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Mangroves and coral reefs offer important ecosystem services; Photo: Julie Steinen/ZUG

News 12.09.2019

Climate Change Adaptation – powered by Nature

Ecosystems provide services that are essential to human survival. They preserve soil fertility, provide clean water, and prevent flooding and erosion. These services can also help to reduce the impact of climate change on human communities.

Informative workshops with the participation of the 7 indigenous organisations’ representatives; Photo: MINAM

News 11.09.2019

NDC Dialogue - A participatory process for NDC implementation in Peru

Dialogue with indigenous peoples: Participatory process for the construction of the Regulation of the Framework Law on Climate Change in Peru.

The palm oil sector is critical, since related activities lead to deforestation and thus to biodiversity loss, which in turn fuels the climate crisis. Five of the banks analysed now base their palm oil sector financing on RSPO certification; Photo: Mazidi Abd Ghani/WWF Malaysia

News 05.09.2019

Southeast Asia: First banks want to avoid deforestation by setting up guidelines

Banks in Southeast Asia have great potential to prevent deforestation and better protect the climate by regulating investments towards increased sustainability.

Distribution of sheep and goats to small-scale farmers in Mali; Photo: Pacindha

IKI in practise 03.09.2019

Sheep and goats help after bad harvests

Rain becomes scarcer, and the fields carry less peanuts and millet. Farmer families in Mali are already clearly noticing the effects of global warming.

Participants of the Sino-German Mayors Summit in Essen, Germany; Photo: Yunqing Bi/GIZ

News 29.08.2019

Chinese and German mayors discuss the social design aspect of green transformation in cities

This year’s German-Sino Mayor Programme dealt with the issue of how the structural change towards more environment and climate compatibility can be designed, not only economically and administratively, but also socially.

During the field visit, NAP Forum participants learned more about a project to protect the coast from erosion in the Saly region of Senegal; Photo: GIZ/Sönke Marahrens

News 27.08.2019

Senegal – Second Francophone Forum on the NAP process

Senegal recently hosted the second francophone Forum on National Adaptation Planning (NAP). Experts from nine countries exchanged views on current topics of the NAP process.

Fuel wood collection in Ghana; Photo: SNV

News 22.08.2019

Ghana: First Summary of Information on REDD+ Safeguards submitted to UNFCCC

Ghana becomes the second African country to report officially on REDD+ safeguards to the UNFCCC.

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