research project

Digitalisation

Serious Gaming and Sustainability

Game controller with landscape

Gaming on PCs, consoles and smartphones has gained immense importance in recent years and not just since the COVID-19 pandemic. The research project “Serious Gaming and Sustainability” of the German Environment Agency takes a look approaches to the use of games. The project has developed its own serious game “Little Impacts”. read more

The UBA

Reflections from the Sustainability Science Summit 2025

Four people sitting on chairs on a stage, talking to each other, the backs of some people in the audience.

The Sustainability Science Summit 2025 in Berlin brought together researchers, policymakers, and funders to discuss how sustainability science must evolve to drive transformative change. Representing the EPA-Interest Group on Sustainability Research and Solutions and CASRI project, Stephan Bartke (UBA) joined a panel to discuss strengthening the science-policy interface and collaborative research read more

Health

Pilot project on environmental justice in German municipalities

Having a healthy living environment should not be coupled to level of income.

The socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods of many municipalities in Germany suffer from a high number of environment-related health risks. A research project by the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) is testing key elements of a strategic approach to achieving environmental justice in three pilot municipalities. read more

The Umweltbundesamt

For our environment