Latest News

80-90% of the rice harvest in Bangladesh is cooked in small or medium-sized rice parboiling systems at the rice mills with only 15-30% fuel efficiency. Almost 50000 inefficient, polluting and...

Economy March 24, 2017 01:00 By SPECIAL TO THE NATION Green finance is widely discussed as global policy makers continue their push for more sustainable and efficient energy sources in...

Projects proposed by the CDIA project are bearing fruit. More than 200,000 urban poor in Khulna City, Bangladesh now have better health conditions and are now more resilient towards environmental...

GIZ, through the SupportCCC II project, participated in the Philippines’ first Green Climate Fund (GCF) Orientation and Prioritization Tool Inception Workshop to advance understanding and coordination of GCF financing activities...

25 August --- GIZ projects in the Transport, Environment, Energy and Water in Asia (TUEWAS) sector have just made the topic of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a tad more visible...

With a growing vehicle fleet that is already Asia’s second largest, the ASEAN region faces related pressures including climate change, air pollution, and traffic congestion. Recognising that effective policy interventions...

By Maraida Licerio MAINTAL, Germany, 26-30 June Technical advisors of BMUB-BMZGIZ Proklima projects worldwide (which promote energy-efficient and ozone- and climate-friendly cooling technologies) – including from the Philippines under the...

The internship is designed to provide the successful candidate with opportunity to work in Sector Network Natural Resources and Rural Development in ASIA (SNRD Asia) and Sector Network Transport, Environment,...

Nonthaburi, 14 June 2017 – The times where solar energy was considered expensive are long gone. “We are now using solar power to lower our production costs. I was surprised...

  GIZ, in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research is inviting urban and transport planners, decision makers from local governments, and international organizations involved in the...

By Anchalee Kongrut Increasing strains placed on resources and the environment will compel Asia to join the global drive toward cleaner and sustainable economic activity. The Asia-Pacific region might be...

By Evelyn Anago Climate change poses the most pressing threat to the world today, according to the 2017 Global Risks Report of the World Economic Forum. (Pacific island countries and...

  By Evelyn Anago The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has revised its procedure for reviewing proposals for new and follow-on bilateral and regional projects, to...

  How drones are helping Thailand’s water planning Thailand, sun and the Mekong… Like many other rivers in this country in Southeast Asia, this idyllic waterway, with its temples and...

Photo: Panellists at the dissemination workshop (Provincial Energy Offices of Nan, Rayong and Phuket, Ministry of Energy, Chiang Mai University, GIZ).   Setting renewable energy targets on a sound footing...

The ASEAN region took a step towards more fuel-efficient transport during a productive 2nd Forum of the ASEAN Fuel Economy Platform, held on 28 March in Bangkok. The event brought...

Deploying smart energy solutions is no longer only a hardware but much rather also a software and business model challenge. Prices for new energy sources have come down significantly over...

On 02 May 2017, a Kick-off Workshop on the “Energy Master Plan for Ulaanbaatar City” study was organized in Mongolia. Different stakeholders from the energy sector of Mongolia such as...

Bangkok, 19-21 June 2017   Taking stock of lesson-learned and strategically getting things moving are key takeaways of the recently concluded SNRD Asia and TUEWAS Annual Face-to-Face Steering Group Meeting....

When it comes to providing seamless support for our members working across the borders, the Sector Network Transport, Environment, Energy and Water in Asia (TUEWAS) is constantly on the look-out...