On initiative of the RIESGOS 2.0 project, a special issue of the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) will be published on Multi-risk assessment in the Andes region. The special issue aims at making a significant contribution to single-hazard and multi-hazard risk assessment, including exposure and dynamic vulnerability, and progressing towards the analysis of cascading effects.

Within Work Package 1.2, the team of the EnerSHelF project analysis the factors that are determining the adoption of technologies in Ghana – specifically of Solar PVs. To do so, a line of quantitative interviews with health facility managers is currently conducted by ten local enumerators who were trained by the researchers beforehands.

In May and June, a GIS workshop was held with students from the University of Ghana as part of the capacity building of work package 4 in the BMBF-funded joint project RAIN. The students are currently writing their master's or doctoral thesis with reference to the RAIN joint project. The course took place on May 17 and June 29, 2021 via the Zoom platform.

In the end of April 2021, Dorien Lugt, a research associate from HKV visited the Adentan Municipality in the Sakumono basin near Accra to discuss modelling results, flood risk maps and to view the area of Sakumono, especially the most flood-prone areas.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is planning to provide training in the technology of drone-based gamma spectrometry developed at DUB-GEM later this year. A recently published article provides information on the latest progress in the project.

The BMBF Project Office "Clean Water", Shanghai participated in the panel discussion on "Future Sustainable City" on June 17, 2021 at the German Centre Shanghai. The event was organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) & German Centre Shanghai and dealt with challenges and solutions of urbanization, using the example of the rapidly changing megalopolis Shanghai. Four keynote speeches provided insights and food for thought in the areas of urban development, water supply, passive house and modern workspaces, which were subsequently discussed with the audience.

Hohenheim biogas yield test (HBT) and Continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) trials

The hot weather conditions in the Fès-Meknès region of Morocco lead to high water evaporation rates, nutrient loss from soil and the enrichment of dissolved salts on the soil surface.

Over the past weeks, a set of interviews with researchers of the project has been published on the EnerSHelF website. The interviews present different perspectives on both the project’s progress during the past months as well as on the overall working process.

Over the past weeks, a set of interviews with researchers of the project has been published on the EnerSHelF website. The interviews present different perspectives on both the project’s progress during the past months as well as on the overall working process.