International Cooperation

The new co-funded European Biodiversity Partnership Biodiversa+ follows the previous ERA network BiodivERsA. With its expanded funding network and budget, Biodiversa+ promotes transnational research projects to build bridges between science, policy and ...

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 ...

"Cities are at the forefront of sustainable development." This is how the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres stated in 2018. Crucial questions on the way to sustainable and resilient cities are to be clarified in the funding ...

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 ...

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.

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.

(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 ...

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 ...

How can Africa cope with the consequences of climate change? Droughts and extreme weather events are putting greater stress on soils and forests. Two climate competence centres in western and southern Africa are researching and testing solutions for ...

The European Institute for Innovation and Technology was founded to enhance the innovative power in Europe and thus the economic competitiveness. It was established in 2008 and is based in Budapest/Hungary.

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 ...

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 ...