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2021
Build Forward Better after COVID-19: Briefing #07 Reality Check – Trackers
Within less than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how countries around the world respond to national priorities and the global threats of the climate and biodiversity crises. Green Recovery has become the key term for a future-orientated and sustainable economic response to the pandemic. Until now, the...
2021
The Ocean in a Changing Climate: Rapidly Growing Risk of Loss and Damage
Building upon the existing momentum and looking ahead towards a year of exchanges strongly related to the ocean and to an entire decade dedicated to ocean science for sustainable development, GIZ invites you to a timely expert dialogue among science and research, civil society, international organisations and policy to: Foster...
2020
Providing farmers’ financial security
ASEAN public and private sectors join hands to raise awareness on disaster risk financing strategies and regional cross-sectoral collaboration in driving food security and sustainable development in agricultural sector. Over 50 participants from government representatives in agriculture and insurance sectors of the 10 ASEAN Member States (AMS) together with private...
2020
Online training on ‘nature-based solutions for global challenges’ in Asia and Pacific
©Thora Amend In recent years Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have received considerable attention both at international level as well as in development cooperation. Increasingly politicians, sector planners and infrastructure builders are aware of the value of intact ecosystems and the services they maintain for human wellbeing. Authorities have the challenging task...
2020
New MOIC decision aimed at managing and monitoring national timber input and output
GIZ/ Bart Verweij / Production flow and its critical control point at timber processing factory</em< The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) has approved a decision on the management and monitoring of timber input and output to strengthen the control of the national timber supply chain at the premises...
2020
The ReCAP Project: Growing climate and farmer friendly coconuts that happen to be oh-so-delicious!
Nuanla-or working on her coconut farm, © Nuanla-or Dherdkiattikun Author: Valentin Kossack, valentin.kossack@giz.de The new ReCAP project supports coconut farmers in the Nam Hom Provinces of Thailand in converting their farms to regenerative organic farms. What is regenerative organic farming? In a nutshell: Farming practices that boost soil health and reduce...
2020
GIZ and IPD will continue successful cooperation at the world’s leading trade fair for organic food in 2021
Joint exhibition booth of GIZ, develoPPP.de and Import Promotion Desk (IPD) at BIOFACH 2020 (Copyright: IPD) Digital BIOFACH (February 2021) – Organic Sourcing for Development GIZ and the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will extend their successful joint exhibition appearance for the sixth time at BIOFACH 2021. BIOFACH is world’s leading trade...
2020
Game Changers – Women in Agriculture: The multimedia exhibition is online!
Women in rural areas bring about great changes every day despite many obstacles. As part of the special initiative ONE WORLD – No Hunger, seven women from Africa and Asia were awarded for their commitment to agriculture. A digital exhibition shows their impressive success stories. How it all began The competition...
2020
Partnerships for Access and Benefit-Sharing in India
By: Dr Geetha Nayak, Advisor, GIZ | Neha Owaisy, Junior Communication Officer, GIZ The virtual closing event of the Indo-German ‘Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) Partnership’ project on 15 December 2020 presented the achievements of the project and experiences of the partners and beneficiaries. The four-year project was commissioned by theGerman...
2020
Supporting Sub National Level Climate Action in India: Case Study from the EU-India Strategic Partnership for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement
Climate Change severely impacts our planet’s eco-systems and biodiversity, in addition to human health and food systems and it’s impacting the most vulnerable communities in India. In 2019, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) developed guidelines for revising State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCCs) for...