence of natural disasters....
Geography and the meaning of climate change
Thesis - 3 pages - Geography
Within the field of geography, the issue of climate change is one that has aroused a significant amount of public debate, especially over the past few decades. There have been about as many theories on climate change as there are scientists out there, and this has made the debate largely an...
Can France abandon nuclear power in favor of renewables?
Case study - 12 pages - Ecology & environment
From a social, economic and political point of view, the subject of energy transition is more relevant than ever in France. Indeed, the energy transition aimed at reducing the consumption of fossil fuels, fighting against global warming and promoting renewable energies are major...
Methods of transmission: Dengue fever
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Medical studies
The adventurous tourist, obliviously hacking his way through the jungles of Brazil, is first aware of a faint buzzing noise, then a tiny sting on his arm. The smack of his hand seems to have taken care of the problem: he has merely been bitten by a mosquito, so it seems there is no reason to...
Aquitaine: Case study
Case study - 4 pages - World geography
The Atlantic coast of France, extending over several kilometers, was until in the 70s as the South marginalized but follows a turning economy. Indeed, the South Atlantic coast will know economic development through tourism and aquaculture. The sizes of these coasts are important we will use the...
Environmental Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
Essay - 40 pages - Ecology & environment
The Nobel-winning IPCC group of climate scientists on Saturday the 17th, 2007 issued their starkest warning yet on global warming. Global warming bore the seeds of "catastrophe" yet there was also hope, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon emphasized. Nonetheless "There...
United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009
Case study - 15 pages - Educational studies
Over the intervening period, the world nations had prioritized efforts and initiated programs meant to attain a low-carbon environment in the future generations. Alike all conferences, the subject at the Copenhagen meeting sought to assume a cooperative approach in regenerating a future green...
How can a business be sustainable?
Essay - 6 pages - Management
The global warming of the planet is just the top of the iceberg of environmental problems. The iceberg under the water is growing and hiding several issues such as, over-fishing, over-exploitation of the ground and natural resources, water pollution, air pollution, radioactive and...
Strengths, weaknesses and areas for improvement in British environmental policy in the areas of climate change and energy
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Climate change is now recognised as a major threat which can lead to worldwide disasters. Since the end of the 19th century, the average global temperature has risen from 0.4 to 0.8°C. Since we have begun recording the earth's temperature, 1998 has been the hottest year. The sea level...
Ocean acidification
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
Recently, global warming has gained massive attention due to the documentary An Inconvenient Truth presented by former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore. In relation to that, the National Academy of Sciences reported that “gases are accumulating in Earth's...
Carbon Offsetting: Energy Efficiency
Internship report - 12 pages - Ecology & environment
Carbon Offsetting is a way to reduce our CO2 emissions by funding projects such as building a wind farm etc. Indeed, the C02 is one of the causes of global warming. There are two types of carbon offsetting, such as the compliance carbon offsetting and the voluntary carbon...
Limited perspectives for electric cars: Auto industry facing new challenges - publié le 07/03/2011
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
The Earth is warming up. This assessment has been highlighted by numerous scientists for several decades and is currently one of the main concerns all around the world. Even if the causes are not objectively acknowledged, the fact is unquestionable: During the 20th century, the average...
Limited perspectives for electric cars: Auto industry facing new challenges
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
The Earth is warming up. This assessment has been highlighted by numerous scientists for several decades and is currently one of the main concerns all around the world. Even if the causes are not objectively acknowledged, the fact is unquestionable: During the 20th century, the average...
Ontario Landfill gas: Management, regulation & recovery. legal & policy issues
Tutorials/exercises - 17 pages - Ecology & environment
Landfills seem to be a major part of waste disposal life. Love them or hate them, they are a necessity in dealing with ever increasing amounts of waste. Statistics Canada reported that Canadians threw out about 20 per cent more garbage in 2004 compared to 2000, bringing per-capita output to 418...
Renewable Energy Resources
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The use of renewable energy sources is one of biggest arguments of the twenty first century. On the one side there the supporters of use of this energy for numerous reasons while n the other hand there are those opposed to the ideology. It is a controversial topic with each side providing...
Obama's Progress
Worksheets - 1 pages - International relations
Since Obama's election in 2008 he has raised sharp hopes in Americans mind. He promised to solve many problems such as the global crisis, to stop the war against Iraq, to close Guantanamo or still to have a clear and precise policy concerning the environment. We will focus on this last...
International Law, Climate Change and the Arctic- The relevance of the Sustainable Development policy
Essay - 8 pages - Ecology & environment
The environmental degradation expressed by the proliferation of phenomena as the destruction of the fauna and flaura, the deforestation, the proliferation of Permanent Organic Pollutant, the expansion of the hole in the ozone, global warming reflect the necessity of a global...
The development and application of hydrogen energy in the United States
Essay - 3 pages - Physics
In his State of the Union Address, President Bush made the observation that the United States had become addicted to foreign oil. The recent surge in gas prices is clearly reflective of this addiction. Americans have become so reticent in their oil usage that they are now willing to pay in excess...
What are the implications of climate change for development?
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The phenomenon of climate change is as old as the planet earth itself. For ages, the temperature at the surface of the earth has varied, triggering many different climatic eras: Earth has hitherto known five ice ages, and the first of them is estimated to have happened around 2.4 to 2.1 billion...
Marketing plan for the launch of a hybrid car by a French car manufacturer in the US market - publié le 22/05/2013
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
This case study is an international marketing plan for the launch of an hybrid car by a French car manufacturer in the US market. This very actual topic is in the center of the sustainability matter that each company is now trying to develop. Cars pollute, and the war against global...
Marketing plan for the launch of a hybrid car by a French car manufacturer in the US market
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
This case study is an international marketing plan for the launch of an hybrid car by a French car manufacturer in the US market. This very actual topic is in the center of the sustainability matter that each company is now trying to develop. Cars pollute, and the war against global...
Risk Society thesis
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
By offering a radical reorientation of mainstream sociology, modern social theory illuminates theoretical themes in environmental sociology. Indeed, it has recently begun to contest the honoured epistemological assumption of the environment as an independent, objective reality. New environmental...
Critical thinking questions - Social problem
Essay - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences
I think that the most important social problem facing the world today is global warming, because it is a natural issue which is growing enormously and we can't stop it. We can certainly limit it by changing our daily habits but that won't make it stop or disappear so we have...
