SDG 13: Climate Action

The temperature increase should be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the private sector should be mobilised for climate action, and the activities of international financial institutions should be made compatible with the climate targets of the Paris Agreement.

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Panoramic shot from COP26 in Glasgow

Background

A look back at the most important climate conferences since 1992

A look back at the most important climate summits since 1992 and their resolutions: from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement.

Satellitenfoto eines Hurrikans, der sich über den Ozean einem Kontinent nähert. Der Hintergrund ist schwarz und zeigt die Erde aus der Weltraumperspektive

Background

1.5 degree target: small difference, big impact

Why half a degree more global warming would change our lives dramatically.

Ein Dorf rettet seinen Dschungel

Report

A village is saving its jungle

Lao PDR’s tropical forests are a treasure. But they are under threat from slash-and-burn practices. We meet the people protecting the trees.

Klima ist Teil unserer DNA

Explained

Climate is part of our DNA

Global climate protection and why it’s essential for GIZ too. By Jörg Linke, Head of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Climate Change

Wall covered with plants

Interview

‘A community garden is a microcosm of society’

Monika Egerer is a professor at the Technical University of Munich. Her research explores what a healthy urban climate could look like. akzente asked her about the importance of urban ecosystems in the Global North and South, and how they benefit society.

A photo of Svenja Schulze

Interview

‘Climate is at the heart of development policy’

Svenja Schulze is new to the German Development Ministry but not to Government. Her priorities are climate, poverty, gender, health and crisis prevention. In an interview, she discusses German development policy in flux.

Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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