cathleenberger
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161 for — 8 abstensions — 0 againstđđđOn July 28, 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. This is huge. And it has been 50 years in the making. There are many reasons to applaud the many people whi tirelessly…
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New research piece: Together with Chris Hartgerink, we look at scholarly publishing houses and their environmental impact in this guest post. TL;DR: 1) We need transparent, comparable, machine-readable emissions data. We are in a Climate Emergency â there is no time to hide behind wordy (100 pages) reporting. 2) Some of these research publishers are…
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I really enjoy working with smaller organisations on their sustainability and impact journeys. Seeing their creativity and progress is just so rewarding. Year 2 of Liberate Scienceâs GHG assessment took Chris Hartgerink and me merely an hour to calculate. What did we learn? â Practice helpsâ Every decision mattersâ Focus on both, reduction & mitigation…
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During this yearâs re:publica 2022, June 8-10 in Berlin, I had the great pleasure of joining two remarkable women and longtime friends for a panel discussion on the intersection of open data, digital rights, and the climate crisis. Together with Open Knowledge Foundation CEO, Renata Avila and Sustainable Internet Lead with the Green Web Foundation,…
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Am 28. April war ich auf Gut Oppershausen in Wienhausen eingeladen von der IHK LĂŒneburg-Wolfsburg. In meiner Keynote ging es um das Zusammenspiel von Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit mit einem klaren Credo: Ein kurzes Video mit EindrĂŒcken vom Netzwerkabend findet sich auf dem Youtube-Kanal der IHK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzeHop9EDKQ
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Auf Einladung der IHK LĂŒneburg-Wolfsburg durfte ich Anne Klesse ein Interview zu den ZusammenhĂ€ngen von Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit geben. Es war ein spannendes GesprĂ€ch und ich freue mich darauf im April auf Gut Oppershausen meine Gedanken in einem lĂ€ngeren Vortrag zu vertiefen. Anmeldungen zum Event sind nach wie vor möglich, Link im Interview.
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A short while back, the UK’s CMA practically declared greenwashing illegal (by reiterating consumer protection law). One of the recent cases, enforcing these guidelines, was Oatly, an oat milk consumer brand. Their ads are generally designed as advocacy campaigns that raise awareness around the climate crisis, and our dietary choices. We need more companies contributing…
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In the three months since I joined Climatiq to build out our approach to “Strategy and Impact”, I kept coming back to the need to better understand corporate reporting requirements. As a sustainability practitioner, who spends a lot of time thinking about and working at the intersection of digital rights and climate justice, abbreviations like…
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In Issue 3 of the beautifully designed and curated Branch Magazine, I got to share a call to action for SMEs: Together with Chris Hartgerink, IndrĂ© BlauzdĆŸiĆ«naitÄ and Vineeta Greenwood we look at some of the main challenges for smaller organisations to take a lead on climate action. We reflect on the lack of scope…
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The last couple of months have been such a whirlwind that I am only sharing these exciting news after 2 months on this new project. On October 1, 2021 I started working with Climatiq, a seed-phase climate tech startup dedicated to making sustainability management and emissions accounting open, accessible, and interoperable for everyone. Brought on…
Cathleen Berger 