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World Environment Day

Beat plastic Pollution On June 5, the World Environment Day is celebrated annually in memory of the opening of the first World Environment Conference in 1972. Since then, more than 100 countries around the world have taken part in environmental protection actions. In 2018 the focus is on plastic pollution, a topic widely discussed on…

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Climate Change and Urbanization

Why cities are so important to climate protection Two major megatrends are climate change and urbanization. The future researcher John Naisbitt coined the term „megatrends“ in 1982. Megatrends are unevenly defined in the literature. All definitions agree that megatrends are changes that have profound and lasting effects on society, economics, politics and technology. Megatrends have…

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Environmental Footprint

Unification of environmental methods and initiatives If a company wants to promote its products in different markets as eco-friendly, it is confronted with a variety of different methods and initiatives. For this reason, the European Union is working on the development and implementation of an environmental footprint for products and companies. The conference from April…