When a new method and/ or technology is invented it usually needs research and development (R&D), promotion, market introduction and market penetration. New things get used to, like e.g. trains, cars, planes or the light. Other things get obsolete. Fossil fuels and environment destruction and pollution are not sustainable. We need new ways, methods and technologies. We already have a lot of sustainable solutions, like e.g.:

Renewable Energies (Solar, Wind, ...), Energy efficient technologies (heat pumps, LEDs, heat exchangers, pumps with speed control, etc.), the concept of circular economies, nature protection and restoration, sustainable management concepts (sea, land, forests), environment laws and regulations, and much, much more. For further information and facts, see for example at the following websites:

- Working Together United Nations Agencies Can Find Solutions to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Executive Boards | UN Press

- The top-100 of universities advancing the UN SDG targets | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

- 21 Sustainability Innovations Changing the World (interestingengineering.com)

- Englische Seite – SDSN Germany

- Sustainable development in the European Union – Monitoring report on progress towards the SDGs in an EU context – 2023 edition - Products Flagship publications - Eurostat (europa.eu)

- Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) 2023 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org)

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