1. 'Green' Member of the Government of Upper Austria since Oct. 2003
Rudi Anschober
'Green' Member of the Government of Upper Austria since Oct. 2003
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2. Rudi Anschober
2003 – 2015 responsible for: environment protection, climate protection, energy, water, consumerism since Oct. 2015: environment protection, climate protection, consumerism, asylum & integration
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3. Upper Austria: 1.4 million inhabitants
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4. "If we can't create a sustainable global order and restore economic dynamism within the next years, the next decades will be chaos."
Paul Mason
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5. Aims & plans for implementation: How Upper Austria changed to
sustainable economy and decarbonisation
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6. energy revolution
100 % renewables until 2030 for heating and electricity
145 steps decided consensually
250 communitys with own plans for their energy revolution
jobs in the region instead of 15 Mrd. € costs for importing energy
positive emotions & persuasion instead of enforcement, renouncement and restrictions
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7. revolution in waste management
Recycling and reusing: 181 centers where waste is collected, every inhabitant brings 198 kg of waste there in a year
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8. food revolution
more and more organic, more and more alliances between consumers & producers One example for promoting such alliances is the app "GUTES FINDEN"
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9. food revolution
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10. results 80 % energy and 45 % heating is renewable
'Green' energy-companys on the rise: 160 companys with their employees generate an annual business volume of 2,3 Mrd €
40 % less CO2 concerning energy in the last 10 years
green jobs
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11. challenges
main problem: coalition of the Right with the losers in economy
low oil price
no eco-social tax reform
too little incentives issued by the federal government
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12. PARIS IS A CHANCE!
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