Current issues

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Pre-Anncouncement: As of September 12, 2024, the new call on "Water for Circular Economy" will be launched in the framework of the European partnership Water4All.

Research and innovation are key drivers of sustainable transformation. At European level, the Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation play an important role. With a view to the tenth framework program (FP10), the Federal Ministry of Education ...

Climate change presents new challenges for water management in Germany. In this context, 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 ...

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.

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 ...

CO2-free heating and reducing smog in the Mongolian capital. To realise this vision, the project partners adapted the technology of PV-2-Heat systems to the climatic conditions and tested pilot systems in various areas of the city.

Burning biomass for cooking causes harmful environmental and health issues. The German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household fuel. It aims to reduce climate-damaging CO2 emissions and to improve access to energy for ...

Up-and-coming researchers from around the world with innovative ideas on digitalization and sustainable development can now apply for the Digital GreenTalents Award. The competition is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research ...

In southern Africa, climate change is affecting harvests and fishing. The BMBF-funded SPACES project has published solutions on how people can better cope with drought, pollution and changing ocean currents.

With a new round of research projects, the German-Israeli water technology cooperation maintains continuity in the relations between the two countries. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Israel's Ministry of Science and ...