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Climate change and the resulting higher frequency of extreme weather events have a direct negative impact on mental health. Natural disasters are particularly associated with an increase in the prevalence of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder. Indirect consequences of climate change, such as food shortages, economic crises, violent conflicts and forced migration, additionally represent severe psychological risk and stress factors. Climate anxiety and solastalgia, the distress induced by environmental change, are new psychological syndromes in the face of the existential threat posed by the climate crisis. Accordingly, a sustainable psychiatry must prepare for increasing and changing demands. The principles of psychiatric treatment need to focus more on prevention to reduce the overall burden on the healthcare system. Waste of resources and CO2 emissions in psychiatric treatment processes as well as infrastructure must be perceived and prevented. Psychiatric education, training and continuing education concepts should be expanded to include the topic of climate change in order to comprehensively inform and sensitize professionals, those affected and the public and to encourage climate-friendly and health-promoting behavior. More in-depth research is needed on the impact of climate change on mental health. The DGPPN becomes a sponsor and aims for climate neutrality by 2030 by committing to climate-friendly and energy-saving measures in the area of finance, in relation to the DGPPN congress as well as the DGPPN office. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The project "Kompetenznetzwerk Digital Edition" (KONDE) is funded by the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy and has been operational since spring 2017. It is committed to the premises of the Open Science Community and aims to create conditions for the establishment of a sustainable publication platform for digital editions (DE). Contributors from the Universities Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Salzburg and Vienna, the Graz University of Technology and the University of Arts Graz together with colleagues from the Austrian National Library, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Adalbert Stifter Institute of the Province of Upper Austria, have set themselves the goal of establishing a research infrastructure for digital editions and pooling their expertise in this field throughout Austria. This infrastructure should by no means be understood merely as ahardware solution or a collection of technical solutions. It will also approach the topic of DE from a methodological-theoretical point of view and make the work and discussion results available to the scientific community in an interactive white paper on digital editing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Given the opaque origin of our food and the increasing demand for regional products, regionalism can be considered a counter trend to globalism. The objectives of this paper are to challenge widespread assumptions such as “regional production is sustainable” and to illustrate the complexity of the supply chain using the potato as an example, to draw conclusions for the Nutrition and Consumer Education (EVB). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The city of Bonn has been a Learning City since 2020 and has committed itself to education for sustainable development through its application. This paper presents the first practical projects of the Bonn Learning City Network. In addition, initial approaches outline the transformative challenges that exist for educational institutions that intend to position themselves sustainably in terms of organization and content in the longer term. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increase of technical lifetime of infrastructures based on semi‐probabilistic considerations One of the most important measures in the discussion on improved sustainability in construction is to extend the service life of our structures [1]. Therefore, intensive research is conducted with regard to changing environmental conditions as well as external load effects for structures and new materials and their impact on the production and operation of infrastructures. Already now, according to [2], changes in the kinematics of the degradation mechanisms can be observed. In particular, changing environmental conditions (exposures) can accelerate but also slow down the degradation of materials and structures. These understandings of the degradation processes, but also the improved knowledge of the geometry and effective mechanical building material properties, should be effectively transferred into engineering practice for the assessment of structural reliability and remaining service life [3]. This paper presents how the elements of reliability analysis can be combined with the elements of in‐depth testing and monitoring procedures to periodically evaluate the degradation processes due to changing environmental conditions and new building materials. Subsequently, the remaining service life can be continuously updated with the help of semi‐probabilistic partial safety considerations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Life Cycle Assessment in the Building Sector – Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Common Ceiling Systems In the past, life cycle assessments (LCAs) of buildings were only carried out in rare cases at the request of project