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SDG 14: Life below Water

Marine pollution should be significantly reduced. At least 10 per cent of marine and coastal ecosystems should be sustainably managed and protected. At the same time, overfishing, illegal fishing and destructive fishing practices should end.

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Biodiversity is a basic foundation of our lives. A high level of biodiversity makes ecosystems resilient against harmful influences such as climate change. And yet humankind is making huge interventions in nature – with dramatic consequences. There is reason for hope, however, but only if we completely revise our way of thinking and change course. Here is an overview of the facts and figures.

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Klima ist Teil unserer DNA
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Climate is part of our DNA

Global climate protection and why it’s essential for GIZ too. By Jörg Linke, Head of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Climate Change
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Frozen sunlight

Green economic recovery in action: a successful German-Indonesian project illustrates how renewable energy can boost the local economy in fishing villages across the archipelago – with solar-powered ice makers.
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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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