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Seit 2021 leitet Steffi Lemke das BMUV.

UN Water Conference

Ensuring a sustainable supply of water

Manuel Philipp und Alina Baginski von Paten der Nacht im Sternenpark Winkelmoosalm

Dark-sky parks for Germany

Solaranlage im Norden Australiens

Coalitions to combat the climate crisis

Brunette little girl in yellow knitted sweater and leopard skirt standing on a backseat of a couch at home. She's looking at dim night light from above. Her face is lit.

Mitzi Jonelle Tan

Female climate activists

Newsroom

Unterstützung für Weg in die EU

Visit to North Macedonia

Support for path into the EU

Deutschland: Entschlossen gegen Wasserkrise handeln

UN Water Conference

Germany: Take decisive action to address the water crisis

Internationale Solidarität

International solidarity

Germany doubles aid for earthquake victims

Live-Ticker

Ticker: Solidarity with Ukraine

UN 2023 Water Conference

In Norddeutschland hilft Seegras gegen den Meeresspiegelanstieg.

Ideas to combat flooding and water shortages

Climate change is forcing us to rethink the way we use water. Three projects from Germany illustrate the form this could take.

Umweltministerin Steffi Lemke.

The future of water supply

In our interview, Environment Minister Steffi Lemke explains how Germany’s National Water Strategy is intended to counter climate change.

Schon 2015 halfen Wasser-Experten des THW nach dem Erdbeben in Nepal.

Water supply following natural disasters

When Germany’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief goes into action following natural disasters, supplying water often plays an important role.

Wasserentnahme in Äthiopien

“Human right to clean drinking water”

Johannes Rück from the German WASH network talks about the role played by international civil society in supplying water and sanitation.

Frisches Wasser: keine Selbstverständlichkeit

Water companies profit from networks

The German Water Partnership unites more than 300 companies and is committed worldwide to ensuring a good water supply.

Quick facts

2 billion people around the world have no access to safe drinking water.

3.6 billion people live without safe sanitary facilities.

72 % of all water reserves are used for agriculture.

by 2050 global water consumption is expected to increase by 20 to 30 %.

since 1990 per-capita water consumption in Germany has fallen by roughly 20 litres.

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The Supply Chain Act

Annalena Baerbock

Feminist Foreign Policy in Germany

Germany: Living Democracy

E-Mobility in German cities

Water & Hydrogen in Germany

Can agriculture be sustainable?

Renewable energies

Melissa metzner, thomas Schmidt, sarah Sticksel (v.l.)

Renewable energies

The green transition in the city of steel

500,000 people in a confined space – Duisburg’s climate protection managers have a big job on their hands: after all, cities are crucial when it comes to the energy transformation.

Electricity from sun, wind and water

Much of Germany’s gross electricity generation comes from solar, wind and hydropower.

48.7 % : 113,9 TWh On- and Offshore wind energy
21.4 % : 50,0 TWh Photovoltaic power
21.6 % : 50,4 TWh Biomass
8.2 % : 19,1 TWh Hydropower

Faces of the energy transition: Rethinking energy at the municipal level

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Videos

UN: Ten percent of people at risk of water scarcity

Canada as a role model: Faeser and Heil on a local visit

Habeck and Özdemir campaign in South America for agreement with EU

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Germany and the world

Aminata Touré ist Ministerin in Schleswig-Holstein.

Diversity in action

Diversity in German politics

The diversity of German society is also reflected in politics. We introduce you to politicians with Afro-German roots.

Menschenrechtsaktivistin Ilwald Elman

Working for war victims in Somalia

Ilwad Elman shows young people in Somalia alternatives to a life as a soldier. For her work she is now to be awarded the Hessian Peace Prize.

Der Filmemacher Nicolaus Mesterharm.

Narrating as a way of coping with trauma in Cambodia

In the project “Virtual Memorial”, German journalist Nicolaus Mesterharm gives victims of the Khmer Rouge regime a voice.

Regional Focus

Initiatives for refugees

Deutschlands Außenministerin Baerbock bei einem Besuch in Niger

Protecting refugees

Many different forms of assistance for refugees

The German government – and above all tens of thousands of citizens – are committed to helping refugees.

Das Netzwerk bietet Schutz und Weiterbildung für Journalistinnen und Journalisten.

Hannah Arendt Initiative

Writing in exile

The Hannah Arendt Initiative supports journalists who are at risk, for example in Afghanistan.

Seit 2016 fördert die Initiative geflüchtete Wissenschaftler.

Philipp Schwartz-Initiative

Researching in freedom

They had to flee for their lives: three female scientists talk about their fresh start in Germany.

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Innovation and Technology

Weniger Arbeitslose

Germany’s Employers’ Associations

Demonstration

Unions in Germany

Upturn in chemical business

Chambers and associations

Society and Integration

Kenza Ait Si Abbou

International Women’s Day

Equality heroes

Gendern

International Women’s Day

Language practice is often gender-neutral

Der Filmemacher Nicolaus Mesterharm.

Narrating as a way of coping with trauma in Cambodia

Higher Education and Research

Quantenrechner im Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Internet security

A quantum of security

Mit Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik dem Weltall auf den Grund gehen.

Studying aerospace technology

Forschung mit Hilfe Künstlicher Intelligenz

Digital Germany

Intelligent ideas

Newsletter

deutschland.de Newsletter

The latest news in Germany, thought-provoking ideas, inspiring stories about climate change, human rights, entrepreneurship and more.

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Arbeiten in Deutschland

Working in Germany

Climate Protection

Learning German

Roboterhand, Menschenhand

Was Europa zusammenhält

The EU at a glance

Migration and integration

Entdecke DE: Deutschland bietet eine Vielzahl an Ausflugsmöglichkeiten

Travel in Germany

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