03.09.2021 Climate New web seminar series: Facing climate change Researchers from the German-French MOPGA programme (Make Our Planet Great Again) offer insights into their work. A weekly web seminar series is now starting for this purpose, which is open to all interested parties. continue
11.08.2021 Biodiversity A successful step in the fight to save the northern white rhinoceros The BioRescue project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) successfully created another three embryos of the northern white rhinoceros, one of the rarest large mammals on earth and on the brink of extinction. In early July 2021 ... continue
12.07.2021 Water Management German-Israeli Water Technology Cooperation Announces New Call for Proposals The German-Israeli water technology cooperation enters a new round. With a deadline of October 7th, 2021, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) are again inviting ... continue
01.07.2021 Water Management Working Together to Reduce Water Shortages in the Middle East New MEWAC funding measure supports transboundary water projects continue
29.04.2021 Energy Climate MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability MOPGA session to tackle climate change - vEGU21 This year’s General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (vEGU21) will host a large interdisciplinary MOPGA session, taking place on April 30th 2021. The session is dedicated to all three fields of research set out by the MOPGA programme: Climate ... continue
08.02.2021 Energy MARE:N: Coastal, Marine and Polar Research for Sustainability Climate Annual Meeting 2020 of the MOPGA-GRI Program Wettlauf gegen die Zeit: Forschungsarbeit zu den Herausforderungen des Klimawandels aktueller denn je continue
15.01.2021 Water Management New Research Program “Water Security in Africa WASA” Call for proposals published to support research teams in the initial phase of the WASA program in southern Africa continue
24.11.2020 Energy Automatic Weather Stations installed at the pilot sites in Ghana A team of German and Ghanaian researchers and technicians installed the equipment to collect meteorological data at the health facilties in Kumasi, Akwatia, and Kologo for the EnerSHelF project sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. continue
18.08.2020 Energy Inception Meeting for Atlas of Green Hydrogen Generation Potentials in Africa The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) is hosting a virtual H2Atlas-Africa project inception meeting. The meeting, to be held on 18 August 2020, will be attended by the Head of Energy and ... continue
14.08.2020 Climate ATTO’s tall tower in the Amazon rainforest turns five The 325-metre-high tower was inaugurated on 15 August 2015 and is at the core of the BMBF-funded Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) research infrastructure. Here, research is conducted into the effect of the Amazon rainforest on the global climate. continue
07.04.2020News Submission period for sustainability research award 2020 open now Join a prestigious network of renowned scientists, gain unique access to Germany’s sustainability research elite and promote your innovative ideas. continue
31.01.2020 Energy Foundation Laid for Green Energy and less Waste in Ghana More than 12,000 tonnes of municipal waste are produced in Ghana everyday. This waste is almost never put to use and is left to rot unchecked. The results are health hazards, greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental pollution. A unique hybrid ... continue
04.12.2019 Energy Workshop to Map Potential of Green Hydrogen in Africa Africa has the capability to produce green hydrogen. A new project to map the potential of this environmentally friendly technology aims to determine locations in Africa where green hydrogen could play a key role both in energy supply for local areas and ... continue
25.10.2019 Energy Protecting the Climate with Biomethane in Togo and Ghana What sort of potential does biogas have in the African countries of Togo and Ghana? Researchers for the German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) have been trying to answer that question. They have now presented their results in a feasibility study. continue
17.10.2019 Energy Workshop for Renewable Energy Sources in Gambia A workshop on climate change and renewable energy was held in early August by the Gambian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology in collaboration with the University of the Gambia. continue
