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In October 2025, the Federal government published their Action Plan „Deutschland auf dem Weg zum Fusionskraftwerk" (Germany on the way to the fusion power plant).
Despite decades of efforts to reduce nutrient pollution in the North Sea, concentrations are still too high.
The mega project MountAInWater aims at understanding water in highest mountains, predicting changes of water availability and investigating social and ecological impacts of these changes.
Environmental and climate protection measures must be based on a human rights-based approach, says the recent policy brief by UN-Water.
The dose makes the poison: in this study, scientists calculated the toxicity of all pesticides per year and country.
All negotiations about a global plastics treaty ended without an agreement. Four German delegates published a call for a reform of the negotiation process.
Exceeding planetary boundaries calls for a new economic system: economic success must go hand in hand with the restoration of ecological and social systems.
In the EU project UNICO2RN researchers from seven countries aim to combine CO₂ capture from biological sources with bioconversion of this gas into proteins and plastics.
