Archived press releases
Press releases
Adapting to climate change using the example of Namibia: natural water sources in the driest regions on earth
Completion of the CuveWaters research and development project: Natural water sources have always been in short supply in Northern Namibia. It is becoming clear that water as a resource is going to...
Autonomous vehicles
an opportunity for public transport
The autonomous vehicle is approaching market maturity. This becomes obvious looking at the latest experiments and media reports which were issued on the occasion of the International Automobile Fair...
ISOE Policy Briefs – new series on the results of sustainability research
Three Policy Briefs on current topics of sustainability research are constituting the start of a new series of ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research publications. The policy briefs are...
Water for the dry season – Handing over the floodwater harvesting plant in Iipopo, central-northern Namibia
During the rainy season normally there is abundant rain- and surface water sufficient for irrigation purposes available in northern Namibia. During average rainy seasons, the widely branched river...
World Water Day 2015
World water decade ends – Problems of global water supply stay
The World Water Day on March 22 marks the end of the UN-Decade “Water for Life” the goal of which was to improve the water supply worldwide. But access to clean water and sufficient amounts of...
Diagnosis of an Anthropocene – consequences for science
Independently of whether the earth’s history books have to be re-written: The idea of the Anthropocene has been aired and it seems improbable that mankind will go back to a situation in which it no...