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
An enormous offshore wind farm in the North Sea, a large geothermal power plant near Hanover and a 400-billion-euro project to generate solar electricity in the desert – Germany is meeting the challenges of climate change with...more
The decision on a new international climate-protection agreement will be made at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2009.more
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
Good news for climate protection: for the third year in succession, greenhouse gas emissions in the EU have decreased – most recently by 1.2% or around 60 million tonnes of CO2 from 2006 to 2007. Between 1990 and 2007, Germany...more
Sustainable building is the order of the day: new buildings should consume as little energy as possible, produce little carbon dioxide, and (ideally) be fully recyclable. They should also look good. Good examples of new...more
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
Driving a car has never been more environmentally friendly: at the 63rd International Motor Show in Frankfurt in September 2009, manufacturers from all over the world presented new eco-models with hybrid and electric drives....more
“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
Karlsruhe-based sound-artist Frank Halbig has set scientific data from the South Pole to music for an unusual project called “Antarktika”.more
Environment, climate, energy: German universities offer students numerous degree programmes with very promising futuresmore
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
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
Prof. Dr. Martin Jänicke is one of the leading experts on German and international environmental policy. He has also worked as a political advisor since 1974more
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