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The foundation stone of the EU monetary union
It marked the birth of the euro, when a new era in the history of European cooperation began 20 years ago with a brief...more
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Goods transport in 2011: volume of transport increasing 6.5%
Goods transport in Germany increased markedly in 2011. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical...more
OHB System awarded contract for the construction of a further eight Galileo navigation satellites
The Vice President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, yesterday 2 February announced the signature of a...more
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Cosmopolitan Master of Art
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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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The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...more
“A chance for progress”
Interview with Norbert Röttgen, Federal Minister for the Environment, on the consequences of the energy revolution, how the nuclear phase-out is changing Germany, and what the step means for the economy and for climate change.more
Towards the Energy of the Future
The success of the energy revolution hinges on efficiency. The new German energy policy could become an export hit.more
10 Questions on the Energy Transformation
And the most important answers: how Germany plans to phase out nuclear power and promote the breakthrough of renewable energies.more
The wonderful world of the forest
It is an economic factor, a power station for the climate and a fascinating, multi-faceted natural environment – insights into the German forest.more
World Climate Tour
We pay a visit to Klimahaus Bremerhaven, a very special museum that enables visitors to feel the heat and cold of different climate zones on a virtual journey around the world.more
Sustainability Centre launched
The new Indo-German Centre for Sustainability in Chennai aims to find solutions to Asia’s pressing environmental problems.more
Clean Cooking Stoves for Africa
Many lives can be saved and the climate can be protected by replacing open fireplaces with modern cooking stoves. For years, German development cooperation has been involved in this field. It is very successful in Kenya.more
Arctic for All?
With the prospect of new raw materials and trade routes, the geopolitical significance of the North Pole is growing. International cooperation is becoming increasingly important in the region.more
Can the Oceans Be Saved?
Martin Visbeck regards interdisciplinary research as the key to a better understanding of the oceans and, ultimately, to their protection. He also believes in knowledge transfer – because the world’s oceans can only be preserved...more
Ocean of the Future
Climate change, fisheries, mineral resources: 240 scientists are researching the sea in all its profundity at a unique Cluster of Excellence based in Kiel.more
Journey through the Ice
The Polarstern is a large floating laboratory, fully equipped for research work between the North and the South Pole.more
New Rules, New Restrictions
An interview with international law expert Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum about the freedom of the seas for research and sovereign rights in the Arctic.more
Partner for Marine and Climate Protection
Marine research projects, climate protection strategies, a tsunami early warning system: Germany is supporting climate protection in marine regions around the globe.more
Hamburg – Europe’s Green Capital in 2011
Hamburg is only the second city to be awarded the title, for the year 2011, of Europe’s Green Capital. The award is spurring the port city to be even more ecological.more
Climate Research in Africa
Germany has set up new regional competence centres in Africa to support research projects that examine the causes and effects of climate change .more
A Vision for Mongolia
This year the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation invited prospective leaders to Germany for the first time as part of its International Climate Protection Fellowships programme. Saruul Agvaandorjiin from Mongolia wishes to...more
Saving the Wealth of Nature
In Germany there are around 70,000 different species of animals, plants and micro-organisms. This great diversity of living things should not be granted for granted. Numerous projects are working to save endangered species.more
Turning the Tide
The effort to preserve biological diversity involves the whole world. Numerous measures are being taken – also for economic reasons.more
Natural Heritage Forms a Link
From Iron Curtain to unifying habitat: where the inner-German border once kept people apart, today the largest German nature conservation project, the Green Band, unites them.more
Canada in Lower Saxony
The Yukon Territory in Canada is most certainly unique. But now, the Hannover Adventure Zoo has recently opened a new, unusually authentic theme world: Yukon Bay.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
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