Solar system powering a groundwater pump
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Core area “Climate and energy, just transition” Using energy more efficiently and expanding renewable energies
Renewable energy and energy efficiency
One particular goal is to improve the energy supply in rural areas that are not yet connected to the national electricity grid. The BMZ is supporting, for example, domestic biogas installations, roof top solar power systems and solar-powered pumps for agricultural irrigation. Another development focus is investment in improving the electricity network and avoiding transmission losses.
Climate and sustainable urban development
The number of people in Bangladesh who will be displaced by the consequences of climate change is predicted to rise to over 20 million by 2050. Most of the people who are displaced will move to cities where they are still exposed to the risks of climate change. Especially informal urban settlements (slums) are very much at risk of flooding and there is a lack of housing and supply infrastructure.
Against this backdrop, Germany is helping the Bangladesh government to take climate risks into greater account in its development and investment planning. The Bangladesh government is also receiving help to improve its capacity to coordinate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures and to apply for funding from international assistance programmes.
Through German Financial Cooperation funding, selected towns and cities are being supported in their efforts to prepare for climate change, and offer the people who live there decent economic and social prospects. These towns and cities are receiving help with the construction of secure trunk roads, for example, so that public facilities such as hospitals and schools can still be reached during floods or storms. In addition, Germany is investing in the paving of roads in urban slum areas and in improved drinking water supply and sewage disposal systems.
As at: 14/02/2023