sustainability
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Reading the 2025 environmental progress reports from tech companies like Alibaba, Google, Meta, or Microsoft, it feels as if climate data is increasingly treated like financial data. Emissions are growing, rather than being mitigated. The marketing narratives in these progress reports have always been flashy, emphasising wins and progress however small they may be in
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“Wer killt den Klimaschutz?” fragte mich Zsolt Wilhelm vom Der Standard in 3.000m Höhe auf der Zugspitze. Meine Antwort: der falsche Kompromiss. Wenn in der Debatte um den Klimaschutz, die “radikalsten” Stimmen diejenigen sind, die nichts anderes tun, als den globalen Minimalkonsens der Klimawissenschaft für die Allgemeinheit zu übersetzen, dann greift jeder vermeintliche Kompromiss zwangsläufig
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In the margins of the AI Action Summit in Paris (February 2025), I had the pleasure of joining an invite-only transatlantic funders meeting, where some 50 people discussed current investment and philantropic strategies and opportunities to better collaborate. The candid atmosphere was genuinely motivating and a slate of new initiatives were launched and/or announced in
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Tech companies and their climate pledges. The 2024 AI edition. I’ve been closely following the climate commitments and reduction targets by the tech sector for years now—I was even cautiously optimistic for a brief moment last year. Not now. The latest environmental reports from Alibaba, Google, Microsoft and co. are disconcerting. Meta hasn’t even released
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50+ parliamentarians from across Europe. 2 days in Helsinki. It was intense and thought-provoking and it left me incredibly energised and buzzing with ideas. Thank you to the Open European Dialogue for organising and allowing me to share my expertise on the intersection of sustainability and digital technologies. It was a packed programme exploring a
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Tech companies share their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions more transparently now, but does this translate into action? Do they, in fact, reduce their emissions and improve their environmental impact. While things are moving, change isn’t fast enough. Here’s the tl;dr of what I found in the 2022 data: 2022 amount of million mtCO2e | change
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We pledge action. ≠ We act. Most certainly so, when it comes to the climate crisis.In my latest commentary with Observer Research Foundation, I argue that the necessary transformation of our societies is underminded by pervasive climate misinformation. Beyond outright climate change denial, diffuse, distract, and delay tactics are far more widespread than one may
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Official as of October 1: I’ll be co-leading a new team working on disinformation in digital spaces. Under the title “Upgrade Democracy”, we will analyse and highlight the dynamics of disinformation. If this seems detached from my usual focus on sustainability, climate action, and innovation — I can assure you, it is not. Not only
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It may sound theoretical, but it is a powerful directional vehicle: A business’ Theory of Change. Thank you to Liberate Science and CEO, Chris Hartgerink, for allowing me to join them on their impactful journey and facilitate a 3 months process to develop their unique approach to conducting and distributing research in a fair and
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Read any highly ambitious climate pledges or reduction targets lately? I’m guessing yes, given the level of attention on corporate responsibility to reduce and mitigate their climate impact. Including —and especially so— Big Tech. However, to do so, all of them must effectively (not just on paper) reduce their emissions. Are they? Here’s the tl;dr
Cathleen Berger 