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Driving sustainability
The climate crisis is one of the global challenges of our times. It is not restricted to our planet’s ecological resources but has far-reaching social and economic implications, too. In its Agenda 2030, the United Nations defined a framework for action which is designed to help anchor sustainability as a key objective in our global communities.
Sustainability agenda
Sustainably crafting excellent connections: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is developing measures for a sustainable global network on the basis of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
From affordable, clean energy to high-quality education – science organisations around the world provide fertile ground for innovations and concrete solutions to achieving the 17 sustainability goals (SDG). They themselves also have a responsibility to implement sustainability goals. At the latest by 2035, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation wants to be climate neutral. To this end, the Foundation has developed a sustainability agenda that covers both concrete research promotion and inhouse measures. In addition to supporting sustainable mobility for its staff, these measures also include the resource-friendly construction of the Foundation’s new head office in Bonn.
Three fields of action on the sustainability agenda
- driving sustainability with the scientific expertise of the Humboldt Network
- practising sustainability and conserving resources in the Humboldt Network
- reinforcing sustainability at the Foundation, e.g. through the ISO 14001 environmental management system and the annual publication of a climate report
Cooperation with other science organisations
In its efforts to conserve resources and drive climate neutrality the Humboldt Foundation collaborates closely with other national and international partners.
Research to combat climate change
Through its International Climate Protection Fellowships, the Foundation sponsors proposals from non-European developing countries and emerging economies which address the preservation of ecosystems and biodiversity, sustainable use of the seas and oceans as well as sustainable consumption and urban development.
Contact
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Network within the network
The Foundation wants to pool the expertise of sustainability researchers in the Humboldt Network and focus it in a “network within the network.” It is achieving this by bringing researchers together via various networking and dialogue formats such as the Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media, the Humboldt Residency Programme and the Frontiers of Research Symposia. Sharing ideas across cultural boundaries facilitates the necessary international and interdisciplinary work on exploring climate change and helps to channel research results into the dialogue in society.
