Over 300 researchers, artists and students from 16 universities, the Federal Institute of Geology (GBA), the Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA) and the student association forum n spent three years (2019–2021) developing around 150 options and approximately 1,000 measures for achieving the SDGs, compiling them into a comprehensive report.
The UniNEtZ Options Report:
Austria's courses of action for implementing the UN Agenda 2030 for a liveable future
was handed over to the Austrian Federal Government on 1 March 2022. You can find out more in the press release..
The multi-part report and the collection of options are now available as digital documents at www.uninetz.at/optionenbericht.
As part of the CCCA sponsorship for SDG 13, the following eleven options were authored by more than 30 researchers from 11 different research institutions:
- Option 13.1: Eco-social CO2 tax reform
- Option 13.2: Evaluation and expansion of existing heat protection plans
- Option 13.3: Long-term securing of water supply for urban greening measures to maintain the cooling function, particularly during heat and drought periods
- Option 13.4: Highly efficient energy services as a contribution to climate protection
- Option 13.5: Enabling climate litigation (climate liability law)
- Option 13.6: Correct and committed implementation of the new EU legislative acts relating to energy and climate
- Option 13.7: Monitoring and effectiveness analysis of (Austrian contributions to) international climate finance
- Option 13.8: Digitalisation in support of climate targets
- Option 13.9: Bioeconomy as a contribution to climate protection
- Option 13.10: Climate protection-oriented spatial planning
- Option 13.11: Nature-compatible carbon storage
These options are available online both as abstracts and as full versions (which are being published on an ongoing basis) here.
Further information on UniNEtZ SDG13 can be found on both the UniNEtZ website and the CCCA website.
