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Environment

Schutzgebiete fördern den Artenreichtum. Biodiversity
Forest protection
Protecting the green lungs of the earth.
Buying up tropical forests, renaturing forest regions and promoting environmentally aware consumerism: three nature protection projects from Germany.
Reinhard Radke bei Dreharbeiten im Serengeti Nationalpark 2007 Nature documentaries
Biodiversity
Working with leopards and warthogs
As a nature filmmaker, Reinhard Radke has seen a lot of things. But it isn’t always the animals which are responsible for the quirky moments: it’s the tourists.
Bunte Artenvielfalt: Fischertukan im Regenwald von Costa Rica Biodiversity
Protecting biodiversity
The importance of biodiversity
The loss of biodiversity poses just as much a threat as climate change. Why is biodiversity so important and what is Germany doing to preserve it?
Was für eine Nase: die Saiga-Antilope in Kasachstan Biodiversity
International projects
Species protection without borders
From saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan to migratory birds in Europe and Africa, protecting species requires international partnerships.
Bläulinge auf schwarzen Flockenblumen Biodiversity
An in-demand advisor: the IPBES
Established in 2012, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has its headquarters in Bonn, where it gathers scientific data and advises policymakers.
Petersberger Klimadialog in Berlin
Petersberg Climate Dialogue
A key stage of the climate negotiations
Important groundwork for the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 is also laid at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue. We explain what sets the dialogue apart.
Das Tempo bei der Energiewende erhöhen: Das will Philipp Pausder, Chef von Thermondo.
The Energy Transition:
A heating transition for Germany
Philipp Pausder from Thermondo wants to make heating in Germany climate neutral by installing heat pumps.
Alternative Energie in den USA North America
Transatlantic partners
“Climate action on the agenda”
Collaboration, competition and lots of opportunities: expert Sonja Thielges on the prospects for the energy transition in Germany and the USA.
Torsten und Aida Schreiber vor einem Solartainer Renewable energies
The energy transition
Africa GreenTec: the bringers of light
Solar energy for remote regions in Africa: Aida and Torsten Schreiber supply green power to villages on the sunny continent with Africa GreenTec.
Grüner Wasserstoff: Ulrike Beyer und ihre Visionen für die Energiewende. The Energy Transition
Green Hydrogen
Miss Hydrogen
Ulrike Beyer works at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in Chemnitz, where she wants to produce hydrogen systems of the future that are easy-to-use, cheap and robust.
Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock
Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue
The global energy transition is achievable
At the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, around 2,000 participants from 90 countries discussed the switch to renewable energies.
Etwa 30.000 Windräder gab es 2021 in Deutschland.
The Energy Transition:
The expansion of renewable energies in Germany
Where does Germany stand in the Energy Transition? We answer six questions ranging from the key goals to how consumers can contribute.

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