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
01.09.2015News 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
20.07.2015News 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 ... 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, ... continue
22.01.2015 Climate ReHCONS Workshop From 22-24 January, 2015, the WASCAL Competence Center in Ouagadougou held a workshop to discuss the set-up of a Regional Hydro-Climate Observation Network (ReHCONS) in West Africa for long-term climate data collection and analysis. Aside from ... continue
28.11.2014 Climate First Master Students Graduated in Climate Change and Human Security at the Univ On 28 November, 2014 the first batch of students on the WASCAL Master Programme: Climate Change and Human Security received their degrees at the University of Lomé. continue
13.10.2014 Climate WASCAL‘s first graduates - Ten students successfully completed their Master‘s de The first ten students on the Master Programme Climate Change and Adapted Land Use received their Master‘s degree at the Federal University of Technology, Minna (Nigeria) on 13 October, 2014. They are the first students to graduate from the WASCAL ... continue
23.09.2014 Water Management Sustainable Water Management: The DAAD is Offering Scholarships to Foreign Stude Following the third cycle of calls and selections the DAAD is, once again, offering scholarships for studies and research as part of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research’s (BMBF) funding priority “Sustainable water Management” (NaWaM). continue
10.07.2014 Climate Cloud towers above the Amazon Scientists have successfully studied the formation of clouds and precipitation above the Brazilian rainforest with the research aircraft HALO. continue
04.12.2012 Climate How cold will a winter be in two years? New study shows: climate models still struggle with medium-term climate forecasts. continue
