Edgar Hertwich

Es ist erschütternd, dass weder österreichisches Recht noch der EU Digital Service Act auf X anwendbar ist. Danke, dass Sie das aufdecken!

Want to cut your carbon footprint? Move out of your house There’s no getting around it: downsizing the kind of housing you live in is the best thing you can do for the environment.

How can we get empty-nesters to move to smaller flats and make their residences available to young families? This is what we need to do to address the housing shortage with paving over more green spaces.

Some jurisdictions have made a real effort and it shows in the numbers. This is a demonstration that mitigation is possible, countering the “we can’t do anything about it” narrative. Therefore it is so important.

Do you think this is causal or both related to diet?

Recycling Rare Earth Minerals Can Address Military Demand A new report by the United Nations suggests circular economy strategies must be prioritized or we face a $450 billion financing gap for critical minerals.

New report from United Nations International Resource Panel suggests, circular economy strategies must be prioritized - otherwise we face the prospect of a $450 billion financing gap for critical minerals. Cc: @edgarhertwich.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

Resource and the environmental burdens of excessive construction in China's urban housing sector | Edgar Hertwich 4000 km2 of housing empty in China Excessive urban development has built so much stock that there is no need for new construction until 2030. The excess, now empty homes required 2.2 billion tons of ...

Here on the excess construction. www.linkedin.com/posts/edgarh...

Really glad to see this peak and decline of #GHG emissions from #cement production. Surprisingly, China is not yet declining, despite their huge inventory of empty buildings. Great work by @robbieandrew.bsky.social

Takk for et flott innlegg, @rosendahlke.bsky.social

Resource and the environmental burdens of excessive construction in China's urban housing sector | Edgar Hertwich 4000 km2 of housing empty in China Excessive urban development has built so much stock that there is no need for new construction until 2030. The excess, now empty homes required 2.2 billion tons of ...

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Resource and the environmental burdens of excessive construction in China's urban housing sector In China's complex urbanization process, excessive construction has led to large-scale housing vacancies, hindering the development of low-carbon and …

4000 km2 of new homes empty in China, with dramatic environmental consequences. 2.2 billion tons of unneeded material extraction, 1.4 billion tons of CO2 could have been avoided. Important work by Shi Lei and team.

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Was ist, wenn man Weltmarktpreise zugrunde legt?

Dagsnytt 18 - TV: I går · Kvinner må ta kjønnstest i Friidretts-VM - NRK TV Alle utøvere i kvinneklassen i Friidretts-VM må ta en test for å bekrefte at de er biologiske kvinner. Dette er i strid med norsk lov.

The topic has become part of the discussion in the current election campaign.
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Resource Efficiency and Climate Change | Resource Panel This report conducts a rigorous assessment of the contribution of material efficiency to GHG abatement strategies. More concretely, it assesses the reduction potential of GHG emissions from material e...

The Academy of Sciences' work was triggered by findings of the International Resource Panel @unep.org which has pointed out that more intensive use / demand reduction could lead to large reductions in material use and #GHG emissions.
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YouTube video by Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi Mot net-zero for byers klimagassutslipp og naturtap

Experts presented examples of resource reuse, such as refurbishment, reuse of components, and other examples of low-carbon development. There are many great examples, that need main-streaming.
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Too many homes are built as single family. 80% of new demand is from the population above 60, who needs smaller residences with short ways in areas with many amenities.
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Norway has significant tax subsidies for home ownership, that rise with income and wealth. The more expensive your home, the higher the tax subsidy. This leads to a highly uneven distribution of living space, high costs, tiny rooms for students, too large houses for the elderly. 2/

Norwegian Academy of Science report points ways towards climate- and nature-neutral settlement development options.

The report has now been published. 1/

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Yes it can. We are working on Ghana and Bangladesh now.

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Falsch: Der Helm kann mitgeliefert werden und ist bei manchen Betreibern in Skandinavien am Roller befestigt

Tech does not deserve special legal treatment Pulling down regulatory barriers to aid innovation ignores the fact that they protect the public from harm

Crypto as the new CDO? A lightly regulated asset class, stablecoins have an unfair advantage compared to other assets. The lack of oversight is a systemic risk to the financial system. We are taken for another ride, as before the financial crisis of 2007/8? on.ft.com/4flWxag

Keine Frage. Die ganze liberale Ordnung, innerhalb derer FFF erfolgreich war, ist jetzt unter die Räder gekommen. Das ist nicht ein Versagen von FFF, sondern unserer Gesellschaft insgesamt. Wir brauchen ein breiteres Narrativ und Wille zur politischen Organisation und Handlung, um dem zu entgegenen.

Towards EU climate neutrality: progress, policy gaps and opportunities

.. anerkannt. Der Fortschrittsbericht des Europäischen Klimarates hat ihn dokumentiert. Leider ist es zu einer massiven Gegenbewegung gekommen, die sich in erster Linie über die neuen Medien mit absurden Argumenten ausgebreitet hat.

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@steurer.bsky.social Die Analyse muss man nuanzieren: FFF war sehr erfolgreich, weil es massiv zu einer Stärkung der Klimapolitik durch Grüne Regierungsbeteiligungen und den Green Deal geführt hat. Ein grosser Schritt vorwärts, aber halt nur einer. Leider hat die Bewegung diesen Erfolg selbst nie ..

A wide range of construction styles and circumstances shapes energy and materials use in North Africa and West Asia . In some countries, construction cause more GHG than energy use. We show how the rise in emissions can be mitigated. lhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1091250

'Thermal power'? Why not call it fossil power? Unfortunately, still rising at a steady clip. It supports the old hypothesis of renewables not displacing fossil energy, which fortunately has not panned out in Europe.

You are dodging the answer

Staying the course on climate action essential to EU security and competitiveness

This is one reason why the EU’ science advisors caution against using offsets as part of reaching the 2040 emissions reduction target. climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/staying...

Paywalled

How can we tell China we are not ok with their support of Russian imperialism?
How about the EU start sanctions on some of these companies? How about consumer boycotts?