Learning about SDGs with fun yet informative!

In September 2015, world leaders adopted the Global Goals for Sustainable Development to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice and address environmental issues. To learn about SDGs, the following materials offer different ways to explore. Video Here is how these visionary goals can be integrated from a personal level....

SDGs: All you need to know

]After years of negotiation, at last on 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly officially adopted the universal, integrated and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To learn more about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), here is how to get started. What are the SDGs? The SDGs are a...

From MDGs to SDGs: Getting started

September 2015 marked another historic milestone as heads of state and government around the world adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs), en route for shared action ā€œfor people, planet and prosperityā€. As articulated, these goals, cross-cutting social, economic, and environmental dimensions, are to be achieved by 2030 and...

Forestry and Climate Change (FOR-CC)

OBJECTIVE ToĀ provide capacity building to improve the cooperation of ASEAN Member States on climate change-related key topics in agriculture and forestry PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR-CC provides capacity building to improve the cooperation of ASEAN Member States on climate change-related key topics in agriculture and forestry. On the regional level FOR-CC promotes dialogue, exchange...

Tham Khoun Xe

Shot during a two day kayaking trip, this film takes you on a journey through Tham Khoun Xe on the Xe Bang Fai River. Tham Khoun Xe is a river cave carved by the mighty Xe Bang Fai River and is located in Hin Nam No National Protected Area in...

National Forest Inventory in Mongolia

The German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned the German International Development Cooperation (GIZ) to implement the ā€œREDD+ National Forest Inventory in Mongoliaā€ Project. The project is being implemented in the Central and Northern parts of Mongolia. The project supports the Mongolian Ministry of Environment, Green...

GIZ Faces and Stories ā€“ ā€œHero of Developmentā€ Integrated Coastal Management Programme Integrated Coastal Management Programme

Viet Nam is one of the countries that is worst affected by climate change. In five provinces along the Mekong Delta, GIZ- ICMP has been assisting coastal inhabitants since 2011 to safeguard themselves against increasingly extreme weather events. Some of the coastal protection measures commissioned by the Federal German...

Scarcity amidst plenty – Water In North East India

Water ecosystems in Indiaā€™s North East are taking on a visible shift due to the impact of climate change and human interventions ā€“ seasons and rainfall patterns change, rivers running dry, springs that were thought to be sacred no longer sustain communities whose livelihood depends on the existing water...