Thomas Weber is Founder and President of Global Climate Associates LLC, working internationally on identifying effective solutions to combat climate change. Established in 2020, Global Climate Associates' core mission is to help facilitate carbon mitigation technologies and bring those to commercial success. Global Climate Associates' quest is innovation and excellence, creating valuable synergies.Global Climate Associates is supporting cutting-edge technologies, such as a super-computer based simplified design for electrical motors, saving rare material and energy (1), and a 'paradigm shift' for the building and construction industry with replacing traditional building materials - such as steel, with green carbon fiber stone composites, an IPCC* recognized 'Carbon Sink' technology (2). Integral part of long-term success for corporations are sustainability strategies and goals. Therefore, Global Climate Associates has teamed up with the Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) in Chicago to provide businesses the best tools and expertise for incorporating that success factor. Thomas is a GRI- trained Sustainability Professional, coordinating CSE's North America Consulting Services. Thomas has been working on sustainability matters his entire career, beginning in Germany with 16 years of interdisciplinary project management, including 10 years at a construction firm (3). In his executive role, Thomas balanced economic and environmental aspects of major infrastructure and urban redevelopment projects in former East Germany, in a very competitive business environment after German reunification. In the USA, Thomas worked 15 years as executive in the clean energy development industry, including international business development in China, India and Mexico (4). From 2013 until mid-2019, Thomas served on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Energy, Washington DC. Global Climate Associates is a member of the Business Council for Sustainable Energy and of the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) Midwest in Chicago. Thomas earned an engineering degree from Nuertingen Geislingen University in Germany and was awarded a Kellogg Management Institute Certificate from Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University in Chicago. * Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(1) PEER Technologies, Stuttgart, Germany(2) TechnoCarbon Technologies, Munich, Germany(3) PLANIVER, Planungsbuero fuer Ingenieurbauwerke und Verkehrsanlagen, Neubrandenburg, Germany(4) Jupiter Oxygen Corporation, Des Plaines IL, USA