Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 9/2026

How are we going to survive the climate crisis?

Tuareg on their camels in Niger.
Indigenous Peoples

Learning climate resilience from the Tuareg

For centuries, the Tuareg have managed scarce water and grazing resources through mobility, cooperation and customary law. Governments and international donors should recognise them and other Indigenous groups as partners in climate adaptation.

The village of Pratab Nagar in Satkhira Province is one of the many places in Bangladesh severely affected by climate change, including rising water levels, erosion and salinisation.
Disaster management and preparedness

More than just survival

Bangladesh has succeeded in ensuring that its people are much safer during cyclones than they used to be. The focus now is on safeguarding their livelihoods in the periods between cyclones. One key issue is the fight against salinisation.

In 2025, Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Reem Alabali Radovan, visited the municipal groundwater source in Amman together with Jihad Al-Mahamid, Secretary-General of Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation.
International cooperation

An investment in water is an investment in security

Clean water is becoming increasingly scarce worldwide, which heightens the risk of supply crises and conflicts over its distribution. How German development cooperation is helping to improve water security in countries such as Iraq and Jordan.

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