The collection in context
This collection connects my posts on climate change and adaptation with sustainability, circularity and regeneration. Not every sustainability post is climate research, and not every innovation is a proven mitigation measure. The connection is a business question: how can organisations remain able to act as their natural and economic conditions change?
Overall summary
One thread makes climate impacts visible: changing coasts, extreme weather, temperature spikes, potential tipping points and recurring pressure on infrastructure. Across these posts, my attention increasingly turns to adaptation. Climate change appears not as a single event followed by a return to normal, but as a changed condition that must inform decisions.
The UNSSC course on the Paris Agreement becomes a personal turning point in 2023. Digitalisation, collaboration and innovation no longer appear as isolated modernisation topics. They are capabilities needed for wider social and economic change. Mitigation and adaptation belong together: reducing emissions and responding to emerging impacts are different tasks that need to proceed in parallel.
A second thread looks for practical solution spaces. Desert Board illustrates using residues; Archireef explores ecosystem restoration; Six Senses and 25hours ask how sustainability reaches operations, brands and supply chains. These examples do not replace life-cycle assessments. They invite us to consider how the core of a business model can change.
Later reflections on INTERSCHUTZ and circularity in Hamburg return to local and regional capacity to act. Adaptation concerns businesses, locations, supply systems and communities. Circularity also concerns resource dependence, demand, collaboration and new offers. An abstract sustainability question becomes a practical question of future viability.
My perspective today
I am interested in the connection between risk and purposeful development. The answer is neither resilience alone nor technological optimism. Businesses need to understand their exposure, which dependencies they can reduce and where regenerative or circular offers could emerge. Responsibility belongs in leadership and decisions, not solely in an additional sustainability function. Practices that work in a luxury resort or a global city still need to be translated to different economic and regional conditions.
01 · Climate impacts, risks and adaptation
Coasts, global risks, extreme weather and temperature developments form the starting point. The later INTERSCHUTZ post translates awareness into a local and business question.
Climate change is reshaping our coasts
A CORRECTIV article prompts reflection on differing sea-level developments and the need to adapt.
Original on LinkedInClimate adaptation cannot wait
A personal contribution to the debate on fossil dependence, climate impacts and preparing our systems for change.
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Climate impacts: Prepare and transform
A reading recommendation connects near-term adaptation with the long-term transformation of business and society.
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Global risks are a question of priorities
The Global Risks Report 2023 prompts reflection on risks, opportunities and business decisions.
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Global warming has regional consequences
A historical contribution to the debate on warming in Europe and the significance of regional impacts.
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Climate change is not a one-off event
Recurring extreme events make infrastructure and warning-system adaptation an ongoing task.
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Understanding temperature spikes, preparing to adapt
A 2023 reflection on climate data, uncertainty, local adaptation and business responsibility.
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Tipping points require a different view of risk
A reading reflection on why climate risks may not unfold linearly and should inform decisions today.
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Climate change, resilience and adaptation
An INTERSCHUTZ visit connects civil protection with the future viability of businesses and local communities.
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Control, AI and a regenerative future
A personal shared reflection on accelerating change and the search for more connected, regenerative business models.
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UNSSC reflections and an encounter with Michael Otto connect knowledge with action, values and sustainability in business leadership.
Lifelong learning needs depth
Sustainability, technology and social change demand more than occasional reading—and different structures for learning and work.
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Knowledge exists. Collective action is missing.
A UNSSC course reflection on climate change, shared rules and putting existing knowledge to work.
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Technology and nature as connected solution spaces
A UNSSC learning reflection on emerging technology, nature-based solutions and sustainable business models.
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After six weeks of climate learning: The bigger transformation
A personal UNSSC course reflection connects climate mitigation, adaptation and sustainability at the core of business models.
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COP28: A new perspective on the sustainability economy
The start of a Dubai exploration reveals a diverse landscape of businesses, solutions and unresolved climate questions.
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Innovation as hope for a sustainable future
A shared reflection on solutions that could change the relationship between technology, daily life and sustainability.
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Sustainability starts with business values
An encounter with Michael Otto at Hamburg Sustainability Conference prompts reflection on long-term business responsibility.
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These posts reveal possible solution spaces. They describe observed approaches, not independently verified impact assessments.
Dubai Innovation Centre: Learning at the solar park
A visit explores how long-term energy development connects technology testing with industrial implementation.
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Energy demand is also an architectural choice
Ethereum offers a starting point for reflecting on how infrastructure decisions shape energy demand.
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Blockchain, AI and sustainability beyond the hype
A Tech Open Air conversation about combining emerging technologies with sustainable business models.
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Desert Board: New possibilities from palm waste
A discovery in Dubai's Design District opens a perspective on circularity and sustainable business models.
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Innovation takes persistence: Desert Board
A further Desert Board visit explores the long development journey behind a material made from palm residues.
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COP28: Marine protection and sustainable yachting
Encounters with Sooo. and Sunreef Yachts connect awareness, product development and sustainable business models.
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Archireef: Regeneration as a business idea
A COP28 encounter explores ecosystem restoration as a starting point for business innovation.
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Expo City: Conversations on sustainable urban development
An intense day in Dubai connects urban development, supply chains and hospitality with business encounters.
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Desert Board: The limit is our imagination
A conversation with Kamal Farah explores persistence, product enthusiasm and innovation from palm residues.
Original on LinkedInA greenhouse as a prompt for greater independence
A shared architectural idea connects climate adaptation, circularity and food provision.
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Encounters in Oman and Dubai explore circularity, operations, brands and responsibility. The Hamburg post connects this thread with industrial and regional circularity.
Six Senses Zighy Bay: Sustainability in operations
The first video episode explores history, circular practices and the limits of sustainable luxury hospitality in Oman.
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Six Senses: Circularity as everyday practice
The second video episode explores reducing environmental impact through concrete operational decisions.
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Why a resort protects sea turtles
A video episode with the Olive Ridley Project connects conservation with responsibility in a business model.
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25hours Dubai: Sustainability becomes part of the brand
A conversation with Margo Stieg connects brand, operations, supply chains and the role of leadership.
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A city the size of New York is built every month
An event reflection on resource demand, regional circularity and practical opportunities for Hamburg.
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Sustainability: Management foundations in a digital world
The existing event-series dossier treats sustainability as a management question connecting business models, technology, leadership and social impact. It provides an earlier conceptual frame for this collection.
Read articleA city the size of New York is built every month
The full article expands the event post with industry and retail examples, procurement, transparent material flows and regional cooperation.
Read articleQuestions for your own practice
- Which climate impacts affect our location, employees and supply chains?
- What can we prevent, what must we prepare for and which dependencies can we reduce?
- Which residues, spaces or capabilities might create value in a different business model?
- Who decides on adaptation, investment and new offers—and using which evidence?
Sources and interpretation
This dossier contextualises historical posts and personal observations; it is not an up-to-date climate assessment. Older figures, projections and emphatic claims are not adopted uncritically as current findings. One warm month, for example, is not the same as a sustained crossing of the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature target. Nor does climate change mean that any particular heavy rainfall can automatically be attributed to it. Corporate claims on carbon footprints, coral survival or resource savings require primary evidence before becoming robust impact claims.
About the creation of this article
This article was created with the support of AI. I make this visible for transparency and do not see it as a contradiction of personal authorship.
What matters to me is not whether a first draft is produced with the help of a tool. What matters is who sets the direction, sharpens the ideas, leads the iterations, checks the wording and ultimately stands behind the content.
This text is therefore the result of briefings, iterations, professional interpretation and my own revision. In the end, I publish only what fits my thinking and what I personally stand behind.