More than 1,000 participants from the fields of politics, business and society are expected to attend the German Council for Sustainable Development's 10th Annual Conference "Resetting the clocks: 2050“. The Conference on sustainability, which is the largest of its kind in Germany, will be held at the Berliner Congress Center (bcc) on 27th September 2010. The overriding theme of the event is a vision for the year 2050 – why Germany must continue to work towards long-term sustainability goals in spite of crises and political constraints. The Federal Chancellor will deliver an address on the government's sustainable development policy. The German Council for Sustainable Development was given a new mandate in June 2010 and will be presenting its new members at the Conference. Read more

Day after day we take a lot of actions that co-decide, if the climate is protected, if limited resources are preserved or human rights respected: it starts with the breakfast egg in the morning, continues with the choice of the means of transport for the track to work and does not end in flipping through a catalogue looking for the new fridge, which should be taken into consideration. Consumers have power and they can do that already today - without bigger efforts and without abdication of convenience. That shows the booklet «The Sustainable Shopping Basket» of the German Council for Sustainable Development which is available for download in English here.

The issue of the future development of the power generation mix in Germany and how to meet the electricity demand is currently receiving much public attention, not least of all because of the controversies surrounding the building of new hard coal- and lignite-fired power plants. An old discussion has once again been given priority on the energy policy agenda: Is there a gap in the electricity supply (“electricity gap”)? Download study (PDF, 216KB)