Transatlantic Climate Bridge News

“Green Talents 2011”: Rewards for 20 Outstanding Up-and-Coming Scientists

Dec 19, 2011 | Federal Ministry for Education and Research
Green Talents 2011 Winners

Twenty outstanding up-and-coming young scientists from all over the world, including a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois, are winners in the Green Talents competition for researchers in sustainable development.

Sister Cities Media Dialogue in Chattanooga Takes up Climate, Renewables

Dec 6, 2011 | Germany.info
Program participants

Four German-American pairs of sister cities―Los Angeles and Berlin, Chicago and Hamburg, Columbus and Dresden, and Chattanooga and Hamm―met in Chattanooga, TN, to compare local efforts for climate protection and renewable energies. 

Urban Sustainabilty: A Transatlantic Dialogue with Hamburg, Germany, Boston, Baltimore and DC

Nov 30, 2011 | German Embassy
Urban Sustainabiltiy Panel

All big cities struggle with urban sustainabilty. How does one transform a city into a place where people not only want to work in but where they want to raise their families or hang out on the weekends?

EEG Surcharge Stable Amid Rise of Renewables

Oct 24, 2011 | Federal Environment Ministry
Solar Power

"Conversion of our energy supply to renewable energies has been considerably accelerated by the transformation of our energy system," said Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen.

ICLEI Southeast Regional Workshop on Sustainability

Oct 19, 2011 | Germany.info
Sustainable initiatives of the City of Heidelberg presented by Dr. Raino Winkler

ICLEI, a leading nonprofit membership association which is devoted to local governments who are engaged in sustainability, climate protection and clean energy initiatives, hosted its Southeast Regional Workshop on Sustainability in Atlanta.