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Gender Representation In The Caribbean Sustainable Energy Sector
No full textThe United Nations Sustainable Development Goals state gender equality and clean energy development as fundamental goals of our world. This paper will address these two goals and how they relate. The following research will aim to answer the question: What are the barriers to achieving more proportional gender representation in the Caribbean sustainable energy sector? In seeking to answer the research question above, there was a literature review of associated topics. Following this, interviews were conducted with individuals directly involved in Caribbean sustainable energy development. Key issues were elucidated through these interviews. Finally, academic theories and research was applied to the common trends and issues identified. The findings and analysis from this research show that some of the barriers to equal gender representation in the sector are; the region’s energy needs relative to the supply, institutional theory, and industry misconceptions
Energy Strategies In Canadian Rockes Backcountry Huts
No full textThis paper studies two backcountry fixed roof accommodations that are found within Canada’s Rocky Mountains in provincially and federally protected lands. An understanding of their purpose within the management plan of their respective National or Provincial park will be discussed along with the possibility of future accommodations within the park. A basic outline of energy strategies, used and potential, will weigh the strengths and weaknesses of each. An evaluation of their energy use and strategies will be completed based on the respective huts CO2 emissions followed by an economic analysis. Recommendations will follow based on the results in the emission and economic analysis. CO2 emissions vary between the two huts, and the decrease of these emissions is the ultimate goal of this paper. Emissions through wood, propane and helicopter flights are compared between Bow Hut and Assiniboine Lodge to better understand how differing strategies and amenities can affect the cost to run a lodge and the emissions associated with it’s use. These results should be shared with all parties that are currently involved with backcountry huts and any potential owners and operators that will be moving into this sector
Development Of Environmental Management Systems Tools In Order To Facilitate The Iso 14001 Certification Process In The Future
No full textThe purpose of this project was to develop four environmental management tools for Pluspetrol Peru Corporation S.A., operator of Block 88- Camisea, one of the largest gas reserves in LAC region.
The Project was developed in conjunction with Pluspetrol Peru Corporation S.A. and A consultant group, ERM, as a means to develop an Environmental Management System (EMS) that complies with every ISO 14001 requirement. The tools developed in this project were chosen by Pluspetrol Peru Corporation S.A. Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) officials, and included Analysis of Barriers and Driving Forces, Education and Training and Risk Communication and the contents were co-ordinated with a consultancy, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
This document has been divided into six chapters. The first two chapters provide background information on the Camisea Project as well as important concepts related to EMS and ISO 14001. The next three chapters develop the EMS tools mentioned above. Finally, the last chapter presents a number of conclusions and recommendations that were drawn from the project
Prehistory of the North American Sub-Arctic: The Athapaskan Question
No full textProceedings of the 9th Annual Chacmool Archaeology Conferenc
Adoption Of Iso 50001 Energy Management Systems Standard In The Canadian Industrial Sector
No full textDespite the expected performance and associated cost savings of ISO 50001 Energy Management System Standard implementation, uptake of the standard has been slow in the Canadian industrial sector so far. This energy management gap can be explained by the presence of market failures and informational, organizational, economic and external market barriers, which are preventing optimal implementation rates from being achieved. Any programs, incentives or other factors that are employed to encourage uptake of the standard must focus on the drivers that are most relevant to the Canadian industrial sector specifically and be tailored to individual organization or sector needs. Relevant barriers and drivers for adoption of ISO 50001 in the Canadian industrial sector are presented and discussed in this research
Environmental Liability Assessment And Accounting In The Upstream Oil And Gas Sector "a Model To Assess Oil And Gas Well Site Abandonment Liability"
No full textA trend of rising expenditures related to environmental performance, degradation and abandonment and restoration activities has been observed as a result of increasingly stringent and prescriptive environmental regulations, growing stakeholder scrutiny, and aging assets and infrastructure. Owing to the importance and sheer size of the upstream oil and gas industry, coupled with various high profile environmental events, it is difficult to find another industry whose activities and environmental performance are more highly regulated and scrutinized. Consequently, it can be anticipated that environmental costs will continue to rise moving forward. The maturation of aging oil and gas basins has resulted in a greater number of oil and gas fields being abandoned. Therefore, the abandonment of oil and gas wells represents an important environmental liability, whose cost drivers need to be better understood in order to assist decision making, mitigate environmental risk and improve overall corporate risk management. The objective of this Masters Degree Project is to conduct a review of current literature pertaining to environmental liability assessment and environmental accounting, and develop an actuarial based model to forecast the future cost of well-site abandonment, based on the identification and financial quantification of significant well-site abandonment cost drivers
Improving Cross-cultural Communication In Social Impact Assessment
No full textDeveloping Ecuador’s energy resources in a sustainable manner is essential to the economic growth and socioeconomic development of the country. Energy is not the solution to development but is required for meeting basic human needs. Historically there has not been an equal distribution of the economic benefits of energy projects resulting in conflicts between stakeholders. Social impact assessment (SIA) is a mechanism intended to mitigate potential conflicts between stakeholders groups and promote social equity that had not been effective.
The objectives of this project are to identify the principles and processes of international ‘best practice’ SIA methods, identify how international ‘best practice’ SIA principles and processes deal specifically with indigenous cultures, identify three ‘in-common’ issues that conflicts between indigenous peoples and oil companies appear to have been centered around, and recommend how SIA practice could be customized to deal more effectively with energy development and indigenous peoples in Ecuador
A Decision Making Model For Spatial And Temporal Distribution Of Traffic In Quito
No full textThis Master’s Degree Project (MDP) develops a tool that supports the decision making process in the planning process within the municipality. It collects all the available information related to mobile sources in Quito and calculates the emission inventory in the city. An important characteristic is to give this information a geographical representation using Geographical Information Systems as the platform. At the same time it designs a set of different characteristics for the system that allows it to be used as a decision making tool support for pollution management in the city. This is a contribution towards the creation of an Urban Air Quality Management System that is necessary for setting real air quality standards for the city. This project also provides information that the municipality can utilize in its interactions with the community
Sustainable Perspectives Within The Ecuadorian Energy Structure : The Petroleum Products Market Sub-sector
No full textTrading Spaces: The Archaeology of Interaction, Migration and Exchange
No full textProceedings of the 46th Annual Chacmool Archaeology Conferenc