11.04.2016 Submission Period for Sustainability Research Award Now Open Become a Green Talent, promote your research in Germany and benefit from an exclusive network of excellent green researchers. continue
01.03.2016 MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability Application Period for the Potsdam Summer School 2016 Begins From global sea-level rise to extreme events like floods or droughts, the third Potsdam Summer School from 5 – 14 September 2016 will focus on long-term climate change impacts and the challenge of dealing with them. continue
24.02.2016 Climate IPCC-Work Group II Stationed at the AWI The new offices for the IPCC Work Group II - “Technical Support Unit” - are to be located at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) in Bremen. continue
17.02.2016 MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability JPI Oceans Begins International Research into Microplastics in Europe: Focus on Four research projects investigating the impact of plastic particles on the marine environment were selected for funding from ten member countries of the Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans). Researchers meet ... continue
11.02.2016 MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability Geosciences Research Between Mangroves and Coral Reefs German and Indonesian researchers discussed results of the research programm Science for the Protection of Indonesian Coastal Marine Ecosystems in a two-day final conference on the island of Bali. The research was funded by the German Federal ... continue
25.11.2015 Water Management Adapting to climate change: using natural water sources in the driest regions on In the German-Namibian research and development project entitled CuveWaters, close collaboration between scientist/researchers, partners in the field, and the population itself has made it possible to develop and implement solutions for a sustainable ... continue
09.09.2015 Land Management Last chance for oasis in China's desert Ten percent of the world’s cotton is produced in the Xinjiang region in northwestern China. Irrigating the cotton fields, however, is causing ecological problems. After many years of research, a team of international researchers headed by Prof. Markus ... continue
01.09.2015 German-Polish Call Announcement Poland is a key partner for Germany, both as a neighbour and in the European Union. Alongside close political and economic relations, cooperation in science and research also plays an important role. This cooperation is based on the 1989 bilateral ... continue
20.07.2015 Pre-Announcement: German-Polish Call for Proposals in September 2015 In September 2015 the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, together with the National Centre for Research and Development of the Republic of Poland are planning to open a call for joint research proposals. continue
09.07.2015 Climate Second WASCAL Ministerial Conference The Ministers of the ten WASCAL member countries and Germany, as well as representatives of the ECOWAS commission met on July 9, 2015 in Berlin to discuss the future collaboration in supporting WASCAL. continue
07.07.2015 Climate Volcanic Eruptions Slow Down Climate Change Volcanic aerosols have acted as a natural umbrella to slow down global temperature increase from greenhouse gases.Lund/Hampton/De Bilt/Karlsruhe/Mainz/Leipzig. Although global concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have continuously ... continue
18.06.2015 Water Management Water screening: International hunt for unknown molecules “FOR-IDENT”: Experts establish worldwide strategy for preventative water sample analysisDay in, day out harmful substances leech into the ground and detergents are flushed down the drain: We all contribute to chemicals in the water cycle. On top of this ... continue
16.06.2015 Society Kick-off meeting of the JPI Climate 1st Joint Call - Tackling global societal The kick-off meeting of the JPI Climate 1st Joint Call - Tackling global societal challenges through innovative climate research took place on June 16th, 2015, at the premises of the JPI Climate Central Secretariat in the BELSPO building in Brussels ... continue
20.04.2015News Application period for Green Talents Competition 2015 Now Open The BMBF has held the prestigious ”Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” since 2009 to promote the international exchange of innovative green ideas. Take part in the Green Talents Competition 2015, promote ... continue
