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Top Tourism Fair in Berlin
The International Tourism Exchange (ITB) is fully booked with more exhibitors than ever before and opens on Wednesday...
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Downhill: Riesch beats Vonn at home
Maria Riesch beat Lindsey Vonn in her home town downhill on Wednesday 10 March to keep the women's skiing World Cup...
France and Germany mull European Monetary Fund
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday 10 March that the establishment of a "European Monetary...
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Proximity talks between Israelis and Palestinians could be mission impossible
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German IT-start-ups hope for better times in 2010
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Hanover teenager named Germany's hope for Eurovision
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One School, Two Qualification Options
The German International School in Cape Town (DSK) is one of four German overseas schools in South Africa. Around 730...
Goethe-Institut News
From nutmegs to bicycles: A football fan explains the lingo
The ABCs of money
Competing for Migrants
The Local
FDP says Westerwelle criticism threatens democracy
Vattenfall sells German power grid to Australian fund
Germany's Sorbs celebrate Zapust festival
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New website for international students
A new site has been launched by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). www.study-in.de is intended to help guide...
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German Information Centre New Delhi
News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...
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German Information Centre Pretoria
The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...
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German Information Center USA
The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...
A Brief Interview with Klaus Töpfer
Professor Dr. Klaus Töpfer, founding director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, on the outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
HafenCity
Hamburg’s HafenCity, the largest urban development project in Europe, is creating an urbane city structure that breathes. It’s a model project for climate-friendly living and work
Urban Planning in the 21st Century
An interview with Albert Speer, the renowned German architect and urban planner, about sustainability, megacities and deserted villages
At the Centre of Climate Research
They travel across the Arctic on ice floes and investigate complex climate change processes with the aid of computers: leading climate researchers work in three major think tanks at the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam
Global Climate Protection
The decision on a new international climate-protection agreement will be made at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2009.
Climate Secretariat
400 international experts work at the United Nations Climate Secretariat in Bonn to combat global climate change. With great commitment they analyze data, formulate treaties and organize conferences. The workload is growing all...
Green Tourism
Protecting our climate and environment is playing an increasingly important role in tourism. In Germany, too, people are showing greater readiness to take environmentally friendly holidays
Sustainable Building with Bamboo
“Germany and China: Moving Ahead Together” is the name of the largest ever German programme of events abroad, which has been travelling through China since 2007. One of its focal points is sustainability
The Sound of the South Pole
Karlsruhe-based sound-artist Frank Halbig has set scientific data from the South Pole to music for an unusual project called “Antarktika”.
Studying for a Cleaner Future
Environment, climate, energy: German universities offer students numerous degree programmes with very promising futures
Germany’s Green Think Tank
What they investigate, research and develop defines German environmental policy: 1,400 staff at the Federal Environment Agency in Dessau strongly influence environmental protection in Germany through their work
Can Our Climate still Be Saved?
Climate change is one of the greatest international challenges of our time. What must be done to better protect the environment and climate? Five globally respected climate experts express their views
Good Partner for Climate Protection
Germany is supporting moves towards a sustainable energy supply in many developing countries – for example, with projects that use renewable energies and improve energy efficiency as well as measures in the fields of transport...
Changing the World Together
They help, advise, expose issues and are involved in many fields: NGOs from Germany are important actors in society, not just in Germany
Living and Working in the Eternal Ice
Research in the eternal ice: Germany’s Neumayer III Antarctic station is open to researchers from all over the world
Climate Detectives in Siberia
An international team of researchers have completed a spectacular research drilling project in Siberia. It is hoped that the results will provide new insights into climate change
Better Protection against Crop Failure
Drought and floods: climate changes increase the threat of crop failure in West Africa. In Ghana and Burkina Faso German scientists have studied the variations. Their results are benefitting agriculture in the region
Grzimek’s Heritage in Africa
Markus Borner heads the nature conservation programmes of the Frankfurt Zoological Society Frankfurt (ZGF) in Africa. An interview about Frankfurt’s close relations with Tanzania, successes in nature conservation and the new...
Strategies for More Sustainability
What can stop climate change? Which forms of energy will we use in the future? How can everyone be assured access to enough water? These important questions are closely linked to environmental and climate protection
Help towards Self-Help
Indian suburbs often have a shortage of sanitary facilities. A German aid organization is now helping to counteract this – and is also reducing the incidence of disease. A report
Working Together to Protect the Rainforest
Germany is promoting nature conservation in the species-rich rainforests of Central Africa and currently coordinating the international Congo Basin Forest Partnership
Consumers with a Clear Conscience
The new trend has become known as LOHAS. The acronym stands for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. People who belong to this group enjoy being consumers, but are always ecologically correct
“LOHAS are Trying to Balance Economy and Ecology”
How important is the issue of sustainability in German society? I have noticed a strong upward trend over the last one or two years, although sustainability is not a new topic. It was developed back in the nineteen-eighties. Its...
“There is Potential in Raising Energy Efficiency”
Mr. Burgtorf, you run the Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN). What lies behind this title? IGEN is a joint programme launched by the German and Indian governments to improve the energy supply in India. India’s economic growth...
High-Tech for H2O
From groundwater protection to water recycling, Germany will be presenting a wealth of innovative technologies and ideas for sustainable water management at Expo 2008 in Zaragoza
Blue Gold
Water is precious because it is unequally distributed around the world. Humans do not all have access to safe drinking water. Germany engages in international cooperation for sustainable water projects
Modern Environmental Policy
Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety since November 2005, speaks about the future of our energy supply and international climate protection
Maintaining Diversity
The UN conference in Bonn will focus on species protection and biodiversity. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner appeals for a breakthrough in the sustainable management of the Earth’s biological diversity
“Temperatures Will Rise”
In Germany, she was considered one of the best young scientists; in Canada, at the University of Victoria, she is studying the Earth’s future climate: Kirsten Zickfeld talks about climate change and a job that provides food for...
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