imperative to note that our country is facing myriad challenges in managing the energy resources. Just to mention but a few, energy resources both renewable, and oil energy has in a way caused environmental challenges. The body concern with the management of the mentioned energy has placed less effort in addressing the environmental effects caused by the energy sources. The extraction of crude oil to generate petroleum and another liquid energy has led degradation of the environment. The mentioned
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This pack contains tasks for discussion in lectures and tasks for preparation and discussion in tutorials. Please refer to the lecture PowerPoint slides to understand the purpose of these tasks in the lectures. Lecture 2 Task Standing on the shoulders of giants: Summarising and Paraphrasing Sources A researcher is investigating how different universities approach the issue of academic integrity. He has found the following case study on the website of iParadigms, which developed the software
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for Tomorrow,” is the Coca Cola mission statement. The Coca Cola company mostly focuses on responsibility and sustainability. Recycling materials should be apart people daily routine because, recycling effects the environment, recycling helps curb global warming, and also reduces the use of toxic chemicals. Recycling effects the environment. The Coca Cola Company focuses on many different things such as energy and climate change, sustainable packing and recycling, stewardship, active healthy living
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Heat-trapping greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. According to the U.S. Climate Action Report 2010, carbon dioxide emissions rose 21.8 percent from 1990 to 2007, largely due to increased generation of electricity and an uptick in transportation activities. In that same 17-year period, methane emissions declined by 5 percent and nitrous oxide emissions dropped 1 percent. Better technology and management of natural gas plants as well as increased
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Did you know that all the companies in America have something in common? They are all operating in an environment of forces that create both threats and opportunities for their businesses. These environmental forces, which make up something known as the "macroenvironment", include: demographic, economic, natural, technology, political and cultural. Since the macroenvironment is generally uncontrollable, businesses often must find ways to adapt to the constant changes. For example, over the past
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Global Warming “The Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 7,000 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era — and of human civilization. Most of these climate changes are attributed to very small variations in Earth’s orbit that change the amount of solar energy our planet receives.” (NASA.GOV) Going through the history in our planet’s
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the world have been cleared, and forests cover only about 30% of the world’s land mass (Chakravarty 4). The effects of deforestation are far reaching where loss of forest covers contributes to an estimated 15% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions significant contribution to global warming. Trees play a major role in the water cycle; deforestation causes less rainfall and desertification. Deforestation also causes increased soil erosion and loss of biodiversity. The main cause of deforestation
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Global Governance Governance is a process or all processes of governing. It is mainly undertaken by a market, hierarchy (government) and network. It is undertaken over a family, tribe, formal or informal organization or territory. It needs laws, norms, power or language. Governance relates to “the processes of interaction and decision-making among the actors involved in a collective problem that lead to the creation, reinforcement, or reproduction of social norms and institutions. Although government
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The main reason of deforestation in Indonesia is the huge global demand for palm oil and to comply the huge global palm oil demand the palm oil companies need more land for their palm oil plantation. The main method palm oil companies use to clear forests is the slash and burn technique. This method is favorable because it gives minerals
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agriculture for their employment and income. However, global climate change will affect the government’s efforts to alleviate poverty and fast-track development in rural areas. Definition of terms Global warming: refers to the increased temperature of Earth's surface, including land, water and near-surface air. Climate change: means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate
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