Video: GRI Plenary on G4- Introducing the main features of G4
Plenary on G4- Introducing the main features of G4 from GRI on Vimeo.
Wolfgang Berger studied mechanical engineering and renewable energies in Munich. Since a decade at DFGE he leads as sustainability expert global CSR projects at Fortune 500 and other companies. He is an active counselor of The German Association of Engineers (VDI), technical editor and experienced advisor to CleanTech companies all over Europe. Wolfgang serves as voluntary fire fighter in Munich and loves reading books and expanding his private library.
Aktionsplan Klimaschutz 2020 vorgelegt
Download – Nationaler Aktionsplan Energieeffizienz (Dec 14) Das Bundesumweltministerium hat diese Woche einen Aktionsplan zum Klimaschutz vorgelegt. Damit will Deutschland den Treibhausgasausstoß bis 2020 um 40 Prozent reduzieren. Die weiteren Beschlüsse werden vom Kabinett Anfang Dezember gefasst. Betroffen sind dabei fast alle Sektoren: Energiewirtschaft: Öffentliche Strom und Wärmeversorgung, enschl. Erdgasverdichter Industrie: Verbrennungsprozesse und Eigenstromversorgung des…
NASA Video: A Year In The Life Of Earth’s CO2
This ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model shows how carbon dioxide the atmosphere travels around the globe. The plumes of CO2 swirl and shift all over the globe. It makes clear why greenhouse gases are always a global challenge. Read the full article here.
UN Climate Summit 2014 New York
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon invited the world leaders to „to galvanize and catalyze climate action“ at the UN Climate Summit 2014. Several activities around the summit as the Climate Week NY with more than 300,000 people joining the Climate March show the importance. Everybody can participate with Engagement in one of the eight Action Areas…
Science-based emission reduction targets
An initiative of CDP, UN Global Compact, WRI and WWF, has released with the Mind the Science and Mind the Gap initiative a draft methodology for public comment how to set science-based emission reduction targets. This should ensure that reduction targets are staying under the the global 2° C temperature increase. Such metholdologies might also…
the guardian on 5 trends that show corporate responsibility is here to stay
Sustainability is not a trend but a global movement. Georg Kell recently published the „five trends that show corporate responsibility is here to stay“ in the guardian. Irregardless if you call it CSR, social and corporate governance (ESG) or sustainability. Several big trends indicate that this topic will stay and evolve: Transparency Trust Community Participation…
WRI – Choose your emission pathway
The World Resources Institute took the recent IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) to illustrate possible emissions pathways in an infografic Choose Your Future: 4 Possible Emissions Pathways from World Resources Institute (WRI) Learn more about the WRI Find the Fifth IPCC Assemsment Report here.
Scope 2 Accounting – treatment of green power
An increasing number of companies tend to purchase or even generate green power. Today the focus is mainly on green electricity out of renewable sources or considered as low-carbon or „carbon free“ electricity. Despite some clear physical basic conditions it is fact that there are market instruments and technologies out there. These instruments should make…
Video – The EU’s 2030 goals for climate and energy (EU Climate Action)
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Video – The EU Emissions Trading System explained (EU Climate Action)
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