Telemedicine is a collective term for various treatment approaches that are realised remotely using information and communication technologies.

Gene drives have the potential to help solve major challenges, including the fight against invasive species or vector-borne diseases such as malaria. These hopes are offset by technical and scientific challenges as well as environmental risks.

The digitalisation and integration of technical systems increases the vulnerability of companies in the food chain to threats from cyberspace. The policy brief TAB-Fokus no. 47 on cybersecurity in the food sector summarises the most important results of the TA project, which examined the IT risk situation in the food sector, and outlines options for cybersecurity policy for the German Bundestag. TAB-Fokus no. 47 is also published as a web version - see link below at external relation. Detailed results can be found in the final report of the same name, only in German - see relation in KITopen.

Climate change poses a significant threat to the integrity of forest ecosystems in Germany. In 2023, only approx. 20 % of the trees in Germany were classified as healthy. Satellite data show a loss of trees across an area of more than 500,000 hectares ? which corresponds to approx. 5 % of the total forest area in Germany. The TAB-Fokus no. 46 on a near-natural forest conversion in times of climate change summarises the most important results of the TA project for the German Bundestag on four pages (and is also available as a web version - see link in KITopen). Detailed results can be found in the final report of the same name - see relation in KITopen).