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Climate action

Floods, droughts, rising CO2 emissions: climate action is the biggest challenge of our time. On KfW Stories you can learn about which measures slow down global warming and how people around the world can adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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Agentur photothek.net, Deutsche Messe Hannover, Andreas Arnold, Jörg Böthling, Dominik Butzmann, Carsten Costard, Susanne Esche, Charlie Fawell, Rendel Freude, Torsten George, Gaby Gerster, David Greedy, Peter Himsel, Barbara Högner, Frank Homann, Fred Hoogervorst, Steffen Jagenburg (BRANSCH EUROPE), Thomas Klewar, Studio Kohlmeier , Florian Kopp, Georg Lopata, Jürgen Lösel, Kirsten Milhahn, Rüdiger Nehmzow, Rolf Obertreis, Rubén Arnaldo Farina Ortiz, Holger Peters, Joachim Röttgers, Mika Schmidt, Bernhard Schurian, Jens Steingässer, Pietro Sutera, Uwe Tölle, Jan Zappner.

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To the Earth Hour
KfW logo on the main house after dark

Earth Hour

On 23 March 2024, it was once again "Lights out for a peaceful and living planet!" in all of KfW's larger building units in Frankfurt, Berlin, Bonn and Cologne.

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Christiane Laibach Member of the Board of Managing Directors of KfW in the Palm House of the Palmengarten

“The coming years are crucial”

Interview with Christiane Laibach, KfW Executive Board member, on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28) on climate change and biodiversity, and their importance for KfW Development Bank.

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Interview with Sylvie Goulard about the risks of of biodiversity loss for economies
Portrait of Sylvie Goulard

„We need personalities and a narrative“

The loss of biodiversity is one of the most serious challenges the world is facing right now. Sylvie Goulard, a former Minister and Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, talks about the risks of nature deterioration for economies and why green bonds are not enough to solve the crisis.

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A group of e-cyclists in a street

Solar-powered mobility

The first 100 AfricroozE e-bikes are now on the roads in Uganda. The project, financed by KfW subsidiary DEG, contributes to the expansion of green mobility in Africa.

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Interview with marine biologist Professor Hans-Otto Pörtner
Mr Pörtner sitting at a table, speaking into a microphone

“We keep ignoring the red light”

Despite the Ukraine war and uncertain energy supplies, global warming and species loss are still the major issues and combined, they remain one of the greatest challenges of our time. KfW Stories talks to Hans-Otto Pörtner, marine biologist and co-chairman of an IPCC working group, about why it is especially important that we do not lose sight of these issues now and what the consequences might be if we do.

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Rocket in space, flying above globe.

Reaching for the stars

Munich-based rocket building company Isar Aerospace is expected to launch satellites into Earth orbit from 2023.

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Felix Birkenmeier, the third generation of the Birkenmeier family to run the company

Flora and fauna for cities

The Baden-based company, Birkenmeier, wants to use a simple trick to provide more nature in cities: The natural landscape is not being created horizontally on the ground or on roof-tops; it is being created vertically – on the walls of buildings.

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Actor Bjarne Mädel sits on the African E-Bike in front of the Alster

Powered by the sun

Jürgen Perschon from Hamburg and actor Bjarne Mädel are helping the transition to sustainable and environmentally friendly mobility in Africa. They talk to KfW Stories about their motivation, the assistance they are receiving from KfW subsidiary DEG and about the AfricroozE, the bicycle that can save lives.

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mayor Weber in front of wind turbine

The village of the future

Free e-buses? Wind turbines and solar power? District heating and organic vegetables from permaculture soils? In the Lower Saxon municipality of Flecken Steyerberg, this is already part of everyday life.

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Woman plug in a charging cable in an electronic car

The e-republic

E-mobility is gaining ground in Germany. The renewed promotional programmes for charging stations will play a key role in further expansion.

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Thomas Koch, DEG

Leading by example

Global warming requires immediate action. Thomas Koch, who works for German development finance institution DEG, has assumed responsibility and reduced his carbon footprint to a minimum. How did he get to that point? It all started with a visitor to his home.

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To the interview about KfW’s climate action campaign
Two young men examine the products in a production hall

“SMEs play a decisive role”

KfW aims to provide SMEs with targeted support to help them achieve the climate targets. Which is new, is promotion not only for the use, but also the manufacturing of climate-friendly technologies. An interview about the climate action campaign.

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To the article on KfW’s green bonds
forest in Honduras

Together for green investments

Green bonds have never been in such great demand before. KfW is one of the market leader in the eco-bond field.

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Mohamed Ali Torki is technical manager of the Tunisian costal protection agency

More sand on the beach

Rising sea levels are threatening Tunisia’s 1,100 kilometres of Mediterranean coastline, and the effects are far-reaching: people along the coast account for 90 per cent of the country’s total economic output. Now the measures implemented since 2013 are beginning to bear fruit.

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Katja Horneffer, ZDF

Still unpredictable

Global warming is making the weather capricious. ZDF meteorologist Dr Katja Horneffer explains the effects this has on our lives.

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Ways to save our climate

A public transport company in Germany is expanding electric rail in Germany, wind power is booming in Argentina, and Bulgaria is promoting energy efficiency in homes. This shows the progress being achieved in the global transition to clean energy.

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Jan Ritter regularly documents growth in real conditions

SeedForward makes plants more adaptable

To ensure a good harvest even under extreme weather conditions, plants have to be especially adaptable. SeedForward relies on a sophisticated, chemical-free seed coating. The company won the KfW Entrepreneurs’ Award 2019 for the state of Lower Saxony.

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Monitoring station on a glacier

Glaciers under surveillance

There are more than 7,000 glaciers in Pakistan. Many of them are retreating as a result of climate change – which has far-reaching consequences. Now a monitoring system is to warn people at an early stage of flooding caused by meltwater and heavy rainfall.

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onshore wind farm and solar park

Climate protection with green bonds

The battle against climate change will be impossible to win without private funds. How green bonds work and why KfW Group is investing huge sums in them.

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A little boy is crossing flooded grounds in Bangladesh

Protected by schools and roads

In Bangladesh, it is possible to see how development cooperation and flood control can be perfectly combined. KfW financed the construction of protective structures along the coast and a bridge, amongst other things.

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Water supply in Uganda

Fast aid during droughts

ARC drought insurance quickly provides African states with funds in the event of an insurance claim. With the new Replica model, international organisations can extend the insurance coverage of the countries and thus help more people faster when a disaster occurs.

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