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The South African-German CARE-O-SENE team recently tested a novel catalyst in the world´s largest demonstration plant with a remarkable performance, paving the way for the commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel.

Since October 2022, scientists, and consultants from the German institutions DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologiee.V. and ISOE –Institute for Social-Ecological Research are analysing howthe hydrogen economy can be successfully ...

Locusts threaten crops worldwide, such as in Sardinia, Ethiopia or Kazakhstan. The chemicals used damage ecosystems and health. Locust-Tec enables effective locust management through remote sensing.

More than one-third of farmland worldwide is at risk of desertification. Women are the primary workers on Africa's fields. But they often have too few rights to invest in sustainable agriculture. INTERFACES is developing solutions.

Gathering wild fruits and nuts from forests is widespread around the world. However, Central Asia's forests are overexploited in the process. The SUFACHAIN project, which is part of the BMBF's CLIENT II program, aims to contribute to the sustainable ...

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has published a new call for proposals to support the research and education program "Water Security in Africa (WASA)" during the first main phase in Southern Africa.

The projects are coming in the wake of a JPI Oceans call establishing a unique collaboration between Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania and Spain together with BANOS, BlueMed, NOAA and the UN Ocean Decade.

On 28 and 29 April 2022, around 60 participants addressed the current research status of the six "WRAP2.0" projects and their role for West Africa. The research programme "WRAP2.0" of the WASCAL Science Service Centre is funded by the BMBF.

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From Mindelo (Cape Verde) to Bremerhaven (Germany): On board the research vessel Maria S. Merian, theory and practice are on the curriculum of the 14 students of the WASCAL Master's programme "Climate Change and Marine Sciences", which is funded by the ...

Laying of the foundation stone on Cape Verde: The official start of construction of the new WASCAL research and administration building took place today in Mindelo. The BMBF is funding the construction of the building as a sponsor of the WASCAL master's ...

In a recent study, researchers from the MOPGA-GRI team at the Helmholtz Centre Hereon in Geesthacht have been able to prove that tropical seagrass meadows cannot absorb as much CO2 as has long been assumed.

The Changing Arctic Ocean End of Programme events will take place on 30th November and 2nd December 2021, including a presentation of major results and a briefing for policy makers, respectively. This will allow the opportunity for all projects involved ...

With the International Master’s Program in Energy and Green Hydrogen (IMP-EGH), the West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) and the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aim to provide local ...