About us

The website www.germanclimatefinance.de is a joint project of Brot für die Welt, CARE Germany-Luxembourg, Germanwatch, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation and Oxfam Germany. The website has existed since 2011 and aims to provide an independent accompaniment of the international climate finance provided by the German government.

The site is designed to critically evaluate and increase transparency regarding the German government’s contribution to international climate finance. The website aims to provide an independent accompaniment of the international climate finance provided by the German government and is also a platform for civil society actors from the Global North and South.

In over 200 articles the website has accompanied German climate finance for over 10 years. These articles provide an overview of the financial commitments from Germany, key developments and the different instruments and channels Germany uses for providing climate finance. They also discuss relevant topics on the implementation of climate finance, such as human rights standards, the integration of gender issues as well as the participation of civil society and local communities in the funded projects. The website also has a section for publications and background information on climate finance accounting and reporting, different funding channels and transparency and impact.

The German website also includes a database that provides greater detail and assessments of how resources are used across countries and sectors. The database includes all German development cooperation projects that the government has classified as relevant to the climate and specified for the areas of emissions mitigation and adaptation to climate change. This database provides the basis of the info graphics and further analysis of German climate finance.

The website is managed by a steering group which consists of representatives of the participating organisations. The members bring in their expertise on different topics related to climate finance and use the website as a platform to publish articles and publications. The steering group is supported by a website coordinator. The website also collaborates with other civil society actors that can publish guest articles on the website.

Members of the steering group

Brot für die Welt

Sabine Minninger
Policy Advisor on Climate and Energy
“Brot für die Welt” / Bread for the World / Pan Para El Mundo / Pain Pour Le Monde
Caroline-Michaelis-Str. 1
D-10115 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30-65211 1817
sabine.minninger@brot-fuer-die-welt.de

CARE

Farida Farag
Climate Adaptation Specialist
CARE Deutschland-Luxemburg e.V.
Dreizehnmorgenweg 6
D-53175 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0)228 / 97 563-0
farag@care.de

Germanwatch

Julia Grimm
Senior Advisor – Climate Finance and Adaptation
Germanwatch e.V.
Dr. Werner-Schuster-Haus
Kaiserstr. 201
D-53113 Bonn
Phone: +49 (0)228 / 60 492-19
grimm@germanwatch.org

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Linda Schneider
Senior Programme Officer International Climate Policy
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Schumannstraße 8
D-10117 Berlin
Phone +49 (0)30 285 34 304
schneider@boell.de

Oxfam Deutschland

Jan Kowalzig
Senior Policy Advisor Climate Change
Oxfam Deutschland
Greifswalder Str. 33a
D-10405 Berlin
Phone +49-30-453069-54
jkowalzig@oxfam.de