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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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Cooperation strengthens India’s energy transition

More investments in efficiency and power grids – less greenhouse gas emissions: India is pushing the energy transition. GIZ is supporting successfully.

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Rice cultivation in Thailand: two million euros generate 120 million

How public funding and international cooperation attract investment in climate action.

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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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Our work is making a difference. Together with our partners, we have implemented more than 1,600 projects in 2025. 

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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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Step-by-step: Protecting ecosystems, securing water for millions

In Lesotho, we work with the local community to ensure that they farm the land along the Orange River sustainably, and preserve ecosystems. This protects their livelihoods while safeguarding water supply for millions of people further downstream.
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With electric buses and new trains: we are moving towns and cities in a new direction

Low-emission, inclusive mobility also works well in the rapidly growing metropolises in the Global South. This is demonstrated by the Transport and Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI): To mark its tenth anniversary, among other things, the initiative is looking back at success in 120 cities and ringing in the next chapter: more transport on the tracks.
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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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