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The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works worldwide for a future worth living. Together with our partners, we create opportunities and sustainably improve people’s lives. Through our networks, we turn international agendas into action – with a global vision and local impact.

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‘Cuts to the development budget are a mistake’

Marcel Fratzscher believes that investing in the Global South is just as important as investing in Germany. The President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) says that without open markets and international partnerships, our prosperity will decline.

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Armenia: Together for a thriving lake

Armenia is hosting this year’s UN Biodiversity Conference. Lake Sevan is a case study for how better data, nature-based solutions and strong government agencies can preserve biodiversity.

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Integrated Company Report 2025

Only through joint efforts can we meet the complex challenges of today´s world and together build a sustainable future.

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‘What we do or do not do in cities will have a decisive effect on future temperatures’

UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach explains how housing shortages and climate change are connected—and how cities can become more resilient.
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UN Biodiversity Conference 2026: COP17 in a nutshell

The next UN Biodiversity Conference will be held in Armenia in October. Here we answer the most important questions about the negotiations.

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‘International engagement serves German interests’

Wolfgang Stefinger, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development (AwZ), advocates for strategic partnerships and greater economic engagement in Africa.
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'Biodiversity protection is also crisis prevention'

Interviewed in the run-up to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 17) in Armenia, GIZ Director General Elke Siehl and Director of Division Alexander Haack explain why human existence depends on the biodiversity on Earth, how we are protecting the basis of our livelihoods around the world, and who is driving improvements.

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Luftaufnahme einer kargen Küstenlandschaft mit Bucht, türkisblauem Wasser und kleinen grünen Inselchen im Vordergrund sowie Bergen am Horizont.
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Armenia: Together for a thriving lake

Armenia is hosting this year’s UN Biodiversity Conference. Lake Sevan is a case study for how better data, nature-based solutions and strong government agencies can preserve biodiversity.

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Researching together, protecting together: Germany’s Federal President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, saw for himself the work of Ghanaian and German scientists on vaccine development during a visit to Ghana. The GIZ has connected experts from the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine with those from the Institute of Virology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
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