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💡 Learn more about what Christian Büchter calls an 'Age of Acceleration' and why 'Win-Win' situations are crucial to develop a common path towards a post-fossil society. Christian Büchter is the Head of Climate Protection Policy and Climate Transformation of Industry, and leads the Climate Club for the German Government. He was also part of our 2024 Leaders Core Group and participated in the Responsible Leaders Hub at this year's Munich Security Conference. On the panel "The Path to Industrial Net Zero – Navigating Supply Chains Shifts and Trade Shocks through #Tech Innovation", he discussed specific solutions and supply chain adaptations required to achieve carbon-neutral economies. The panelists included John Kerry, Tanja Gönner, Hélène Huby, and Milan Nedeljković. Christian emphasized the need for accelerated action and collaborative, mutually beneficial solutions to achieve the transition to a carbon-neutral future. Watch the panels with this year's leaders and experts at Responsible Leaders Hub at #MSC2024 👉 bit.ly/3Pk0mkK Read our MSC Summary 👉 https://bit.ly/3VIR2cl #BMWFoundation #ResponsibleLeadersHub #NetZero #Innovation #ResponsibleLeadership #MunichSecurityConference #ClimateClub #ClimateAction

It all starts with how we communicate and work together. 🤝 Last week, we were at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival with a full-day program focusing on democracy and the transformative role of cities. Cities are our laboratories of change, where innovative solutions can thrive. But we can’t do it alone – #collaboration is key! Listen to our colleagues explain why we see cities as great places for collaboration and #innovation! 📹👇 🙌 Shoutout to our colleagues Emanuel Farag, Raffaela Schmuck, Dr. Banu Pekol, Elisabeth Benz and partners Jonas Schorr (Urban Impact), Chloe Pahud (Civocracy 📢), as well as Fellows and Responsible Leaders Thorsten Mehnert Christina Neddens (Wir im Quartier), Gerrit Jan van 't Veen Asceline Groot (De Kookschool), Donica Buisman and May East who joined us at the #CBF24. #CBF24 #BMWFoundation #RISECities #Fellowship #Responsible #Intelligent #Sustainable #Equitable #Democracy #ResponsibleLeadership

🌟 Creative Bureaucracy Festival, here we come! 🌟 🤝 For the last five years we've been partners with the Creative Bureaucracy Festival (CBF). The CBF brings together 1.600 creative bureaucrats, changemakers and visionaries from over 30 countries, focusing on exploring how the public sector can be more creative in addressing the major challenges of our time. Join our Workshops and Panels here👇 10:00 – 11:30 am there will be a workshop on ‘Citizen-Driven City Making: Shifting Power and Bridging Fragmentation': 1:00 – 2:30 pm Panel: ‘It’s a Match! Authentic and long-lasting public-private partnerships’ including our RISE Fellows Thorsten Mehnert, Christina Neddens and Minna Säpyskä-Aalto 3:00 – 3:50 pm Panel: 'Guiding High-Tech Investments for Positive Socio-Economic Transformation', moderated by Responsible Leader and RISE Expert Partner Jonas Schorr (Urban Impact) 4:00 – 5:30 pm Panel: ‘Exploring Human Sovereignty in the Age of Advancing Technology’ including our colleague Dr. Banu Pekol For one day, the CBF offers a stage to public servants and their allies who are going above and beyond to safeguard democracy and make public governance fit for the 21st century. #CBF24 #RISE #Cities #Fellowship #Responsible #Intelligent #Sustainable #Equitable #Democracy

Can businesses boost voter turnout? 🗳 📈 In 2024, 2 billion people will head to the polls worldwide. While the European Parliamentary Elections are approaching, citizen participation is low. 🇪🇺 We believe businesses and organizations can use their voice to engage audiences, clients, users, consumers, and employees to act beyond economic purpose and raise awareness to strengthen and protect our democracies. B Lab Europe, GOPA Com., Earth4All, and Civocracy 📢 have launched a nonpartisan campaign to unite businesses across Europe and increase 2024 election turnout. 150 companies from 15 EU countries have joined. Interested? Learn more about the #9o6 Movement campaign 👉 https://lnkd.in/djsnXd3a #VoteAnyway #EuropeanElections #Democracy #Election #ResponsibleLeadership

