Economy and Environment
Economic Cooperation
Economic cooperation is a main focus of the overall bilateral relations between Germany and Hong Kong. In this section we provide an overview of the active commercial relationship between Hong Kong and Germany.
Foreign Trade Promotion
Foreign Trade Promotion is one of the core tasks of the Federal Foreign Office. Our missions around the world work closely with the Federal Ministry of Economics, the German Chambers of Commerce and the Germany Trade & Invest (GTaI) to support and advise German companies operating overseas.
Foreign trade promotion by the Federal Foreign Office
Germany as a Location for Business and Investment
Germany's location at the heart of Europe gives foreign investors and visitors to trade fairs access to the entire European Union market. Make use of this opportunity!
Smart solutions developed in Germany are providing innovative answers to global challenges of energy demand, climate change, and a global population in transformation.
The 20th anniversary of German reunification in October 2010 provided an ideal window of opportunity for Germany Trade & Invest to communicate this important marketing message to a global audience with the official launch of its “GERMANY. SMART SOLUTIONS. SMARTER BUSINESS.” international media campaign.
Germany. Smart Solutions. Smarter Business.
The latest issue of DE Magazin Deutschland (No. 1/2012) looks ahead to the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 20 to 22 June 2012 and focuses on the central themes of the international conference on sustainable development.
Sustainable Development
A visit to the German Pavilion at Expo 2012 is a bit like a present-day adventure in the style of Jules Verne’s science fiction novel “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. People who take a virtual dive with a research submarine to discover the greatest ecosystem on earth may well feel like Captain Nemo aboard the Nautilus.
Expo 2012
The secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will be located in Bonn. Representatives from almost 100 countries made the decision late on 19 April in Panama City during the second IPBES plenary session.
Bonn will become the host city for the IPBES Secretariat
Federal Minister Westerwelle welcomes outcome of UN Climate Change Conference in Durban
In Durban the 195 States Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change have agreed to extend the Kyoto Protocol, which was due to expire in 2012, and to negotiate a successor climate treaty by 2015, which is to enter into force by 2020 at the latest and will be binding for all participating countries. They further agreed to establish a Green Climate Fund.
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Environmental Policy
The Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety is responsible for environmental affairs within the Federal Government of Germany. To understand its work better, please feel free to visit its official website:
http://www.bmu.de/english
Cleaner Production Germany
The Gateway to Environmental Technology
The Internet portal "Cleaner Production Germany" is an initiative of the Federal Environmental Agency, providing you with comprehensive information about German environmental technologies and services. For further details, please visit:
http://www.cleaner-production.de/en
