From September 5-8, 2022, the SAGE-centre consortium with partners from the region and from Germany and the SAGE PhD fellows met in Berlin to kick-off inter- and transdisciplinary activities. Also, the SAGE team participated in the DAAD-Conference for the Global Centres and the Humboldt Research Hubs, „International Scientific Cooperation for the World of Tomorrow: Global Centres for Health and Climate“, from September 6-7, 2022. The centres were opened by Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, MdB.