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  • Grünes Feld mit dem Schatten einer Windkraftanlage
    Nationally Determined Contributions: who are the frontrunners on climate action?
    Combating climate change requires all countries to pool their efforts by setting individual targets. But who is achieving their goals and to what effect? We take a closer look.
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    Feminist development policy: clear goals and a clear stance
    BMZ adopted its feminist development policy strategy a few months ago. Annette Mummert explains why this is important and what it means for GIZ’s work.
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  • David Miliband in conversation with Congolese wom © Olivia Acland/IRC
    ‘Internally displaced people are less visible but also in need’
    David Miliband talks about humanitarian hotspots, the global refugee situation and why internally displaced people tend to be overlooked.
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  • Keki Adhikari mit dem Menstruation Bracelet
    Menstruation: let’s talk!
    Menstruation is still a taboo subject. GIZ is working with local influencers to change this. Girls and women around the world should be able to experience menstruation in a healthy way.
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  • Renata Giannini
    ‘Promoting gender rights across continents’
    The German Federal Foreign Office has introduced a new feminist foreign policy. Renata Giannini from the Unidas Women’s Network explains how it could influence German-Latin American relations.
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  • Artensterben
    Extinction – diversity under threat
    Our natural environment is being lost at an unprecedented pace. Biodiversity is vanishing everywhere, with both ecosystems and species affected.
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  • COP 15
    ‘The UN Biodiversity Conference was unexpectedly a great success’
    The international community adopted the new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Silke Spohn explains its strengths and weaknesses, and what it means for GIZ.
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  • COP 27 Sharm El-Sheikh
    ‘The results are mixed’ 
    Jörg Linke, Head of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Climate Change, reports on the results of COP27 in Egypt. 
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  • COP 15 - seed wall
    UN conference on biodiversity 2022: COP15 in Canada in a nutshell
    On 7 December 2022, the UN World Biodiversity Summit will start in Montreal, Canada. We answer the most frequently asked questions about COP15.
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