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Current Press Releases

  • Press Nature and Biological Diversity | 26.10.26

    Private funding for global protection of our natural foundations of life

    To mark the 17th UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 17), Germany has announced further support for global nature conservation and restoration.

  • Press Nature and Biological Diversity | 19.10.26

    UN Biodiversity Conference

    The World Nature Conference will focus on the question of what progress has been made since 2022 and how the goal of protecting at least 30 percent of land and marine areas by 2030 can still be achieved.

  • Press International | 05.10.26

    UN Climate Change Conference: Pre-COP31 taking place in Fiji

    The conference in Fiji will lay the political groundwork for the UN Climate Change Conference COP31 in Antalya in November. State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth will take part on behalf of Germany.

  • Press Climate | 23.09.26

    Germany unveils roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels

    Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider presented Germany's roadmap for a gradual phase-out of fossil fuels at the United Nations in New York. This “roadmap” had previously been presented to the Federal Cabinet.

  • Press Nuclear Safety | 15.09.26

    70th IAEA General Conference

    Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter is representing Germany at the plenary session of the 70th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna and announces additional funding for IAEA missions to Ukraine.

  • Press International | 02.09.26

    Germany and India strengthen cooperation on environmental protection

    Germany and India aim to promote more climate-resilient and sustainable development in the protection of wetlands. The two countries have also agreed to engage in closer technical cooperation on climate adaptation.

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Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN)
Stresemannstraße 128-130
10117 Berlin, Germany

Phone: +49 (0)30 18 305-0
Fax: +49 (0)228 99 305-3225

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