Jun 07, 2024
Innovative strength to solve global challenges: Federal President Hosts TU Dresden at Environment Week
Federal President Franz-Walter Steinmeiner with Dr. Anna Görner (TUD, CIPSEM)
Climate change, loss of biodiversity, and environmental pollution - these global challenges, often described as a triple crisis, were the subject of Federal President Franz-Walter Steinmeier's speech at the opening of the "Woche der Umwelt" (Environment Week), which took place on June 4 and 5 in Bellevue Palace Gardens under the organization of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU).
Employees of the TU Dresden were represented with an information stand on the exhibition grounds for the exchange of information on environmental and sustainability-related activities of the TUD in teaching, research and transfer.
Federal President Franz-Walter Steinmeier at the end of the first exhibition day.
Other members of the German government discussed pressing sustainability issues with experts, including the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Dr. Robert Habeck, on a panel entitled "Hydrogen - Hype or Hope?" and the Federal Minister of Housing, Urban Development, and Building, Klara Geywitz, in a specialist forum on "Sustainable Building."
Panel discussion on hydrogen with Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Dr. Robert Habeck.
Expert forum on sustainability in construction with Federal Minister of Construction Klara Geywitz
These examples already show overlaps with major topics that are also being worked on at TUD Dresden University of Technology, whether in hydrogen research or through climate-neutral and resource-efficient construction in the upcoming Living Art of Building - LAB research center. The TUD stand also featured the continuing education program for environmental experts from the Global South, implemented by the Centre for International Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Management - CIPSEM.
Exhibition area at the Environment Week 2024.
In addition, the sustainability strategy, environmental and sustainability degree programs, and international cooperation within the framework of the Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre - ABCD-Centre and with the Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources of the United Nations University (UNU-FLORES) were also presented and explained to the public.
At TU Dresden's information stand
The Dresden-concept network was also represented with a stand from the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), where joint projects on the visualization of floods and heavy rainfall events(FloodVis) were shown.
Federal President Franz-Walter Steinmeier with Dr. Ramona Voshage (IOER) and Prof. Wolfgang Wende (IOER, TUD Faculty of Architecture)
Prof. Karl-Heinz Feger from the Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology at TU Dresden took part in the expert forum “Soil health - soil functions - climate change: what should/do we want to protect?”. During the discussion, he showed a soil profile from Dresden's Großer Garten park. It is part of a project to adapt parks and develop a concept for future park management.
Prof. Karl-Heinz Feger (TUD, Faculty of Environmental Sciences; 2nd from left) at the specialist forum on the topic of soil - soil profile from Dresden's Großer Garen park on the left in the picture.
Further offers on the topic of sustainability:
DO it NOW: From 15 to 21 June 2024, TU Dresden will be hosting Sustainability Week with an extensive program on the topic of sustainability. This week will not only focus on the environment, but also on social and economic sustainability.
To the program: https://tu-dresden.de/nachhaltigkeitswoche
Contact:
Dr. André Lindner
Managing Director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tel.: +49 351 463-34899
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