Germany ready to cooperate with Azerbaijan in water resources management

Germany is interested in cooperation with Azerbaijan in the field of water resources management, Jennifer Morgan, Secretary of State and Special Representative of Germany for International Climate Action at the German Foreign Ministry, said at a meeting with a group of journalists in Baku, Report informs.

According to her, problems with water management are common to both countries: heavy rains or drought in the summer have their consequences for both Azerbaijan and Germany.

Germany is ready to share knowledge and experience with countries such as Azerbaijan and jointly try to find solutions, for example, in the field of water management and energy, said Morgan.

"I think there is a lot of global experience on that Germany ourselves are in the process of doing an adaptation law where we are looking at every single sector. One of the outcomes of the last COP was to go in much more depth on water, food, energy, all of that, see how to be more resilient.

I think it would be in certainly in Azerbaijan's own interest to be also looking what can we be doing there? The second is about reducing fossil fuels, because I think you see, as we transition away from fossil fuels, all of the negative impacts that come from it, the pollution impacts, the health impacts, but also the air pollution impacts that occur and also to the climate impacts that occur. So as you come together and figure out how and adjust an orderly way, step by step, to shift away from that, then you also can see the benefits that will happen around the region."

In particular, Germany has experience (which it is also willing to share) on how to achieve its goals: policies to implement, increasing the workforce in new industries, and helping to transition the workforce away from fossil fuels, she noted.

Work is underway on a coal phase-out in Germany, so facilitating the transition is an area where experience could be shared, she said.

"We want to share our knowledge, our experience also with countries like Azerbaijan, and try to find common solutions on water management, for example, and on the energy side of things. Germany has a lot of experience that we are also ready to share with Azerbaijan and how to achieve such a target and whether it be on what are the policies you need to put in place, what you need to be thinking about, how you scale up your workforce and how you transition your own workforce away from one to another. We are working to phase out coal in Germany, so getting that just transition to happen as well is another area where we would be very happy to collaborate as well."