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Practicing the pioneering spirit

In the roughly five minutes it will take you to read this article, mankind will emit around 500,000 tons of greenhouse gases. The goal, however, is zero, which should be achieved in the comparatively short time remaining up to the middle of the century. A few additional problems of course need to be addressed, including the ever growing global population and simultaneous increase in prosperity, which in turn produces greater emissions, as well as global and regional crises up to war outbreaks. Such a mammoth task can either trigger feelings of helplessness – or instead invoke a pioneering spirit that asks the question: What can I myself do and what can we do together to contribute?