SDG 13: Climate Action

The temperature increase should be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the private sector should be mobilised for climate action, and the activities of international financial institutions should be made compatible with the climate targets of the Paris Agreement.

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Interview

‘Closing the digital divide between urban and rural areas’

In Indonesia, GIZ is working with the non-profit organisation Common Room to support rural communities with AI-driven pilot projects for climate adaptation. An interview with the head of the organisation, Gustaff H. Iskandar.
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Interview

‘Sustainability is part of my corporate responsibility’

Antje von Dewitz is Managing Director of the successful German outdoor brand VAUDE. In this interview with akzente, the entrepreneur talks about the corporate identity of the family business, cooperation with GIZ, and the Green Button and Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) initiatives.
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Sarah Schmidt

Hello from Bonn

I’m Sarah Schmidt and I work as an advisor for the GIZ Fund for International Agricultural Research (FIA). What’s our goal?

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Three questions

‘Making the mountain of waste disappear’

Drei Fragen an Ana Maria Villegas, Start-up-Unternehmerin in Kolumbien. Die Designerin hat ein Mehrwegkonzept für die Gastronomie entwickelt.
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Interview

‘After COP29, the world is now looking ahead to Brazil’

The COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan ended with relatively little to show in the way of progress. In an interview with akzente, Jörg Linke, Head of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Climate Change, explains why hopes are now turning to COP30 next year in Belém.
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Perspectives

Winds of change driving the energy transition in the Cape

To bring about a Just Energy Transition (JET), you have to take everyone with you and get them actively involved. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ supports a number of South African partner organisations as they embark on this journey. We interviewed a wide range of people about the changes they see happening in the Cape.

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Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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