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Here you will find news on CLIENT II, current project developments as well as reports on sustainable innovations from the seven subject areas and all regions. You can narrow the selection by choosing the subject or region you are interested in from the menu. If you would like to be updated regularly, you can subscribe to the CLIENT II newsletter.

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    © unsplash locust
    18.09.2023
    Kazakhstan
    Land management
    The German Aerospace Center (DLR), a project partner of the CLIENT II project Locust-Tec, has produced an elaborate video about the work of the project.
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    © EnaTex Projektkonsortium
    22.08.2023
    Indonesia
    Climate protection/ energy efficiency
    The EnaTex project aims to accompany the Indonesian textile industry on its way to a more sustainable production. The focus is on increasing energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energies, embedded in a holistic corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. In June 2023, a delegation of Indonesian researchers from the Catholic University of Atma Jaya and the Politeknik STTT Bandung visited the German project partners in Mönchengladbach, Leonberg, Heidelberg, and Saarbrücken. Together, the project partners conducted working visits, workshops and networking meetings.
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    © PROCEED
    21.08.2023
    Namibia
    Climate protection/ energy efficiency, Sustainable energy systems
    The electricity demand in Namibia’s off-grid communities is continuing to rise, leaving the capacity of existing generators struggling to keep up. The PROCEED project is investigating the potential of decentralised solar systems to complement mini-grids. A first pilot plant has now been created at Tsumkwe secondary school.
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    Eingang der ITMA-Messe © ITMA 2023
    21.08.2023
    Indonesia
    Climate protection/ energy efficiency
    In June 2023, representatives of the EnaTex teams met at the world's largest international trade fair for mechanical engineering for the textile and apparel industry in Milan.
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    heuschrecke
    21.08.2023
    Kazakhstan
    Land management
    The CLIENT II project Locust-Tec is researching innovative technologies for dealing with the rise in locust outbreaks and infestations, due to the increasing threat they pose to agriculture, global food security and the environment. The latest issue of the FONA newsletter includes a report on the project.
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    Abbildung: Darstellung der erfassten Daten auf einem Kartenserver auf der OrganoRice Homepage.
    15.08.2023
    Vietnam
    Land management
    As part of the OrganoRice project, Vietnamese students from Can Tho University are using an app developed by the project to record land and pesticide use. After a short training, the app allows for quick recording of land use, including information on irrigation and crop rotation obtained from interviews with farmers. They can also upload photos onto the app, to show the current situation.
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    Abbildung 1. Beispiele von PET-haltigen Abfällen, die in Brasilien nicht recycelt werden können  © RITTEC 8.0 Umwelttechnik GmbH
    15.08.2023
    Brazil
    Resource efficiency and circular economy
    The company RITTEC (project lead), Brazilian consultancy Circulagem and a Brazilian cosmetics manufacturer have received further funding to study the recycling of PET-packaging from the cosmetics industry. In addition, two Brazilian students will have the opportunity to travel to Germany as part of an international exchange programme to work on the revolBRAS project. Since the last update, the project has completed an extended gravimetric study with five Brazilian waste collectors’ cooperatives, with the results now available.
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    Männer präsentieren Gasanalysegerät © HFR
    15.08.2023
    Ghana
    Climate protection/ energy efficiency
    Hermann Sewerin GmbH donated a Multitec 545 gas analyser to the Level-Up project. It will support the analysis of biogas and biomass gasification product gases and thus enable safe plant commissioning and efficient regular operation of the energy park in Ghana.
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    Invitation A:RT-D Grids
    10.07.2023
    South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania
    Sustainable energy systems
    The A:RT-D Grids project invites you to the 3rd Graduate Training (GT) for Sustainable Energy Development, taking place from August 7th to 11th, 2023.
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    Discussion Hall
    15.05.2023
    Vietnam
    On 26 and 27 April 2023, the German-Vietnamese Science Day (GVSD) brought together scientists, representatives from politics, administration and business from more than 100 organisations in Da Nang, central Vietnam.