Helga Kromp-Kolb
BOKU University Institute of Meteorology and Climatology
Helga Kromp-Kolb is an emeritus university professor of meteorology and climatology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, where she also founded and directed the Center for Global Change and Sustainability. As a university teacher and researcher, she is concerned with issues of climate change, sustainable development, transformation of society, education for sustainable development, and the need for paradigm shifts in science and society. She was instrumental in founding the Climate Change Center Austria (CCCA) as well as the Alliance of Sustainable Universities in Austria and was a member of the steering committee of the cross-university project UniNEtZ.
Sustainable shipping: The "how", the "what" and the "why"?
Sustainability means making a good life possible for all within the ecological boundaries of our planet. At present the ecological footprint of humans exceeds the available resources by far, thus reduction of resource use is a necessity, if civilisation is to survive in the long run. Efficiency gains and a switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy in the shipping business constitute the technological, the easier part of the solution. But questions must also be raised regarding shipping needs, their justification and how reductions could be managed in a meaningful way.