initiators. Against the backdrop of social and political pressure to act more climate‐friendly and sustainably, LCAs and the available data are also becoming increasingly economically relevant. This paper therefore presents the essential principles of LCA in the building sector. In addition to a critical analysis of the scope of assessment, there is a brief presentation of available data bases, such as the national database ÖKOBAUDAT. Furthermore, the greenhouse gas balance of timber as a building material is discussed, which in some cases opens up considerable scope for assessment with the risk of false incentives. As horizontal building components, ceiling systems of multi‐storey buildings can cause almost 40 % of the structural emissions and are therefore highly relevant for a LCA. By varying the life cycle stages assessed and data sets used as possible factors influencing the results of a LCA, these building components are examined and compared in more detail in the following article. Despite some sensitive effects on the comparison of the ceiling systems, the LCA offers a decision‐making aid for the selection of ceiling systems in terms of reduced greenhouse gas emissions of a shell construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anesthetic gases are potent greenhouse gases, which are currently released into the atmosphere where they remain for many years. Strategies to reduce the carbon footprint in anesthesiology without compromising patient safety are urgently needed. Since 2020 several departments of anesthesiology have installed anesthetic gas capture systems with which anesthetic gases can be collected. This article aims to describe the anesthetic gas capture system CONTRAfluran™ and to give an overview of the first experiences in four departments of anesthesiology working with the new device in the daily clinical routine. The CONTRAfluran™ system presents a new concept in the surgical setting that has the potential to reduce the carbon footprint in anesthesiology; however, in order to accurately estimate CO2 equivalent savings, more information concerning the reprocessing and data on the pharmacokinetics of anesthetic gases are needed. Application of the CONTRAfluran™ system in daily clinical routine is feasible when anesthesiologists are aware of specific issues. In order to minimize the carbon footprint, it remains essential to implement the specific recommendations in the position paper of the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care medicine (DGAI) and the Professional Association of German Anaesthesiologists (BDA) on ecological sustainability in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine and to support further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Die internationale Kreuzfahrt wurde durch COVID 19 noch stärker als der Tourismus allgemein getroffen. Die unklare und auch wechselhafte Lage und Entwicklung von COVID 19 und der entsprechenden staatlichen Reaktionen erzwang 2020 und 2021 starke und kurzfristige Anpassungen der Kreuzfahrtreedereien bei der Durchführung von Kreuzfahrten. Dies führte 2020 und 2021 zu starken Rückgängen und Änderungen und so u.a. zu einem stark wachsenden Finanzierungsbedarf, womit sich insgesamt verschiedene ernste Herausforderungen für die Kreuzfahrtindustrie ergaben. Dies und die Charakteristik eines stark wettbewerbsorientierten Wachstumsmarktes veränderte die Lage und den Markt der Kreuzfahrtindustrie weltweit stark und wird auch über die Corona Zeit hinausreichen. Der vorliegende Artikel befasst sich mit den Veränderungen der Rahmenbedingungen sowie den wesentlichen Folgen und Herausforderungen für die Kreuzfahrtindustrie, die aus diesen Veränderungen folgten. Kernthemen sind die Finanzen, das Marketing sowie die Nachhaltigkeit, wobei ein Schwerpunkt auf den deutschen Kreuzfahrtmarkt gelegt wird. International Cruise Markets are demolished by COVID 19 even stronger than tourism in general. The unclear and fast changing situation and development of COVID 19 and the corresponding governmental measures forced the cruise industry to massive changes in operations during 2020 and 2021. This led to a high decrease of cruise activities and therefore earnings and a high increase of financial needs during 2020 and 2021 and therefore to severe challenges for cruise industry finances. This and its nature as a highly competitive growth market strongly changed the situation and market of cruise industry worldwide. The paper presents the changes in 2020 and 2021 and the main results and challenges for the cruise industry, which followed from those developments. Main fields of interest are finances, marketing and sustainability of cruising with a focus on german cruise market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To counteract the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, sustainable transformations of societal systems and processes, as well as spatial planning, are required. Ecosystem services are considered as a concept that could transform the management of natural resources towards more sustainability. On the basis of six application-oriented research projects, this paper analyses the extent to which transformation has played a role in planning-related research on ecosystem services so far and what potential experts see for contributing to transformative change in the context of spatial planning by means of ecosystem services. The current research projects on ecosystem services predominantly do not directly refer to transformative processes and