The deep sea is one of the last regions on earth largely untouched by humans. The exploitation of mineral resources from deep-sea deposits could become more important due to rising metal prices and greater demand. read more
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Raw Materials Conference Summary (PDF)
The Coronavirus Crisis as a Social and Scientific Challenge
The importance of sustainability and resilience - A reconstruction after the coronavirus crisis must be a transformation which strengthens the sustainability of the economy and society. The huge state interventions and investments to protect the economy which have been prompted in the short term by the coronavirus crisis must therefore be oriented towards the guiding concept of sustainability.... read more
Germany’s System for Guarantees of Regional Origin (GRO)
The new Registry of guarantees of regional origin (RNR) makes it possible to issue regional GOs for electricity that has been financially supported according to the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). RN-certificates show in which installation (e.g. a wind farm) an amount of electricity has been produced. Electricity suppliers can thus offer their customers regional electricity products. read more
Research and development projects on nanomaterials
The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is currently funding and guiding the research and development projects on nanomaterials and other advanced materials listed below. For more information on these projects please refer to the research database Umweltforschungsdatenbank UFORDAT in German and the corresponding number. read more
