维也纳经济学院

Austria's ability to weather Gazprom's recent gas supply halt to OMV highlights the significant progress made since 2022, when Europe faced severe economic risks due to heavy reliance on Russian gas. A study led by the Complexity Science Hub shows how coordinated responses, including gas storage and alternative supply routes, can mitigate potential damage, and offers key lessons for future crises.

The shortage of donor organs is one of the major social challenges of our time. One approach countries take to tackle this issue is to adopt what is called an opt-out system, meaning that organs can be removed after death unless the deceased person filed an explicit objection during their lifetime. This system is in place in Austria and many other European countries, such as Spain, France, and England. But does it deliver the intended results?

Highlights•We present a comprehensive analysis of EU member states’ long-term mitigation policies.•EU mitigation efforts rely on (energy) efficiency measures as primary mitigation lever.•(Energy) demand reduction strategies play a minor role in proposed mitigation policies.•The EU’s policy instrument mix is dominated by economic and regulatory instruments.•EU mitigation efforts failing to leverage the full spectrum of available strategies and ins

AbstractPurpose: Political frameworks, regulations and stakeholder expectations guide and evaluate corporations in taking responsibility to mitigate and/or solve climate change related problems. Consequently, organizations increasingly communicate their activities related to ‘sustainable development’ and ‘transformation’ to their stakeholders – often without a deeper communicative manifestation within organizations. With our concept of ‘conversat