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Rio+20 affirmed the global need for more pluralist approaches to supporting key sustainability agenda agents: civil society, business and local authorities and their alliances. Springer Verlag has just published the edited volume emerging from the IASS Transgovernance project that ran from Summer 2010 until Fall, 2011.

IASS cooperates with Nordic Embassies to hold conference “The Energiewende – is there a Nordic Way?” on October 15th and 16th in Berlin. Participants feature Peter Altmaier (Federal Minister for the Environment), Paavo Lipponen (former Prime Minister of Finland) Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer and other experts. Live-Stream October 15th starts at 12 hours.

The IASS SIWA cluster discussed short-lived climate-forcing pollutants in a transdisciplinary workshop in Berlin.

The workshop Renewable Energy Perspectives in Latin America in the International Context will take place at the IASS on October 1st and 2nd.

At the public hearing on the Energiewende on June 28th, Klaus Töpfer (IASS), Reinhard Hüttl (Acatech), and Robert Schlögl (MPI), opened the dialogue to experts from science, economics, technology, industry and politics: "Where do we stand, and where do we go from here?"

The Institute for Sustainability Studies advocates Global Soil Week at the UN’s conference in Rio de Janeiro jointly with partners. Executive Director Dr. Klaus Töpfer participates in high-level group for sustainable forestry yesterday.

30. Mai 2012. The exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft – Future-Project Earth was launched on a tour through 36 cities in Germany and Austria on May 30th. The ship, a 2012 year of

On 18th May 2012, Prof. Carlo Rubbia participated in a special session dedicated to “Transporting electrical energy by superconductivity” organized within the 7th meeting of the “Sharing Knowledge

Potsdam, May 11, 2012. The Italian Ambassador in Berlin, Michele Valensise, hosted the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and the

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Springer Verlag publishes IASS TransGovernance project results

Federal Minister for the Environment Peter Altmaier opens Energiewende Conference

Soot, Ozone and Methane effects on climate, health and economy are underestimated

Workshop: Renewable Energy Perspectives in Latin America

IASS summons experts to chart Energiewende course: view video of public hearing here

IASS present at the “Rio+20” world summit

IASS “Resource Expedition” on the MS Wissenschaft

IASS participation in the 7th meeting on “Sharing Knowledge"

IASS signs Agreement with Italian National Research Council