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A new take on sustainability

BREMERHAVEN. A new chapter in sustainability communication was launched at “ENVOCONNECT” in Bremerhaven in September. As part of the revised congress programme, comprising keynote speeches, best-case scenarios and panel debates, numerous experts spoke on topics such as “Energy Transition in the Port” and “Climate Protection within the Infrastructure”. Speakers included Dr Kira Vinke, Head of the Centre for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Uli Mayer-Johanssen, member of the German Chapter of the Club of Rome and expert in vision and transformation processes, and Sara Ryglewski, Minister of State for Federal-State Relations and Head of the State Secretaries’ Committee for Sustainable Development in the German Chancellery. The event was opened by Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economics, Ports and Transformation. “With “ENVOCONNECT”, we intend to create a platform where science and business interact, in order to discuss strategies to overcome the numerous challenges we face today”, stated Robert Howe, MD bremenports.

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