We strengthen participation and transparency for sustainable solutions of societal challenges.
This week Berlin’s senate is going to vote on a bill on mobility. The legislation aims at making Berlin’s traffic more mobile, saver and primarily climate friendly. Climate neutrality until 2050 is on the agenda. There are different proposals and heavy debates on how this goal can be
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Participation in housing is a political objective and an important issue for Berlin’s housing cooperatives. The guidelines for participation in construction and densification of housing developed in 2017 are crucial for better participation of residents. Currently, Berlin’s housing cooperatives stabilize and standardize their collaboration with Berlin’s tenants’ committees.
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The energy system is becoming increasingly interconnected and digital. In addition to opportunities, this also entails risks. How can critical energy infrastructures be redesigned to create a secure and smart energy system? At the seventh Energy Trialog, experts of the academy project “Energy Systems of the Future” discussed
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HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform is proud to announce that the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) will provide funding to the international partnership Climate Transparency between March 2018 and February 2020. The HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform serves as the
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On our Trialog last Friday we discussed controversially on the topic “Correctly assess and use bioenergy potentials, reduce side effects. How to design a long-term bioenergy strategy? “. You can find the press release here (in German only).
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Today the state-owned housing companies degewo, GESOBAU, Gewobag, HOWOGE, STADT UND LAND and WBM presented their guidelines for participation together with Prof. Dr. Gesine Schwan, president of Humboldt-Viadrina Governance Platform and Katrin Lompscher, senator for urban development and housing. The motto is: transparent, reasoned, constructive and reliable. For the
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