Tag: climate action
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EUGEO 2025: Call for Papers on greenhouse gas emission inventories and active mobility indicators
The Call for Papers for the 10th EUGEO Congress 2025 is open! The Climate Action team at HeiGIT is looking forward to actively participate in next year´s congress with two sessions chaired by Kirsten von Elverfeldt, Maria Martin and Sebastián Block.
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Balancing Walkability and Climate Mitigation in Urban Design
Recently, our colleague Kirsten von Elverfeldt attended the Walk21 Conference in Lisbon, an inspiring event dedicated to reimagining cities by transforming car-centered spaces into active, livable, and vibrant environments for people. The conference was filled with innovative ideas and strategies from around the world, showcasing how urban mobility can improve quality of life. One standout…
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The Heads behind the Climate Action Team
At HeiGIT, the recently established Climate Action team is a group of dedicated professionals of diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise working together to drive impactful environmental solutions. The climate crisis is one of the most urgent challenges for society, and its impacts are becoming increasingly severe. However, there is a large gap between awareness…
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Heigit and PLANUM Join Forces: A Guide to Co-developing Climate Action Indicators
HeiGIT and PLANUM, are happy to announce their cooperation in the field of climate action. PLANUM is committed to driving positive change through innovative engineering solutions. The company specializes in sustainable planning, making them a crucial partner in our pursuit of creating impactful and practical solutions to combat climate change. At HeiGIT, the newly established…
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HeiGIT’s 5 Years Milestone: Looking Back at our Achievements
HeiGIT is celebrating its fifth anniversary today, July 1st! To commemorate this occasion, we invite you to join us on a little walk down memory lane. As we reflect on our achievements and the milestones we have reached, we want to express our deepest gratitude to the partners, projects and people that have made our…
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Quantifying CO2 Emissions from Land Use Changes
The role of land use changes in generating CO2 emissions is a crucial aspect in the fight against climate change. These emissions are the second-largest source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, following energy production and usage. Given the urgent need to meet climate targets, especially the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2040, detailed quantification of…
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HeiGIT Joins STADTRADELN: Cycling Towards a Sustainable Future
The HeiGIT team is delighted to be part of the STADTRADELN initiative, a competition that has been promoting environmentally friendly mobility since 2008. For 21 days, participants try to cycle as many everyday journeys as possible and thus support a climate-friendly mode of transportation. Every year, the number of participants throughout Germany who join forces…
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Walkability: A Key Index for Climate Action
At HeiGIT, we are committed to raising awareness about the climate crisis and taking action to support stakeholders with knowledge and actionable know-how to drive the transformation of our society and built environment. In this spirit, we joined forces with PLANUM, an Austrian traffic planning office with extensive expertise in active mobility, particularly walkability. As…
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Advancing Climate Action: HeiGIT’s New Climate Action Team
HeiGIT is embarking on an initiative to address one of the most critical challenges of our time — climate change. We are proud to announce the commencement of the Climate Action Readiness Initiatives funded by the Klaus-Tschira Stiftung. These initiatives aim to bridge the gap between knowledge and action by providing decision-makers, citizens, and active…
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Join The Team: Senior Spatial Data Scientist for Climate Action
(m/f/d, up to 100%) You are a highly motivated person who loves spatial data science? You want to use your expertise for the benefit of society and the environment – in particular stimulating Climate Action? You want to improve the availability and quality of geographic information for Climate Action and develop geoinformatics methods used for…
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Join The Team: Community engagement, outreach & partnership manager (for) Climate Action
(m/f/d, up to 100%) You are a highly motivated person who loves spatial data science? You want to use your expertise for the benefit of society and the environment – in particular stimulating Climate Action? You want to improve the availability and quality of geographic information for Climate Action and develop geoinformatics methods used for…
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Job Offer: Senior Science Manager — Innovation & Research Manager GIScience (m, f, d), 100%, permanent
Du willst Deine Management- und Forschungsexpertise zum Wohle der Gesellschaft und Umwelt einsetzen? Du willst HeiGIT dabei unterstützen die Verfügbarkeit und Qualität von Geodaten zu verbessern und Geoinformatik-Methoden weiterzuentwickeln, die für offene, gemeinnützige Anwendungen im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit, Mobilität und humanitäre Hilfe eingesetzt werden? Das ist unsere Mission! Die HeiGIT gGmbH ist ein forschungsorientiertes, gemeinnütziges Start-up mit…