Before the first-ever Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) in 2024, a series of round table discussions took place. Those aimed at fostering new partnerships and pioneering international alliances between policy makers, private sector leaders and civil society representatives. Fraunhofer IGB BioCat co-organized and moderated one of these round tables. The subject was centered on seeking partnerships to implement scalable renewable ammonia synthesis.

In The Gambia, the first agrivoltaics (APV) system is currently being installed at Afri-Farms LLB Gambia as part of the CLIENT II project “Agrophotovoltaics for Mali and The Gambia” (APV-MaGa). Three APV pilot plants are currently being set up for different agricultural and local needs. The pilot project shows how solar energy production can be harmoniously integrated into agriculture to improve food, energy and water security.

The intensification of agricultural activity in South Africa over the past two decades has increased the demand for fertilizers. Due to aging fertilizer manufacturing infrastructure, the supply has lagged behind, making the country increasingly dependent on imports. The aim of the project is to pilot the synthesis of renewable ammonia and its conversion into ammonium salts. This will enable the upscaling of the technology and, ultimately, support the local fertilizer industry and agriculture.

During a SUFACHAIN webinar, project partner Sustainable AG presented a feasibility study for an agroforestry carbon sequestration project in Kyrgyzstan.

Due to the progressive scrub encroachment of grassland, the agricultural output of the Namibian savannahs has been declining for decades. The CLIENT II project ButoVal addresses this problem and recently presented a system that allows an effective utilisation of bush biomass.

The CLIENT II project EnaTex successfully concluded with a final conference in Jakarta in February 2025. Over the two-day event, over 100 representatives from politics, business and science discussed the project's results and the potential for transferring them into practice.

The final event of the Drought-ADAPT project took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in December 2024. Taking place in a hybrid format, around 30 people attended the event in person and 40 participants took part online.

CAMaRSEC (2019-2023) may have ended nearly two years ago, but project partners have just published an updated version of their Handbook for Green Housing and Healthy Living in collaboration with the Competence Centre for Sustainable Building in Vietnam (CCSB-VN) at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering (HUCE).

On 28 and 29 November 2024, more than 100 participants from Germany and the CLIENT partner countries came together in Berlin as part of the CLIENT Conference 2024. The varied programme of project contributions and panel discussions focused on the impact of 14 years of the CLIENT funding measure and ventured a look ahead to the future of international research and development cooperation for sustainable innovation.

Several teams from the EnaTex project travelled to Indonesia in autumn 2024. The 'Textile Team' met for the fourth time with project partners Politeknik STTT Bandung and Harapan Kurnia in Bandung. The aim of the meeting was to exchange the latest research results on innovative technologies for minimal application and ultrasonic applications in textile finishing.
On-site measurements to determine material and energy flows were carried out at two sites of the EnaTex project partners PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk (SriTex) and PT Harapan Kurnia. The aim of the EnaTex work was to comprehensively record all relevant input and output flows in order to determine the efficiency and thus the fuel efficiency of the combustion systems analysed at the production sites.