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The forgotten problem - the rain forest in danger

KAS Brasil national report

While headlines about debates about the Coronavirus crisis dominate both in Brazil and Europe, environmental problems and especially deforestation of the rain forest remain almost forgotten. Deforestation figures for the first quarter of 2020 were recently determined to have increased by 50% compared to the same period last year. The German government is in contact with both the Brazilian government and other relevant actors in that country, in a close exchange to preserve the rain forest and to ensure the sustainable use of its natural resources. Against this backdrop, it is worthwhile, especially in times of the Coronavirus crisis, to re-examine current events in the Amazon region to clarify the state of affairs. (Available in spanish, german and portuguese)

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Climate Politics after the Coronavirus: What Can We Learn from the Pandemic?

Serie de artículos EKLA #CambioClimáticoentiemposdeCoronavirus

written by Danilo Freire y Umberto Mignozzetti, from Getúlio Vargas Fundation (FGV)

Climate Shots

Visions of Latin America

We invite experts and politicians to share with us the ideas and vision of their work on climate change in Pecha Kucha and Video Testimonial formats.

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What role does public transport play in preventing the spread of COVID-19?

EKLA Series: Climate Change in Coronavirus Times

Sixth delivery by Heloisa Schneider, international consultant and researcher (only spanish).

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Green Growth against the Pandemic

EKLA Series: Climate Change in Times of Coronavirus

Fifth delivery by Alejandro González, member of the Regional Center for Green Growth and Climate Change in Latin America.

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Five links between COVID-19 and climate change to move towards sustainability

EKLA Series: Climate Change in times of Coronavirus

Fourth delivery by Maria Eugenia Rinaudo, sustainability coordinator at EAN University.

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Ciudades Sostenibles

Shots Climáticos

En esta primera entrega, el alcalde Claudio Castro de la Municipalidad de Renca (Chile), nos cuenta cómo su municipio emplea diferentes estrategias frente al cambio climático en su localidad.

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Could COVID-19 reduce the carbon footprint in Latin America?

EKLA Series: Climate Change in times of Coronavirus

Third delivery by Pablo Necoechea, Senior Sustainability Manager of Grupo Televisa and former KAS fellow.

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Coronavirus, Circular Economy 4.0 and New Green Deal

EKLA Series: Climate Change in times of Coronavirus

Second delivery by Petar Ostojic, founder of the Center for Innovation and Circular Economy - CIEC and director of Neptuno Pumps.

Environmental Management in Times of Pandemic

EKLA Series: Climate Change in times of Coronavirus

🏥 More than 20% of deaths in the world are related to the environment 💨 (12.6 million a year approximately)🌎. In an unprecedented context such as the current one and within the framework of the recently celebrated World Health Day, we inaugurated the Series EKLA # CambioClimáticoenTiemposdeCoronavirus with the theme "Environmental Management in times of pandemic" by Cristian Gutiérrez, executive director of Adapt Chile.

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"In der Wesermarsch, aus aller Welt"

Workshop Moderationstraining

Zum Auftakt des dreijährigen Projektes "In der Wesermarsch, aus aller Welt!' fand am Freitag und Samstag, 18. und 19. August, in Brake ein Workshop über Kommunikationsstrategien statt. Das Herrmann-Ehlers-Bildungsforum Weser-Ems fördert das Projekt und gestaltete den Auftaktworkshop mit dem Projektteam.  Als Referent führte Dr. Thomas Thielen durch das Programm, bei dem es um Interview-Schulungen, Übungen zur Moderation von Gesprächen und operativ aufmerksame Kommunikation ging. 

 

In dem Projekt geht es um Lebensgeschichten sowohl junger als auch älterer Menschen, die filmisch aufgezeichnet, dokumentiert und öffentlich präsentiert werden. Dabei sollen Generationen in den Dialog treten - für eine vielfältige und offene Gesellschaft. Im ersten Workshop wurde das Projektteam für diese Interviewsituationen geschult. Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer kamen aus der Wesermarsch und umzu, zudem nahmen Schülerinnen und Schüler der Zinzendorfschule  aus Tossens teil. In dem zeitägigen Workshop wurde kreativ in Einzel- und Gruppenarbeit, in Simulationen die Interviewsituation geübt. Nach dem Workshop geht es im Projekt weiter mit ersten Interviews.

Country Reports

Short political reports of the KAS offices abroad

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a political foundation. Our offices abroad are in charge of over 200 projects in more than 120 countries. The country reports offer current analyses, exclusive evaluations, background information and forecasts - provided by our international staff.

Country Reports with a Difference

Research on “Education of people with disabilities” around the world

People with disabilities are also among the most marginalised groups in the education system, and not only in the so-called developing countries. In recent years, it has become clear that education is one of the key prerequisites for sustainable development. Not least, the 2030 Agenda, with its guiding principle of “Leaving no one behind”, calls on us to focus our attention on this issue - also and especially in our work abroad.

 

What is the situation regarding access to education in the various countries in which we are active? To what extent do people with disabilities have the same access opportunities as non-disabled people? What difficulties do people face, what hurdles do they have to overcome and how can we, as a foundation, contribute to giving people with disabilities equal access to (‘civic’) education and to our programmes?

 

Our publication series “Country Reports with a Difference” aims to report on the current state of access to education for people with disabilities. Our overseas offices research the situation and developments in various countries. Through our reports, we can raise awareness of the inequalities that unfortunately still too often exist and bring more attention to the issue of inclusion.

Event Reports

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, its educational institutions, centres and foreign offices, offer several thousand events on various subjects each year. We provide up to date and exclusive reports on selected conferences, events and symposia at www.kas.de. In addition to a summary of the contents, you can also find additional material such as pictures, speeches, videos or audio clips.

Vietnam Quarterly Macroeconomic Report Quarter 3 - 2018

Viet Nam's economy maintained its growth momentum, growing at 6.88% (yoy) in Q3/2018. For the first nine months of the year, economic growth was 6.98% with a solid recovery of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and services (3.65% and 6.89%, respectively) and the 8.89% impressive growth of industry and construction area. Under the current situation, economic growth in the whole year is likely to exceed 6.8%.