Press release from | No. 19/2025

Franziska Füchsl receives 2025 German Prize for Nature Writing

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The 2025 German Prize for Nature Writing is to be awarded to Franziska Füchsl. Elgin Hertel and Laura Vogt are each to receive a scholarship to attend the Art and Nature Foundation’s 2025 Nature Writing Seminar, south of Munich. The award ceremony will be held as part of the international literaturfestival berlin on Sept. 17, at 6 pm on the Small Stage of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. read more

Press release from | No. 17/2025

Unpredictable risks: solar geoengineering is no solution to the climate crisis

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Technical interventions to mitigate the climate crisis are increasingly being discussed internationally. One frequently mentioned intervention is solar radiation modification (SRM). There are several approaches to this, all of which the UBA believes are highly risky and do not represent a practicable solution to the climate crisis. The UBA has now published its findings in a brochure. read more

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