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Deep Decarbonization in Cities: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement, Monitoring, and Reporting
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-18)Municipalities have a significant role in reducing global emissions to net-zero by 2050. Local climate action has immense potential for driving the required emissions reductions, but the practices involved in measuring, ... -
Deep Decarbonization in Cities: Pathways, Strategies, Governance Mechanisms and Actors for Transformative Climate Action
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-18)As the urgency for climate action heightens, local governments and stakeholders are developing short-term strategies and long-term pathways towards deep decarbonization at the local level. Urban areas are the largest ... -
Deep decarbonization pathways, strategies, governance, actors and roadblocks in cities: Climate change mitigation perspectives from selected Sub-Saharan African Cities
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-30)The complex and multidimensional effect of climate change, coupled with low socioeconomic development in sub-Saharan Africa, makes the region vulnerable to changing climate and threatens its inhabitants' survival, livelihood ... -
Deep Supply-Chain Engagement in Conflict Minerals
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-18)Tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, known as the 3TG, are commonly used in electronics, and other high tech and manufactured products. Their extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where human rights and civil ... -
Disaster Risk Reduction and Local Knowledge in Flood-Prone Communities: A Nigerian Case Study.
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-27)There has been a long debate regarding the value of traditional/indigenous/local knowledge in disaster risk reduction. Often viewed as ‘backwards’, governments instead have emphasised ‘advanced’ technologically sophisticated ... -
Divesting and Re-investing into a Greener Future for Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2016-07-28)Whether Canada chooses to adhere to its responsibilities to meet its climate change targets or not, investors in Canada have a lot to be concerned about. The imminent threat of human induced climate change will have the ... -
E-waste in the Caribbean: Is there a potential for a circular economy?
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-31)Islands are bounded systems, often plagued with several sustainability challenges of limited land and resource availability, as well as pressing waste management issues. Small island economies import most of their resource ... -
Efficiency of Management System Certification: Evidence from the Chinese Manufacturing Industry
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-24)Implementation and certification of management systems represented by ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 have been major activities of organizations motivated by both internal incentives and external pressures. Nevertheless, ... -
Electronic waste in Ontario: Case study of a primary processing facility
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest expanding, and valuable waste streams due to its content of precious, critical, and base metals. E-waste is comprised of electronic devices operated below 10,000 volts that ... -
Energy Saving Behaviours of Occupants in a Multi-Tenant Zero-Carbon Office Building: The Integration of Social Influence Theory and the Energy Cultures Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-18)Energy sustainability in the building industry has received increased attention as building technologies become more energy efficient and the building codes become more stringent. However, the role of occupants in energy ... -
Environmental and Economic Implications of Small-Scale Canadian Aquaponics: A Life Cycle Study
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-05)Agricultural production will be challenged in the near future to keep up with the rising nutritional demands of a growing global population. Additionally, climate change, through increased frequency of extreme weather ... -
Environmental Engagement and Generation Z: Evaluating and Modifying the YEEP Framework Against Research and Observations on Generation Z Youth and Youth Leaders
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-11)In October 2018, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced that the global community has 12 years to stop the rapid growth of climate change and avoid increased threats of drought, ... -
Equator Principles and Climate Change Issues: Examining the EPs’ Climate Change Policies and Analyzing the Likely Effectiveness of these Policies
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-07)Climate change is a global environmental issue that adversely affects economic activities; on the other hand, economic activities, in particular infrastructure project financing, are one of the main drivers of current ... -
Estimating commercial/institutional building energy consumption and carbon emission trends and measuring stair/elevator usage patterns
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-22)This study identified energy/emission baselines for comparison to the potential savings of new zero carbon buildings. In addition, tenant behavior was studied to see whether the usage of elevators and stairs changed from ... -
Estimating Values of Integrated PV-Battery Systems for Single-Detached Residences in Japan
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-16)Climate change is now widely acknowledged as a threat facing the current generation. To combat this, photovoltaic (PV) power generation, one of the renewable energy sources, has been regarded as a preferable solution to ... -
Evaluating the Governance of Sustainability Reporting: Assessing Mandatory and Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Policies and Practices Around the World
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-15)Sustainability reporting (SR) is the practice of communicating environmental, social, and economic information and initiatives of a company (largely non-financial) to their stakeholders. This practice has been inspired by ... -
Evaluation of Sustainability Reporting in the Canadian Electricity Sector
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-18)Sustainability reports are essential platforms through which organizations communicate their corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitments to stakeholders and demonstrate accountability. Organizations often commit ... -
An Event Study Analysis of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)In a relatively short time, the fossil-fuel divestment movement has emerged with global momentum, in light of the industry’s influence on carbon induced anthropogenic climate change. Divestment is pursued by investors as ... -
Examining Gender Responsive Implementation of National Climate Change Policies
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-21)Globally, there is a growing recognition of implementing gender considerations into national climate change policies and actions. However, examining climate policies at the domestic level remains an under researched topic. ... -
Exploring Household Vulnerability: The Compounding Loss of Resource and Service Access in Post-Cyclone Idai Beira, Mozambique
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-16)The rapid urbanization of secondary cities in the Global South poses significant challenges for equitable household access to basic services and resources. Climate-related disaster impacts within these secondary cities ...