As part of the CRED program, the first five-day training session on macroeconomic modelling of climate risk took place in Vietnam from 12 to 18 August 2020. The training was conducted online by the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and on-site by a national modelling expert in Hanoi. The...
FORCLIME has been supporting the Provincial Government of North Kalimantan to work towards a solution for maintaining both the economic and ecological benefits of the mangrove forests in the Kayan Delta, an area in which shrimp farms can be found in officially designated forest areas. The Indonesian-German joint project...
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Finally, after several years of formal negotiation processes, a decision on how the agriculture sector can tackle climate change issues has been finally reached at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
Bonn, Germany, 6-18 November --- The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has well concluded under Fiji presidency--- first time that a small island developing state has presided over. The two-week long negotiations have led to some concrete...
Photo Credit: UNFCCC BONN, Germany, 6-18 November –Fiji assumed the presidency of the 23rd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23), the first small island developing state to have done so. It successfully brought to the attention of the 27,000 leaders of national...
Interested colleagues and partners are invited to join the upcoming webinar on the use of the QGIS software from the 3 selected countries. Discussions include: QGIS: Application of a free-license Geographic Information System in the GIZ EbA project in Viet Nam By Dr. Harald Kirsch (CIM Expert), Adviser for Spatial...
The below materials have been approved for sharing by the speakers for knowledge exchange and peer-learning purposes. Those who missed, or interested in the session, are invited to peruse and refer to them at your convenience. The session was moderated by Ms. Marie Rossetti (Advisor, GIZ Thailand) and took place...
Please join us for the first webinar on risk assessments jointly organized by the SNRD Asia Climate Change Adaptation Working Group and the EbA Community of Practice on: 24 October, 10 am CET Risk assessments in the adaptation policy context GIZ’s new Risk Supplement Country insight: Reconciling risk and vulnerability...
A four day training programme, organised by GIZ in collaboration with Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD, on ‘Capacity Building Training of Trainers (ToT) of Banks on Green Financing’ took place from 4th to 7th of October 2017 in Lucknow. A...
The SNRD Asia Climate Change Adaptation Working Group and the EbA Community of Practice are happy to announce the conduct of two consecutive webinars (1hr each) on risk assessments: Webinar 1: Risk assessments in the adaptation policy context on 24 October GIZ’s new Risk Supplement Country insight: Reconciling risk...
