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The curtain rises for the Golden Lion
The red carpet is rolled out and ready for the film stars. At the Biennale di Venezia, the world’s oldest film...more
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Merkel to mark 20th anniversary of German reunification treaty
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday 31 August mark the moment 20 years ago when the treaty was signed bringing...more
German unemployment continues downward path amid recovery
The number of people without work in Germany fell for the 14th straight month in August, as Europe's largest economy...more
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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...more
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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...more
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German Information Centre New Delhi
News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...more
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German Information Centre Pretoria
The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...more
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German Information Center USA
The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...more
HafenCity: A model project for climate-friendly living and work
Spectacular architecture, Hanseatic stringency, a model for climate-friendly living: HafenCity in Hamburg, the largest urban development programme in Europe, is creating an urbane city structure that breathes. The “real estate...more
Urban Planning in the 21st Century
An interview with Albert Speer, the renowned German architect and urban planner, about sustainability, megacities and deserted villagesmore
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.more
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 Potsdammore
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.more
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...more
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 holidaysmore
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 sustainabilitymore
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”.more
Studying for a Cleaner Future
Environment, climate, energy: German universities offer students numerous degree programmes with very promising futuresmore
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 workmore
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 viewsmore
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...more
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 Germanymore
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 worldmore
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 changemore
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 regionmore
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...more
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 protectionmore
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 reportmore
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 Partnershipmore
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 correctmore
“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...more
“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...more
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 protectionmore
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 diversitymore
“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...more
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 Zaragozamore
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