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2 EDITORIAL<br />
Action for<br />
climate protection<br />
“Austrian oak” Arnold Schwarz<strong>en</strong>egger and leading gre<strong>en</strong> tech companies<br />
from his native region join forces in the context of the R20 climate protection<br />
initiative. The technological heart of gre<strong>en</strong> power, gre<strong>en</strong> heat and gre<strong>en</strong><br />
mobility lies in this <strong>Gre<strong>en</strong></strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Valley.<br />
DEAR<br />
READERS!<br />
Arnold Schwarz<strong>en</strong>egger and his native<br />
province of Styria – Austria’s innovation<br />
hotspot – reunite for climate<br />
protection: Every 5th Kilowatt hour of<br />
gre<strong>en</strong> electricity is g<strong>en</strong>erated in this<br />
<strong>Gre<strong>en</strong></strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Valley by means of hydropower,<br />
biomass or solar power. In the<br />
field of digital waste managem<strong>en</strong>t,<br />
Styrian companies showcase many<br />
world premiers at the IFAT in Munich.<br />
You can furthermore look forward<br />
to blockchain applications in <strong>en</strong>ergy<br />
technology and the new <strong>Gre<strong>en</strong></strong> <strong>Tech</strong><br />
Hub.<br />
We hope you will be able to draw<br />
much inspiration from our articles<br />
TOGETHER WITH GOVERNOR HERMANN SCHÜTZENHÖFER AND PUPILS OF VS THAL 20 leading<br />
<strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>tal technology companies planted 20 oaks standing for global str<strong>en</strong>gth in climate protection.<br />
Bernhard Puttinger<br />
and the <strong>Gre<strong>en</strong></strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Cluster<br />
Styria Team<br />
Partners: FSC and PEFC<br />
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Pioneers united<br />
Arnold Schwarz<strong>en</strong>egger is known around<br />
the world as the “Austrian oak” due to his<br />
str<strong>en</strong>gth – a str<strong>en</strong>gth he now primarily<br />
uses for climate protection. In 2010, he<br />
founded the non-profit organisation R20<br />
Regions of Climate Action in cooperation<br />
with the United Nations. The initiative<br />
aims at supporting climate protection projects<br />
and best practice examples implem<strong>en</strong>ted<br />
by regions, nations or companies<br />
and thus promoting the gre<strong>en</strong> economy.<br />
Schwarz<strong>en</strong>egger’s international network<br />
is thereby reinforced from his native country:<br />
Styria – with its technology leaders<br />
– is another climate protection pioneer<br />
and actively weighs in. To celebrate the<br />
partnership’s start, 20 oaks were planted<br />
in cooperation with the innovative companies<br />
at Thalersee lake close to Graz.<br />
The trees symbolise Styria’s contribution<br />
in the form of various r<strong>en</strong>ewable <strong>en</strong>ergy<br />
sources.<br />
Small region, big effects<br />
Ev<strong>en</strong> though this <strong>Gre<strong>en</strong></strong> <strong>Tech</strong> Valley with<br />
Graz at its c<strong>en</strong>tre is only home to 1.2 million<br />
people, the technologies inv<strong>en</strong>ted there<br />
have big effects on a global scale: Styrian<br />
solutions allowed 550 million tons of CO 2<br />
to be saved around the world in 2017. That<br />
is 40 times more than the region emits and<br />
equals the amount of emissions Canada<br />
produces annually.<br />
Photo credits: steiermark.at/Streibl, Shutterstock, provided
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