Concrete solutions for a clean future
"«We see climate change and its related consequences as one of the biggest challenges of our time. Urgent measures are indispensable to keep global warming below 2 degrees. Long-term success is only possible if our actions are not on account of the environment.» Lorenz Isler, sustainability manager IKEA Switzerland. „Die Klimaveränderung und die damit verbundenen Folgen gehören für uns zu den grössten Herausforderungen unsere Zeit. Dringende Massnahmen sind unabdingbar, um unter einer 2° Klimaerwärmung zu bleiben. Langfristig können wir nur erfolgreich sein, wenn wir uns nicht in Kompromissen zulasten der Umwelt verlieren.“ Lorenz Isler, Nachhaltigkeits Manager IKEA Schweiz"
Within the last 5 years, IKEA invested 1.5 billion EUR in renewable energies worldwide. We operate 700'000 solar panels and 224 wind power plants. Also in Switzerland we have solar energy plants on each IKEA store and obtain all our electricity from water power. Further, in Switzerland we are market leader in the area of LED, the lightening technology for energy savings up to 85%. In den letzten fünf Jahren hat IKEA weltweit 1.5 Milliarden EUR in erneuerbare Energien investiert. Wir betreiben weltweit 700‘000 Solarpanels und 224 Windanlagen. Auch in der Schweiz steht auf jedem IKEA Einrichtungshaus eine Solaranlage und 100% unserer Elektrizität beziehen wir aus Wasserkraft. Zudem sind wir in der Schweiz Marktführer im Bereich LED, der Lichttechnologie mit der unsere Kunden bis zu 85% Energie einsparen.
Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are attempting the first round-the-world solar flight, an adventure to promote the use of clean technologies.
Clean technologies used on the solar aircraft could be used on the ground and reduce 50% of our world’s energy consumption... as of today. But for this, we need political courage and pioneering spirit.
We launched the #futureisclean initiative to create a federation of organizations pushing the replacement of old polluting devices by existing clean technologies.
Join Bertrand Piccard’s approach to show that climate change is not an expensive problem requiring heavy financial and behavioral sacrifices, but rather a unique opportunity for profit and job creation:
Just like onboard Solar Impulse, solutions already exist to reduce energy consumption. We have gathered 357 organizations around this initiative. Some of them sent the solutions they wanted to promote at COP21.
The vote is now over, here are the top 5 solutions you voted for!
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Instead of always focusing on producing more energy, let's save energy by implementing the most energy efficient devices existing today
Promote renewable energy resources
Don't ask people to sacrifice their life style, give them efficient energy devices
Push the transition to renewable energy resources
Focus on education