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Climate action and environmental protection

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We work with governments, companies and citizens worldwide to promote a climate-friendly society and thriving natural environment – to preserve Earth as a liveable place for us all.

Our skills and expertise

  • Implementing climate targets

    GIZ supports governments in reducing CO₂ emissions, protecting themselves against the impacts of climate change and implementing their national climate targets.

  • Adapting to climate change

    With more investment in climate-friendly, green technologies and services, we can better adapt to the impacts of climate change worldwide.

  • Securing resources

    Protecting nature through sustainable use of the natural environment. We advise on water, soil, air, forests and oceans – this builds resilience and can defuse conflicts.

  • Sharing responsibility

    We ensure that the state, the private sector and civil society pool their strengths so that change benefits everyone.

  • Promoting green jobs

    No climate action without experts: a focus on learning how environmental protection and climate action work successfully in practice – climate action and economic development thus go hand in hand.

Climate change

The climate needs action. We support states in achieving their climate targets – through planning advice, investment and local knowledge.

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Biodiversity

How can partner countries continue to develop, meet their needs and at the same time preserve their natural habitats – in other words, secure the foundation for their long-term prosperity? We support them in protecting nature, using it sustainably and restoring degraded ecosystems.

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Sustainable forests

How can we use the forests sustainably without destroying them? We support our partners in combining sustainability and profitable business in ways that protect and preserve the forests.

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Green Economy

The green economy needs good ideas – and capital. We combine environmental protection and climate action with market logic and employment.

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Water, soil, air

Water is becoming scarce, soil is eroding, air is polluted. We are working with governments to change this.

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Seas, coasts and moors

Intact coasts secure food, incomes and the climate. We promote protected areas, fisheries and new financing arrangements.

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Insights

Interview

‘Making jurisprudence accessible to all with AI’

Together with partners, GIZ has developed an AI tool that enables broad access to legal knowledge. Emily Watson from GIZ’s team at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights explains in an interview why it can serve as a model for the European Court of Human Rights.

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Effective climate action using AI

Kenya is establishing a digital carbon market infrastructure with GIZ’s support. This also offers German and European companies more transparency for investments in climate protection projects.

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Interview

‘A Decade of Trust and Cooperation between ASEAN, Germany and Europe’

Germany and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been development partners since 2016. In our exclusive interview, H.E. Dr Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary-General of ASEAN, talks about the deepened cooperation, which is supported by long-standing partners such as GIZ.

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