✨ It’s a wrap! ✨ Yesterday, the RISE Fellows 2023/24 came together for a final day of lively exchanges on the last months and their learnings. They also reflected on how they have grown as leaders and change-makers in the urban space. 🏙 Today and tomorrow we will be at- Urban Future. to round off the experience. The Fellows will also showcase their local solutions for global challenges there, and discuss how to make cities more resilient, intelligent, sustainable and equitable! 🤝 Meet us there at our Networking Area or the following sessions: Today - Wednesday, June 5 👉 2:00 - 3:30 pm: „Happy Neighborhood, happy Cities“ with Peter Weidig (Dock 13, 2nd floor)  👉 4:00 - 5:30 pm: „Know your People“, with Christina Neddens and Thorsten Mehnert (Dock 14, 2nd floor)  👉 4:00 - 5:30 pm: „Wanna talk?“, Interactive Workshop Session with Raffaela Schmuck and Elisabeth Benz (Dock 10A, 2nd floor)  👉 5:30 - 7:00 pm: Innovators Mingle - powered by RISE Cities (Dock 10A, 2nd floor) Tomorrow - Thursday June 6  👉 9:00 - 10:30 am: „Unleash your Cities‘ Social Innovation Power“ with Asceline Groot ⁩ and Gerrit Jan van 't Veen (Dock 16, 2nd floor) We look forward to many inspiring sessions and discussion! 💡 📸Marc Beckmann #RISE #Cities #Fellowship #Resilient #Intelligent #Sustainable #Equitable #Innovation #Action #Change #UrbanFuture #UF24

🌱 A better future for people and planet demands meaningful practices of leadership and collaboration. We believe cities are big levers for change. By 2030 about 60% of the world's population will live in cities. They are the places where global concerns such as climate change, poverty, housing, mobility, integration, and safety all converge and intensify. 🏙 This is why we created the RISE Cities Fellowship for more Resilient, Intelligent, Sustainable, and Equitable cities. The RISE Cities Fellowship brings together urban changemakers to facilitate mutual learning and support the development of local solutions. 📹 Meet the leaders who drive change and learn what motivated them to join our fellowship 👇 Watch the full video and find out more about the projects of the RISE Cities Fellowship 2023/24 👉 https://lnkd.in/eYvue6PK Alisa Jashari, Anki Mölläri, Asceline Groot, Christina Neddens, Christine Ballarin, Donica Buisman, Emmi Lundán, Gerrit Jan van 't Veen, Giorgia Serafini, Gyula Dr.Kerenyi, Katrin Witthaus, Kerem Halbrecht, Minna Säpyskä-Aalto, Morten Stamm Mikkelsen, Peter Weidig, Staas Lucassen, Tamas Locher, Thea Lyng Thomsen, Thorsten Mehnert, Anamaria (Ama) Vrabie, PhD, Paul Moldovan, Stephen Lorimer, Lauren Shevills, Ulrich Dilger, Simon Höher Chloe Pahud, Louise Vogel Kielgast, Raffaela Schmuck, Elisabeth Benz, Dr. Angelika Starbatty, Marie-Luise Nau #RISE #Cities #Fellowship #GlobalChallenges #LocalSolutions #MeetTheTandems #Fellows #Resilient #Intelligent #Sustainable #Equitable

Carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) is a powerful tool for offsetting hard-to-abate and legacy emissions, but it remains poorly understood and underused. Currently, CDR deployment falls short of the climate-relevant scale required to meet the 1.5°C climate target.   It’s time to change that! More leaders and organizations have to commit to proactive CDR strategies. We’re here to help them turn intentions into action.   Our new report, “From Awareness to Action: The Six Building Blocks for Purchasing Carbon Removal,” is a must-read for decision-makers and sustainability leads. It outlines the six steps to creating a successful CDR initiative, from stakeholder engagement to securing C-level buy-in. Discover how to implement a CDR strategy to meet net-zero commitments and become a sustainability leader in your sector.   This report, a collaboration between the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, remove, and the Sustainability in Business Lab (sus.lab | ETH), features insights from insider interviews, the latest research, and practical guidance on CDR in a corporate context.   🌍Dive deeper! 👉 bit.ly/PurchasingCDR   #climateaction #responsibleleadership #climateleadership #carbondioxideremoval #NetZero #CorporateResponsibility #EnvironmentalStewardship Julia Bläsius Maya Volwahsen Oliver Akeret Marian Krueger Hans Westerhof Rawan Gebran Gudrun Thorsdottir Aliénor von Roten

