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The transformation of the financial system offers significant scope for transitioning to more climate change mitigation and sustainable management of global resources. On the one hand, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require substantial investment on a global scale. On the other, vast sums are still being channelled into credit facilities, funds, shares, bonds and other financial products that meet few, if any, environmental and ethical criteria. Redirecting global financial flows is therefore a key lever in mobilising financial resources for sustainable investment and removing the basis for socially or environmentally harmful business ventures.

In their studies, the Oeko-Institut’s experts look at what needs to change within the financial system in order to promote sustainable global development. They identify the levers that can be activated in order to integrate sustainability criteria into capital and investment decisions while maintaining financial market efficiency and stability.

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  • Infographic from Öko-Institut e.V. titled "What does socially just climate protection mean?" showing strategies for sustainable, socially acceptable climate protection. Central box labeled "Socially Just Climate Protection" connects to three approaches: Income support (short-term): Includes transfer payments, climate dividends, and energy payments. Price adjustments (short-term): Includes CO₂ levy, reduction of renewable energy levy, and modernization levy. Reduction in energy consumption and emissions (long-term and lasting): Split into two areas: Energy efficiency / renewable energies: building renovation, heating system replacement, climate-friendly mobility. Behaviour / use: energy-saving advice and sufficiency. Silhouettes of diverse people are shown at the bottom, representing the inclusive impact of these measures.

    What does socially just climate protection mean?

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    What does socially just climate protection mean? Support for the transition to climate-friendly alternatives is the most important lever for shaping sustainable, socially acceptable climate protection.
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  • The twelve largest chemical parks in German industry

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    The twelve largest German chemical parks generated 23 million tonnes of CO2 (mt CO2) in 2022, which corresponds to three percent of German greenhouse gas emissions.
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  • Coastal Ecosystems: Blue Carbon Storage

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    Seagrass meadows, mangrove forests and salt marshes can absorb and store up to 216 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere worldwide every year. Over centuries to millennia, they form an enormous carbon store of up to 22,000 million tons of carbon in marine sediment. At the same time, they make an important contribution to the preservation of biodiversity in the oceans and on the coasts, help to protect against storm surges and coastal protection and thus contribute to the nutrition and safety of millions of people. This is shown in a research report by the Öko-Institut and the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research commissioned by the German Environment Agency, which examines the importance of coastal ecosystems for global climate protection.
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