Beyond the Business Case
The building and construction industry plays a critical role in achieving global sustainability, especially in tackling the global climate crisis. The scope and breadth of sustainability encompassed by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an integral part of the business case for global real estate. The SDG ...
Posted on 15/07/24
Significant Benefits of a Greening Economy
A new study, “Macroeconomic Impacts of Increased Decarbanisation and Green Industrial Policies in the European Union” by Cambridge Econometrics, models two scenarios for the period 2022 to 2050 and their impact on the economy and the labor market as well as on energy consumption/production, energy prices, and greenhous ...
Posted on 11/07/24
Race to the Bottom
The IPCC has provided the scientific basis and irrefutable evidence of increasing climate change, which has confirmed and reinforced the worst fears that irreparable destruction is proceeding faster and with more consequences than previously projected. The Club of Rome report, “The Limits to Growth”, warned us about t ...
Posted on 02/07/24
Call for Community Circularity
Cities and urban communities represent the most powerful leverage points for the transition to circular economy (CE) models. However, the complexity of urban territories with the interrelation of several systems and sub-systems makes this challenging. Cities struggle with their transition to a circular economy. Witho ...
Posted on 01/07/24
EU Biodiversity Strategy Actions Tracker
In the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030, the EU and its Member States have committed to implement more than 100 measures by 2030, including the EU Nature Restoration Plan to protect and restore at least 30% of the degraded and carbon-rich ecosystems by law. In Austria as in most EU countries, conservative parties and ...
Posted on 25/06/24
Publishings2024-07-09T11:16:17+02:00