Dr. Holger Martin Koch’s Post

The science is clear. Sustainably managed forests and clever used forest products have a better impact on climate than leaving the forest alone. By using forest residues while securing biodiversity, an amount of 5.6 gigatons CO2 until 2050 can be avoided in Europe. This is the result of a study by Professor Hubert Röder (see link), who commented: “If the residues are not used they will rot in the forest – without replacing fossil fuels and creating income from sustainable forest management practices.” While the study is focused on bioenergy this also advocates the use of forest residues for carbon removal. At Perpetual Next our technologies turn low-grade wood replace by waste like low grade forest residues from sustainable forest management, into high-grade biocarbon and biochar. This way we support industries to become fossil free and circular, and is carbon removed from the atmosphere. Net Zero by 2050 cannot be done without carbon removal. We should keep strict rules for forestry including biodiversity, replace things like concrete with wood whenever possible and use the wood residues in the best way possible to replace fossil fuels. Forschungsprojekte: Prof. Dr. Hubert Röder (hswt.de)  

Already Switzerland and South Africa is collaborating in pursuit of clean air through the Swiss South Africa environmental health research chair, the air quality monitoring project at Wits Uni using AI with an outlook of national implementation and at ground level through clean cooking stoves. The upside of clean air is reduced carbon but the main objective is public health. Could this then be a good example of planetary health?

For many in the #transportation, #routeplanning and #urbanplanning it is important to be informed about the latest developments regarding low emission zones, for example in #Germany. As of January 1st, 2024, it was expected that some of the #Umweltzones would be abolished. However, a recent decision has been made to keep the #Umweltzone in #Hannover in place until at least the end of January 2024. As we continue to monitor and adapt to these changes, it is important to note that GeoJunxion BV dataset of #lowemission #zones has already taken this into consideration, along with thousands of other updates every month. Contact me to get access to this fully updated #database - stay tuned for more updates throughout 2024! #EcoAlertZones #lowemissionzone #lez #ztl #routeplanning #routeoptimization #maps #telematics #logistics #scm #gis #geography

🏆 Voting is open now: Our partner's project SAMOSEE-BW is in the final round of the eGovernment competition - a contest of all German speaking countries. In this lake monitoring use case, the environmental agency is complementing in situ data with satellite-based information.   Please vote now for for the audience award in Category 5 - "Nachhaltigkeit durch Digitalisierung" | Sustainability by Digitalisation". Click on the image below or the following link and scroll down to the very bottom to download the presentation and vote: https://lnkd.in/d3gWCwq Learn more about "SAMOSEE-BW": 📍 It is integrating satellite-based remote sensing into routine monitoring 📍 of Lake Constance, 50 natural small lakes and 20 quarry ponds 📍 to keep an eye on key parameters, such as Chlorophyll a, turbidity, harmful algae blooms (HAB), Secchi Disk Depth (SDD), temperature, 📍 thus helping fulfil the regional and EU monitoring requirements for water protection 📍 and visualizing these data for easy public access.   ☝ The German federal state of Baden-Württemberg has 28 lakes > 50 ha, 260 lakes > 10 ha and 1300 Seen > 1 ha.   💡 Particularly for smaller water bodies, where there is no or little data available, authorities benefit from satellite-based information by significant information gain and decision support.   Thank you for the long-term cooperation to @thomas wolf and the teams at Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg and LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg.   #digitaltwin #lake #monitoring #environmental #hydrospatial #landsat #sentinel2

interesting proposal to use the structurally rooted fiscal deficit of the Swiss Federal Gov't as an 'opportunity' to implement the overdue reduction of different kinds of subsidies with adverse effects on the environment, in particular biodiversity. Those amount to more than 10 times the current fiscal deficit, ie ca 40 bn CHF (according to a 2020 WSL study). Manyfold conflicts of goals need to be overcome...