International Cooperation

The BMBF funds transdisciplinary research on sustainable land management to improve livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa. Together, the measures derived from scientific findings will be implemented in an exemplary manner.

Germany and China are intensifying their cooperation in climate research. This includes research in the natural sciences, economics and social sciences as well as the study of the effects of and options for adapting to climate change and innovations for ...

It’s five minutes past midnight. The Paris Climate Agreement has made it clear that something urgently needs to change. In signing the agreement, nearly every country in the world has committed to introducing measures to protect the global climate. But ...

"SPACES II – Science Partnerships for the Adaptation to Complex Earth System Processes" focuses on scientific cooperation projects in Southern Africa. The nine SPACES II projects contribute to the formulation of science-based recommendations for the ...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an institution of the United Nations. Since its foundation in 1988, it has provided the basis for knowledge-based decisions on climate policy, without, however, proposing concrete solutions or ...

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

Climate change will hit Africa particularly hard, although it is the continent with the lowest levels of pollutant emissions. Africa therefore needs greater support in developing and implementing strategies and measures for adapting to climate change. ...

Launched in 2010, the Joint Programming Initiative “Water challenges for a changing world”, the Water JPI, tackles the ambitious challenge of achieving sustainable water systems for a sustainable economy in Europe and abroad. It supports the European ...

From November 6 to 17, 2017, the 23rd World Climate Change Conference (COP23) of the United Nations will take place in Bonn. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is represented with various contributions.

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 further.

(only available in German) Im Rahmen der wissenschaftlich-technischen Zusammenarbeit (WTZ) werden wissenschaftliche Fragestellungen des Programms "Forschung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" in Form bilateraler Projekte umgesetzt. In der Regel wird die ...

BONUS, the joint Baltic Sea research and development programme for years 2010-2017, was started by the BONUS member states together with the EU and officially launched in September 2010 by a co-decision of the European Parliament and the European Council ...

(only available in German) Vom 2. bis 15. Dezember 2018 fand die 24. Weltklimakonferenz (Conference of the Parties, COP) im polnischen Kattowitz statt. Das BMBF brachte bei der COP24 mit diversen Veranstaltungen und Beiträgen zur Ausstellung im ...

JPI Climate contributes to a highly coordinated knowledge development by improving the scientific expertise on climate change risks and adaptation options, and by connecting that knowledge with decision-making on safety and major investments in ...

The aim of the scholarship programme is the promotion of young scientists from selected countries. They have the opportunity to study or to carry out PhD projects. Additionally, German research institutes organized summer schools.