strive for changes within the existing planning framework. However, if research would be designed accordingly, it would be possible to contribute to transformative processes. Among other things, the concept of ecosystemservices can be used to promote systemthinking, cross sectorial boundaries, or involve civic stakeholders to a greater extent. Experiments in research could be the basis for transforming the planning system starting at the niche level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examines the role and potential of libraries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Both positive examples and wishful thinking in public and academic libraries are highlighted, as well as the impact of the lobbying activities of the library associations are highlighted. The final "outlook" is intended to encourage awareness of the potential of the agenda for libraries, their communities, and society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The NiB-Scout project aims to anchor sustainability aspects in the bakery trade in a training-orientated manner. In this paper, the domain-specific understanding of sustainability, the associated competence approach, and the methodological-didactical approach are presented using a best practice example. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Can we still save the world? Probably everybody has asked themselves this question at some point. But when we concentrate so much on the negative side of things that we lose sight of positive developments, it becomes a problem. My diploma thesis and project originated from the experience that to try and save the world can be a frustrating matter. It is a search for serenity in social and ecological commitment. I recorded the outcome of this search in an experimentally designed book. This learning paper gives an insight into the project and describes how design, social and ecologial commitment and serenity can benefit from one another. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a discoverability crisis in research. A significant share of research outputs are not reused, even though publications are more easily accessible thanks to the open access movement. One of the main reasons for the crisis are the tools that we use for discovery. Classic list-based approaches are not suitable any more for the three million papers that are published each year. Open Knowledge Maps is dedicated to improving the visibility of scientific knowledge. To this end, the charitable nonprofit organisation operates the largest visual search engine in the world. Our approach is to use knowledge maps for discovery. Knowledge maps provide an instant overview of a scientific field and thus enable users to get acquainted with the literature much more quickly. Open Knowledge Maps is based on the principles of open science: content, data, and software are shared under an open license. This creates an open infrastructure, avoiding the lock-in effects of proprietary systems. Since the beginning, Open Knowledge Maps has worked together closely with libraries and librarians as the experts for knowledge organisation and management. As part of a consortial funding model, we now invite libraries to co-create the system with us - this includes important upcoming topics, such as the discoverability of research data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Since 2012, Life Cycle Engineering Experts (LCEE) have carried out a series of comprehensive studies into the sustainability of market‐relevant (also potentially) construction methods in German housing ([1] to [4]). The methodical basis was a systematic application of the sustainability assessment approach of the Deutsches Gütesiegel Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) applied to representative model buildings from the detached house and apartment building sectors (see Figs. 1 and 2). The key findings have been compressed into themed fact sheets intended to ensure appropriate knowledge and information transfer to various recipients. As a contribution to less marketing and more reality, the following paper outlines the lessons learnt from selected example fact sheets concerning sustainable housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Modern railway bridges as thick‐plate trough bridges – Optimization of fatigue design and life‐cycle analyses. Innovative improved design solutions of bridge constructions increasingly aim at maintenance reduced structures where the utilization and surrounding traffic routes are affected only in minor extent by rehabilitation and maintenance works. As part of the FOSTA‐AiF‐research project „Holistic Assessment of steel‐ and composite railway bridges according to criteria of sustainability” (P978) specific investigations were carried out in order to optimize different railway bridge types by improving single structural details and construction variants types. To assess the benefits of these optimized constructions within the life‐cycle of the bridge, the conventional and improved constructions were compared with each other by applying sustainability analyses. This paper deals with the evaluation of the trough bridges with thick track plates which was especially developed for rail traffic constructions and which is also known as thick‐plate trough bridges. It focusses on questions related to the fatigue design, uses large scale tests for verifications and provides recommendations for the construction and design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]