A Portal on Sustainability

Environmental aspects are the limitations of natural resources, renewable energies, endangered species and biodiversity.

Although food production seems to be adequate on a global scale, we face great problems of distribution and a high percentage of people remain undernourished. How can we produce and distribute enough food? What consequences will new technologies like biotechnology have for the agricultural sector? What other sources of energy are thinkable for utilization?

The last ice age ended as the global temperature rose for a few degrees over several thousand years. Today, we face global warming of some degrees more in just a couple of decades. What will happen to the environment when conditions change over the course of such a short time? What impact will this have on human living conditions? What do we have to do to leave to our descendants an environment fit to live in? What are the options towards a sustainable future?

Find more information in our statistics section on Energy and CO2 emissions.