Research for Sustainability (FONA)

At COP28, the BMBF organised the side event ‘Science for Action Evening’ in the German Pavilion. This year, the event will once again focus on the exchange with scientists at COP29.

COP29: The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference

The COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11. - 22.11.2024. The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the UNFCCC. Around 40,000 participants from the fields of politics, business, science and civil society are expected to attend the conference.

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Group photo of participants of the German-Israeli Water Cooperation 2024 status seminar

Working Together to Find Solutions to Water Scarcity: 50 Years of German-Israeli Cooperation in Water Technology

Water reuse is becoming increasingly important as a means of coping with local and regional water shortages. Israel's long-standing experience in this field offers Germany valuable lessons.

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Prof. Gerrit Lohmann, head of the Dynamics of the Palaeoclimate working group at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven and professor at the University of Bremen in the Department of Physics of the Climate System.

Back for the future

BMBF research programme PalMod III simulates the climate from the last warm period through the ice age into the future in order to better predict climate change. Prof. Gerrit Lohmann explains why the simulation of the climate over the last 130,000 years is so important in order to make more reliable predictions about the development of climate change over the next centuries and millennia.

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New Africa call with BMBF funding for water-energy nexus

The Belmont Forum, an international partnership of funding organizations, science councils and regional consortia, has announced the Africa Regional Call (ARC). The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) participates by supporting German partners in selected joint research projects.

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08.12.2017 – 31.12.2025 Climate Call: Climate change and extreme events

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11.11.2024 – 22.11.2024 COP29: The BMBF at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference

04.12.2024 – 05.12.2024 2nd FEdA International Conference

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In the WRAP 2.0 research programme, scientists investigated the impacts of climate change on West Africa. For example, longer and more intense dry seasons are having an increasing impact on local agriculture.

15.10.2024 Climate

Climate research in West Africa: projects with new findings and tools

How is climate change affecting West Africa? How can we tackle the impacts? Six African-German WASCAL research projects developed innovative methods and tools. They presented the results at the final conference.

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Participants at the WASA launch conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa

01.10.2024 Water Management

International Cooperation for Greater Water Security in Southern Africa

The main phase of the "Water Security in Africa" (WASA) research programme is in full swing: more than 100 researchers, industry partners, policy-makers and stakeholders from Germany and southern Africa gathered for the official launch in Stellenbosch, ...

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Celebrations: around 40 representatives of participating research institutions and cooperation partners celebrated the 30th anniversary of the IAGOS research infrastructure in Toulouse, France.

19.09.2024 Climate

Anniversary: IAGOS research infrastructure celebrates 30th anniversary

Since the first measurement flight in 1994, the European research infrastructure IAGOS has developed a measurement technique that is used in commercial airplanes and regularly provide extensive climate data from the atmosphere – with many years of ...

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Recycling sign made of water splashes on white background

17.09.2024 Water Management

Joint Call on "Water for Circular Economy" Open

The European partnership "Water4All", supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) among others, launched its third Joint Transnational Call on September 12, 2024.

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The picture shows the Namibian and German flags against a slightly cloudy blue sky.

09.09.2024 Energy News

Youth for Green Hydrogen (Y4H2) Scholarship Programme visibility event in Berlin

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) are pleased to announce the upcoming JCoI Youth for Green Hydrogen (Y4H2) scholarship ...

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