Climate change is going to change life on the planet. The questions are when and how much. You can’t turn back time, so the only way to improve our odds is to increase the speed of action.
The world is currently heading for a global warming of 2,6°C. If we are to keep the Paris-goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C alive, the world needs to reduce emissions by more than 28 GtCO2e before 2030.
As illustrated above, the gap between the decisions taken by political leaders and the executed policies represents a clear and present danger for failing in the battle against climate change. Digital climate governance has the ability to close the time gap by reducing the lead-time from decisions taken to environmental impact on the ground and in the atmosphere we share.
Climate governance
Climate governance are measures aimed at steering social systems toward preventing, mitigating or adapting to climate change. Good climate governance needs to be fast, agile and accountable.
Climate software for governments is the digitization of climate governance with the purpose of closing the time gap from political decision to execution. This entails three interdependent goals of climate action: Preventing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions; Protecting nature and biodiversity; and Adapting to inevitable climate change to safeguard living conditions in the most vulnerable parts of the world.
Climate software in action
Our experience with the first part of the journey of developing climate software has shown us once again that putting the process first and relying on standardized software for best-practice digital bureaucracy delivers results where they are most needed.
In 2021 we have proven our climate software solutions in practice across a variety of climate-related areas, such as helping public agencies reduce emissions, protecting nature and biodiversity, and facilitating climate adaptation.
We serve a broad group of government entities charged with the responsibility for combatting climate change. One of these is The Danish Environmental Protection Agency under The Ministry of Environment.
By building the institutional capacity to monitor, control, manage, permit, and govern the use of natural resources, pollution, the water environment and use of chemicals, the agency is now in better control of its own mandate. It has also given the agency an increased ability to implement new measures at low cost and low risk – but at a very high pace. This, in turn, leads straight to reduced emissions and better protection of nature.
Additionally, the overall digital workflow in the ministries and agencies (more than 75 institutions) has reduced the consumption of paper and water significantly.
To the right is an overview of solutions developed in our partnership with the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, alongside a growing number of other climate software clients in Denmark and internationally.
This shows that in a short period, we have managed to develop software solutions to a broad variety of climate-related challenges. These range from waste management, farming and forestry to transportation, residential emissions and paperless workplaces. Some of these are described on the following pages.
And we are just getting started. Our mission is clear. We want to assist even more governments in going from pledges to climate action in time.
