Ein Jahrhundertsommer und außergewöhnliche Trockenheit – der Klimawandel macht von sich reden. Ein IPCC-Bericht schlägt Alarm und fordert eine Begrenzung des Temperaturanstiegs auf 1,5°C (1,5-Grad-Ziel). Was das für die unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeits-Praxis bedeutet und wie Unternehmen sich vorbereiten sollten, erklärt dieser Artikel. Seit ein paar Tagen sind die Temperaturen in Deutschland nun auf das übliche Herbst-Niveau…
Bonn Climate Talks took place from 8th to 18th of May 2017. More precisely, they are the UNFCCC intermediate talks. During this two-week event, important progress was made on an outline for a detailed rulebook (also known as implementation guidelines) for the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement was signed in 2015 to reduce climate change.…
The OECD recently conducted on carbon pricing on CO2-emissions for energy use across 6 economic sectors in 41 countries – 34 OECD member countries and 7 partner economies: Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa, which account for 80% of global energy use and of CO2 emissions. What is carbon pricing? In…
THE UNFCCC 21th Conference of Parties (COP21) was held in Paris from the 30th of November to the 12th of December, 2015. The 195 countries represented here reached an historical agreement to curb climate change. The Paris agreement at a glance: Objective to keep temperature rise below 2°C and try to limit it to 1.5°C Five-year…
