1. Introduction

“Global warming” represents an ecological (also socio-ecological) issue of importance and concern. Currently it can be stated that concentrations of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere are reaching historical all-time highs, which is causing severe ecological and environmental problems, for example, global warming (World Meteorological Organization, 2017). Due to the escalation of global warming, it is time for humanity to think and act responsibly and determine sustainable solutions. Global warming, in addition to climate change, has caused the world to undertake new responsibilities (see IPCC, 2007a, 2007b), which not only include further climate change but in the long term also hold humanity accountable in the prevention of new political and/or social conflicts, war on resources, new environmental catastrophes, as well as serious crises in the market economies (see UNDP, 2007; UNEP, 2008). The special challenge of global warming can be tackled by “sustainable development.” Sustainable development concerns us all and takes place on the local as well as global level. Hence, sustainable development has to be understood in the context of “gloCal knowledge economy and society” (see Carayannis & Campbell, 2011; Carayannis & Alexander, 2006; Carayannis & Von Zedtwitz, 2005). Therefore, we must perceive global warming not as a challenge but rather as an opportunity to live innovatively and effectively in union with nature for a better tomorrow.