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18.02.2025 Article

Germany and Iraq: Bilateral relations

Germany and Iraq enjoy amicable relations. Full diplomatic relations were re-established in 2004. A German Consulate General was opened in Erbil in 2009. Since 2014, Germany has supported Iraq with…

18.09.2024 Article

Germany’s Arctic policy guidelines: Germany and the Arctic in the context of climate change and the Zeitenwende

On 18 September 2024, the federal cabinet adopted the new interministerial Arctic policy guidelines. Their clear aim is to safeguard security and stability in the Arctic.

The German research vessel “Polarstern” in the Arctic

20.03.2023 Article

Protecting the world’s oceans – an important success of Germany’s climate diplomacy

Effective provisions for protecting the high seas and therefore two-thirds of the oceans have been lacking to date. However, the UN member states have reached consensus on an agreement to improve the protection of the world’s oceans.

17.02.2023 Article

Germany is taking on more responsibility for the Arctic

The Arctic plays a key role in international politics. Change in the region is accelerating and its importance to the international community is steadily growing as a result of global warming, the rapid melting of the ice sheets and the thawing of the permafrost.

A glacier at Sirmilik National Park, Canada

03.01.2023 Article

“Where the land ends and the sea begins” (Luis de Camões): Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Portugal for her first official visit

Portugal is a role model in many respects. With its pro-European attitude, its pioneering role in protecting our oceans and climate, as well as its state-of-the-art digital infrastructure, it demonstrates that it is at the extreme tip of Europe only in geographical terms.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock with her portuguese counterpart João Gomes Cravinho

21.09.2022 Article

Oil offloading facility FSO Safer: Salvage mission can finally begin

The risk of an environmental disaster caused by the rusting oil tanker FSO Safer has not yet disappeared. But thanks to efforts by the German Government and its partners on the margins of the UN General Debate, the funding needed for the complex salvage mission off the Yemeni coast is now available.

“Should the operation be successful, the FSO Safer can be a beacon of hope for Yemen.”

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Germany and Iraq: Bilateral relations

Germany’s Arctic policy guidelines: Germany and the Arctic in the context of climate change and the Zeitenwende

Protecting the world’s oceans – an important success of Germany’s climate diplomacy

Germany is taking on more responsibility for the Arctic

“Where the land ends and the sea begins” (Luis de Camões): Foreign Minister Baerbock travels to Portugal for her first official visit

Oil offloading facility FSO Safer: Salvage mission can finally begin

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COP29: German Government seeks trailblazing international projects on biodiversity and climate action

Statement by Jennifer Morgan, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, on the outcome of the Environment Council in Luxembourg

Statement by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on the FSO Safer salvage mission off the coast of Yemen

High and lows at the meeting of the G20 environment and climate ministers

Team Germany on the conclusion of COP27

Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministries of Germany, the Netherlands and the United States on the FSO Safer salvage operation

G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement on Climate, Environment, Peace and Security

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