International Climate Initiative (IKI) Calls for the 2018 Cycle of Support

The selection process for IKI Funding is now online! The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) selects projects for IKI funding on the basis of ideas competitions that are generally announced once a year. Overall the IKI aims to support measures that are essential...

Building sector NAMA in the Philippines

Photo Courtesy of CCC On August 4, 2017, the Climate Change Commission, National Housing Authority, and the Philippine Green Building Council signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will facilitate the development of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) for the building sector and promotion of green buildings in the country. The...

Philippines gets ready to access the Green Climate Fund

GIZ, through the SupportCCC II project, participated in the Philippinesā€™ first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Orientation and Prioritization Tool Inception Workshop to advance understanding and coordination of GCF financing activities in the country. The workshop was organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the countryā€™s National Designated...

Saving the Mekong Delta

18/03/2017Ā ā€“Ā by Severin Peters, Christian Henckes Climate change has a dramatic impact on the Mekong Delta, the ā€œrice bowl of Vietnamā€. Official studies suggest that by the year 2100, up to 39 % of the region could be inundated by the ocean, which would have serious consequences not only for its...

Cleaning up the economy

By Anchalee Kongrut Workers check on solar panels in Chuzhou in Anhui province of China. China is committing US$361 billion to renewable power generation by 2020. Photo Caption:China Daily via Reuters Increasing strains placed on resources and the environment will compel Asia to join the global drive toward cleaner and sustainable...

GIZ CLIMATE ROADMAP 2017-2021

By Evelyn AƱago Climate change poses the most pressing threat to the world today, according to the 2017 Global Risks Report of the World Economic Forum. GIZ is positioning itself strategically to be at the forefront of global action against climate change, especially because the German government and other commissioning...

World Environment Day 5 June

View of Lake Bunyonyi from a nearby hilltop (Kabale, Uganda - 2016). UN Photo/MjG Man is both creature and moulder of his environment, which gives him physical sustenance and affords him the opportunity for intellectual, moral, social and spiritual growth. In the long and tortuous evolution of the human race...