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Municipal Climate Partnerships with side event at COP26

Bonn, 7 December 2021. How can we support municipalities and countries in the Global South in achieving their climate goals? This question was addressed at a side event hosted by our Municipal Climate Partnerships on November 4, 2021, at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The panel discussion also focused on the link between climate change and biodiversity. The livestream video of the side event from the German Climate Pavilion at COP26 is now available.

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'Storytelling – An ancient tradition'

Online, 18 Mai 2021. One of the oldest traditions of human learning and collective knowledge transfer is storytelling. Our Third Conference of Partnerships with Asia from 1-3 March 2021 was all about storytelling and interactive learning. Find out below how this creative method can be used for online events, and why stories enable a particularly enriching dialogue.

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Workshop: biodiversity and climate change

Bonn, 20 April 2021. The second workshop of the Service Agency and LAG21 NRW to mark the 10th anniversary of Municipal Climate Partnerships explored the topic of biodiversity and climate change. Thanks to the participation of top-level German and international experts, this workshop succeeded in formulating new approaches to the search for intelligent solutions for preserving and regaining biodiversity within municipalities.

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Municipal Climate Partnerships

The basic aim of the project ‘Municipal Climate Partnerships’ is to strengthen the professional cooperation between German municipalities and municipalities in the Global South in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation. These issues will be systematically integrated into the existing work of municipal partnerships. The municipal partnerships will design concrete and joint programmes of action that include objectives, measures and allocated resources for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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Connective Cities

Worldwide networking between urban actors from politics, administration, industry, science and civil society and supporting a systematic and application-oriented exchange of experience and development of innovative ideas for urban projects - these are objectives and services of Connective Cities. Connective Cities is a partnership between the German Association of Cities, Engagement Global and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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