environment
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News these days are abuzz with takes on Europe’s need and ambitions around digital sovereignty. But one thing often missing, if not entirely omitted in these debates: environmental sustainability. Gaël Duez and I recorded the latest Green IO podcast episode in September and even then, we couldn’t not talk about Digital Sovereignty and how political
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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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Auf allen Podcast-Streaming-Plattformen: Mein Interview im Spiegel-Klimabericht. Das Thema: der ökologische Fußabdruck von Tech-Unternehmen, die Glaubwürdigkeit von Klimazielen und welche Fragen wir als Konsument:innen stellen können und sollten: Podcast. Ich freue mich über Feedback und Kommentare. 💚
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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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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
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161 for — 8 abstensions — 0 against🌍🌎🌏On 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 — there is no time to hide behind wordy (100 pages) reporting. 2) Some of these research publishers are
Cathleen Berger 