Climate change and the environment

Antje von Dewitz, Managing Director of the German outdoor brand VAUDE, talks about corporate identity, cooperation with GIZ, and the Green Button and Partnership for Sustainable Textiles initiatives.

I’m Sarah Schmidt and I work as an advisor for the GIZ Fund for International Agricultural Research (FIA).

Three questions for Ana Maria Villegas, start-up entrepreneur in Colombia. The design expert has developed a recycling concept for the food service sector.

The COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan ended with relatively little to show in the way of progress. In an interview with akzente, Jörg Linke, Head of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Climate Change, explains why hopes are now turning to COP30 next year in Belém.

To bring about a Just Energy Transition (JET), you have to take everyone with you and get them actively involved. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ supports a number of South African partner organisations as they embark on this journey.

GIZ Managing Director Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven on this autumn’s political pushes for sustainability

In Brazil, GIZ supports research and efforts to build a green hydrogen economy in a variety of ways. As a result, there has been an upsurge of interest from many stakeholders, including the private sector.

Demand for sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is growing rapidly. In this interview, Fabíola Correia de Carvalho explains how research has joined forces with GIZ in Brazil to tackle this key issue for the future.

Azerbaijan is hosting the next UN Climate Change Conference. akzente answers the key questions about COP29.

Three questions for Samira Fadul from the drinks manufacturer Bavaria in Colombia. The company is supporting a programme to protect the valuable páramo ecosystem in the High Andes.

Colombia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. GIZ is actively involved in efforts to protect ecosystems such as the particularly valuable landscapes of the High Andes. A visit to these remote mountains shows how farming families, artificial intelligence and love of nature are coming together to achieve this goal.

The next UN Biodiversity Conference will be held in the Colombian city of Cali at the end of October. Here we answer the most frequently asked questions.