Working together for a better world

Ending hunger and achieving food security is not just a matter of basic humanity. It is the key to peace and justice. Hunger is at the root of many armed conflicts. Drought and floods, resulting from climate change, are presenting new challenges for world food security. Through development cooperation, agriculture can be made more resilient to climate change. That secures livelihoods and alleviates the root causes of forced displacement.

Education is the best tool for fighting poverty. Yet many of the world’s children don’t get the chance to go to school. Countries need a well-educated population, however, as the basis for economic growth, social development and trade. That is why German development cooperation is focused on free access to education for all and supporting training for teachers.

Inequality, hunger and poverty are a breeding ground for conflict. They force many people to leave their homes and embark on the risky journey to seek refuge elsewhere. Development cooperation tackles the root causes of forced displacement and creates opportunities that will enable people to stay. The focus is on improving education and health services, promoting gender equality and strengthening democracy. In this way, development cooperation paves the way towards a more peaceful and less crisis-prone world.

Climate change can only be tackled by everyone working together. Making more use of renewable energies globally will enable us to slow global warming. That is why an energy transition, making the shift to more solar and wind power, is an important goal of development cooperation. That is the only way to mitigate climate change at the same time as creating jobs and opportunities for the people in our partner countries and also in Germany.