Strategic Environmental Dialogues

The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change call for the global transformation of economies and lifestyles, providing new impetus for sustainable development. The accompanying international commitments pose complex challenges for many countries and generate demand for practicable approaches for coherent implementation. On behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the project supports dialogue and exchange formats with political decision-makers and key actors from business, science, and civil society in emerging and developing countries. Within the framework of the cooperation, innovative cross-sectoral concepts and formats are developed and initiatives on selected thematic focal points are supported to contribute to the international alignment of interests and exchange of experience as well as to development in the partner countries.

Project data

Countries: Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia
IKI funding: 13,850,000.00 €
Duration: 01/2014 till 06/2027
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Political Partner: Diverse climate change relevant institutions in the respective partner countries/Diverse klimarelevante Institutionen in den entsprechenden Partnerländern

Ministry of Ecology and Environment - China

Ministry of Economy - Argentina

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) - India

Ministry of Environment - Brazil

Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) - Indonesia

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development - Argentina*

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) - China

State Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) - Indonesia
Implementing Partner: Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH

Stockholm Environment Institute

United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy GmbH - Germany
Online: https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/37523.html

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State of implementation/results

In Feb. 2023, a delegation of Indonesian decision-makers travelled to Berlin as part of the Green Recovery and Renewable Energy training.

The UN Systems Staff College (UNSSC) organised a two-phase training programme consisting of online training and a face-to-face workshop on sustainable leadership. It aimed to equip participating officials with the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development in their areas.
Together with FiBraS, the study ‘Study on biodiversity and sustainable finance in Brazil’ was produced.
In cooperation with SDG-RI, a dissemination workshop for recommendations of the second Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR 2023) was held on 17 and 18 November at the Brazilian Academy of Public Administration ENAP in Brasília.
The first German-Brazilian Environmental Forum is to take place in May 2025.
The Brazilian G20 Presidency, in particular the ECSWG work stream, is supported by the project.

As part of the Sino-German Track II dialogue (T2D) on climate change and sustainable development, Working Group 3 on science was supported on the path to the long-term strategy scenario for low greenhouse gas emissions and carbon neutrality. The first phase was completed in July 2023. The second phase will support Working Group 4 on Biosphere and Climate.
The 7th Sino-German Environmental Forum was held in Taicang on 1 and 2 Nov. 2023 under the theme Together for green and sustainable development - synergy between tackling pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change.
A study on transition finance is being implemented together with GIZ China. A Chinese study (by CAS-ID) and a German study (by the Frankfurt School of Finance (FS)) were prepared. Both studies were synthesised by FS.
Organisation and implementation of a networking event between GIZ and a CCICED delegation on the topic of circular economy in cooperation with SGEP.

Within the framework of the Indo-German Partnership for Green and Sustainable Development (GSDP), there is a close exchange on the topic of climate adaptation. SUD supports the launch of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Climate Adaptation in Delhi.