The Paris Agreement on Climate Change poses unique challenges for science as the Parties recognized ''the need for an effective and progressive response to the urgent threat of climate change on the basis of the best available scientific ...

A sustainable urban development can not only be achieved within city boundaries. Therefore the city, peri-urban and rural areas must be considered together. The development of cities, peri-urban and rural areas is functionally closely intertwined. In growing regions demands of using the resource ...

Die Joint Programming Inititative „Water Challenges for a Changing World“ (JPI Water) unterstützt die europäische Forschungskooperation im Bereich der Wasserforschung. Die von den derzeit 20 Mitgliedstaaten getragene Initiative wird eng koordiniert mit dem Rahmenprogramm ...

Approximately 24 billion cubic meters of natural gas will be stored underground in Germany. These subterranean reserves could provide gas throughout Germany for a quarter of a year. In addition to underground storage, the uses of subsurface geostructures include the production of energy and raw ...

In Germany, about 75 % of the population live in towns. Towns and neighbourhoods therefore represent special habitats for living, economic activities, and culture. This is why they require a sustainable and energy-efficient energy system. The building sector is ...

Auch Baudenkmale, beispielsweise Burgen, Schlösser und Klöster müssen infolge der Ablösung der fossilen Primärenergieträger Erdgas und Erdöl energetisch weiterentwickelt werden. Wie sie sich zudem gleichzeitig an den Klimawandel anpassen lassen, erarbeitet das ...

Cities set the course for a sustainable development: Three of four people in Germany live in metropolitan areas, where infrastructure and economic power are concentrated. Climate change and local environmental impacts, demographic change and the integration of different cultures pose imperatives ...

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research will fund nine collaborative research projects on rebound effects under the Research for Sustainable Development (FONA) framework programme. It aims to generate knowledge about the management of rebound effects and draw conclusions regarding the ...

Population growth, climate change, and drinking water scarcity make sustainable use of water resources one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. To contribute to resolving the emerging conflicts related to the “blue gold”, the BMBF has initiated the “Global Resource ...

The joint declaration on the bilateral programme “Clean Water”, which was signed on the occasion of the first German-Chinese inter-governmental consultations in June 2011 in Berlin, is being implemented and developed ...

For many automobile manufacturers, fuel cell propulsion systems have become one of the most promising future drive concepts. At present, high material and manufacturing costs, for example for the platinum in the catalyst, prevent widespread market penetration. A ...

Mit dem BMBF-geförderten Aufbauprojekt "Integrated Carbon Observation System" (ICOS) wurde eine Forschungsinfrastruktur und damit ein Netzwerk von kontinuierlichen, qualitativ hochwertigen und standardisierten ...

Der Weltklimarat (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC) ist eine Einrichtung der Vereinten Nationen. Er stellt seit mehr als 25 Jahren die Grundlagen für wissensbasierte Entscheidungen der Klimapolitik bereit, ohne jedoch konkrete ...

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The company Evonik Creavis (Essen) was awarded the National German Sustainability Award (Research) 2016, for its contribution to the transformation of exhaust heat into energy. The award is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and was presented by State Secretary Georg ...

Die Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans) wurde 2011 als koordinierende und strategische Plattform ins Leben gerufen. JPI Oceans mit seinen momentan 21 Mitgliedsstaaten zielt auf einen gemeinsamen, integrierten ...

Wissensträger und Entwickler von innovativen Methoden für eine effiziente Flächennutzung sind oft kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU). Das BMBF unterstützt deshalb KMU als Vorreiter im Nachhaltigen ...

Facing the threat of biodiversity decision makers need from research sustainable concepts for using and retaining natural resources. The ERA-Net BiodivERsA coordinates biodiversity research funding in ...

Precondition for the exploration of the seas are modern research vessels with the appropriate scientific equipment. Therefore, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) contributes to the cost of construction and operation of research ...

Since June 22nd 2016 the satellite BIROS as part of the Mission FireBIRD is observing savanna and forest fires worldwide. Therewith it helps to facilitate the assessment of the increase in major fires as a result of climate change and how much additional input of climate gases into the atmosphere it ...