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Local governments are today facing an increasingly complex reality marked by financial restraints, new demands from citizens and a growing competition with the private sector in providing welfare services. This complexity has led local governments to seek new types of competence, knowledge and skills among employees. Consequently, new roles have emerged within local government, with the strategist

Biochar, a black carbon created from agricultural waste or residues, is primary an agricultural tool to improve soil health via moisture and nutrient retention with the added benefit of sequestering carbon. As global actors search for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods, biochar is increasingly promoted especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where smallholder farmers are largely affected by clima

Denna uppsats undersöker den fortsatta utvecklingen av ett potentiellt FN-fördrag om företag och mänskliga rättigheter. I år är det ett decennium sedan rådet för mänskliga rättigheter antog resolution 26/9, vilken inrättade en arbetsgrupp för att utarbeta ett potentiellt rättsligt bindande instrument inom mänskliga rättigheter, med målet att reglera transnationella företag och andra affärsverksamhThis thesis examines the continuing development of a potential UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights. This year marks a decade since the Human Rights Council passed resolution 26/9, establishing a working group to elaborate a potential legally binding instrument in international human rights law, with the objective to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterp

Idag mäter inte Sandvik smörjfettnivån i ett bussningshus i sina stenkrossar. De använder ett högvisköst smörjfett och målet för detta examensarbete är att mäta när nivån blir för låg. Många industrier, inklusive stenkrossning, fokuserar på hållbarhet. För att uppfylla de målen som är satta är det viktigt att minska avfall och energianvändning och förbättra effektiviteten. Att alltid ha ett välsmToday, Sandvik does not measure the grease level in one bushing housing in their rock crushers. They use high-viscosity grease, and this master’s thesis aims to measure when the level becomes too low. Many industries, including rock processing, focus on sustainability. On that mission, reducing waste and energy usage and improving efficiency are essential. A well-lubricated system is vital to max

Biodiversity depletion directly impacts businesses and society by influencing ecosystem services. Despite the growing recognition of biodiversity loss as a significant crisis, many companies have not yet sufficiently integrated broader nature considerations into their strategies. The Science-Based Targets Network (SBTN) aims to facilitate nature including biodiversity target setting within corpora

The textile and clothing industry, driven by a linear economic model, significantly impacts the environment, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable reforms within this sector. The circular economy (CE) offers a solution by promoting resource reuse and recycling to minimise raw material extraction and waste. A key component of the CE is extending product lifespans through repair, which helps

In this study the fracture energy has been evaluated for birch, which is a relatively common hardwood in Sweden. The Nordtest method has been used to extract the fracture energy through a 3-point bending setup. The fracture energy was studied in the weakest load orientation of the orthotropic wood, which was tensile loading perpendicular to its grain. The directional systems of radial-longitudinal

This paper tries to understand the relationship between mobile money and financial literacy, and further down examines whether any potential relationship would also imply a causal effect by mobile money on financial literacy. The analysis is done in the context of Kenya, a pioneer in mobile money with its implementation of M-Pesa drastically changing the economic climate in the country. The relati

Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) have emerged with the intention of supporting decarbonisation and carbon dioxide removal solutions around the world. However, and despite a rapid growth, the motivations and preferences of the demand side to engage in with the VCM have not been thoroughly studied before. Iceland, the focus of this thesis, exemplifies this trend. To address this knowledge gap, this th

The new deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) is driving significant change in agricultural commodities. From traceability requirements to deforestation-free production, this policy will force supply chains to adapt and ensure that products entering the EU market are free of deforestation. In the palm oil sector, the supply chains in producing countries will have structural difficulties in

The Swedish election 2022 demonstrated a significant ideological divide between men and women in Genreation Z, a unique phenomenon for this generation. This contradicts the Cultural Backlash-theory, which empathizes young people’s inclination to support left-leaning parties. This study examines the rightward shift amongst men in Generation Z through an ideal type analysis, constructed from charact

Small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) are a complex solution for Saskatchewan’s energy transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon sources. As Saskatchewan predominantly relies on fossil fuels for its electricity needs, the consideration of SMRs by SaskPower is in hopes of decreasing carbon emissions and maintaining energy security. SMRs offer several advantages, including modularity, grid stabilit

The upcoming implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative presents both challenges and opportunities for the European aviation sector. Starting January 2025, the EU’s aviation fuel mix must include at least 2% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), leading to higher operating costs for airlines due to SAF’s higher price than fossil kerosene. Additionally, the entire fuel supply chain will need to

Transition to vehicles with reduced-emission fuels such as Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), LNG (Liquified Natural Gas), Biogas, and Hydrogen gas is an important sustainable approach in the mobility industry. The pressure vessels that are installed as fuel containers on such vehicles are critical components in this transition. However, the Type IV Carbon-Fibre-Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) pressure vess

Increasing issues related to agriculture are being identified. To counter these issues, some type of methods of agriculture are being introduced and reintroduced, such as agroecology. With its focus on practices, sciences and social movement, agroecology is considered as a promising solution to bring a paradigm change to agriculture as we know today and to provide better quality food, produced in

Deforestation, mainly driven by agricultural expansion, is a global problem, interlinked with many pressing sustainability issues of our time, first and foremost, climate change. Previous private corporate initiatives and public policies such as FLEGT and the EUTR have not succeeded in overturning the trend. As a response to that, EU deforestation regulation was developed as the new demand-side po

Fresh water resources face risks due to urbanisation, economic development, and climate change (CC). Many small and medium-sized cities (SMCs) are particularly vulnerable to these risks due to the lower resource capacity required to mitigate them. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for water resource management (WRM) are promising to tackle these issues in urban areas while providing extra benefits to s