Future energy system: where do we go from here? 🤔 After our collaboration with Future Cleantech Architects at #MSC 2024, we were excited to attend their Festival this week in Remscheid, Germany. This event gathered about 150 experts, including researchers, think-tanks, policy stakeholders, and private sector representatives from industries, startups, and investors. Our colleague, Thomas Röhrl, participated in a panel on the best solutions for future energy systems, where they explored new innovative policy tools. Here are our key takeaways: 💡 Complementing Intermittent Energy: Clean and flexible energy sources are vital to support solar and wind energy, ensuring a resilient system without relying on gas turbines or polluting methods. ⚡ Grid Expansion: Critical for clean power generation but hindered by permitting bottlenecks. 🔋 Seasonal Storage Economics: Lasting change is only likely under financial pressures, such as high gas price shocks like in 2022. It was inspiring to engage with such a knowledgeable group dedicated to the future of clean energy. Let’s continue to innovate for a sustainable future. #Cleantech #RenewableEnergy #FutureEnergySystems #Innovation #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #GridExpansion #EnergyPolicy #ResponsibleLeadership Tobias Lechtenfeld Maria Leis Energy Resilience Leadership Group Breakthrough Energy Tech for Net Zero

We’re off to Katapult Future Fest! 🎉 Looking forward to three days of inspiring discussions, immersive workshops, and invaluable networking with impact investors, tech entrepreneurs, and change-makers in Oslo as well as a glimpse into the future of impact investment, tech for good, and purpose-driven change. 👋 Find us here: 👉 Today, our colleague, Dr. Bryan Scheler joins a panel focusing on how foundations can leverage their unique positions and polycapital to drive systemic change and explore new partnerships and collaborative efforts to motivate and guide society towards transformative change. Later, our board member Dr. Heba Aguib will wrap up Investors Day on a dynamic panel talking about not just investing in one future; but nurturing the futures of our planet as we're strongly committed to a bolder tomorrow. 👉 Tomorrow, RESPOND Alumni Dr. Ulrike Pfreundt (rrreefs, #Cohort3) and Snehal Verma (NatureDots, #Cohort4) will present at the Impact Scaleup Pitching on how they revolutionize sustainability. 👉 And finally, on Friday May 31st, #RESPOND Alumni Philippe Birker (Climate Farmers, #Cohort3) as well as Alex Prate (Hypha DAO, #Cohort3) will showcase their projects and stories, and share their learnings on creating opportunities for funding and discovery. Check out the full #KFF24 lineup 👉 https://lnkd.in/dVBdfHJA 📸 © Jan Khür & Studio Abrakadabra Katapult Future Fest #ImpactInvestment #TechForGood #PurposeDriven #KFF24 #FutureFest #Innovation #ScaleUp #Networking #Oslo #RESPOND #Alumni

Curious how local solutions can solve global challenges? 🏙 🌱 Our RISE Cities Fellows are experts in this field! They’ll be showcasing their innovative projects on panels, through talks, and in our networking area at the Fellowship Closing Event during Urban Future., June 5-7, 2024, in Rotterdam. 🤝 If you are there, join us to discover how these talented individuals are addressing community challenges, from energy supply and industrial area re-use to minority integration. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, network, and collaborate. Together, we can shape the future of our urban environments and make our cities more resilient, intelligent, sustainable, and equitable! 👉 For the detailed program visit https://lnkd.in/dWFeU-Rh 👉 For more information on RISE Cities, visit https://lnkd.in/gukc_s65 🎉Congratulations on finishing the Fellowship Alisa Jashari,PhD, Anki Mölläri, Asceline Groot, Christina Neddens, Christine Ballarin, Donica Buisman, Emmi Lundán, Gerrit Jan van 't Veen, Giorgia Serafini, Gyula Dr.Kerenyi, Katrin Witthaus, Kerem Halbrecht, Minna Säpyskä-Aalto, Morten Stamm Mikkelsen, Peter Weidig, Staas Lucassen, Tamas Locher, Thea Lyng Thomsen, Thorsten Mehnert, Ulrich Dilger 🎇 Thank you to our coaches Simon Höher, Chloe Pahud, Louise Vogel Kielgast ✨ And great job in seeing the whole thing through to our amazing colleagues Raffaela Schmuck, Elisabeth Benz, Angelika Starbatty #RISECities #Fellowship #UrbanFuture #Resilient #Innovative #Sustainable #Equitable #LocalSolutions #GlobalChallenges