BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 22. Germany is
implementing a number of concrete initiatives aimed at advancing
sustainable infrastructure and nature-based investments in Central
Asia, said Eva Kracht, Director General for International and
European Affairs at the German Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear
Safety, Trend
reports.
“We support the development of sustainable infrastructure,
because the decisions taken today will shape development for
decades to come,” Kracht said during the Regional Ecological Summit
in Astana.
She also highlighted efforts to expand cooperation in
nature-based investment solutions, stressing the need to mobilize
financing for environmentally positive projects.
“We aim to work with partners to develop a pipeline of
investment projects with a positive impact on nature and to promote
innovative financing mechanisms,” she noted.
Kracht emphasized that these initiatives build on existing
international frameworks rather than starting from scratch.
“The partnership does not start from zero — it builds on
successful cooperation between Germany, the OECD and the EBRD,
particularly under the Nexus programme,” she said.
She further underlined that a key priority is turning
nature-related initiatives into investment-ready projects.
“It is essential to create conditions for developing so-called
bankable projects in the environmental sector,” Kracht added.
According to her, Germany also plans to strengthen regional
cooperation and knowledge-sharing initiatives across Central Asia,
particularly in the areas of climate resilience and ecosystem
protection.
