SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

In international cooperation, we jointly work with research and development partners from the global South to develop solutions to the challenges of climate change. Water supply, sanitation, sustainable water management, water reuse and management of intense precipitations and drought-periods are key areas of our activities along food and energy security. We develop new and innovative solutions in R&D projects, advise municipalities, companies, development banks and development organizations, and train personnel in capacity development.

Through our long-term commitment as a non-profit research and transfer institute, we have an established partner network in various countries of the global south. Together, the overlapping and increasingly complex challenges, such as population growth, climate change or the decline of biodiversity, are analysed on site to foster adapted solutions hand-in-hand. Co-design, the joint implementation of projects, is one of our trademarks: it represents a valuable pillar of our deliverables and reinforces our perception that sustainable development is a joint effort to which everyone can contribute.