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Pledges & Commitments / 100 billion / German climate finance

Climate finance at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Litmus test for Germany’s continued solidarity with the Global South

Merkel at Leaders Summit on Climate

3. May 2021 |

When German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes ministers from around 40 countries for the 2021 edition of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue later this week, the audience will listen carefully if she makes a commitment to significantly increase urgently needed financial assistance... more
German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance

German climate finance project used to create biomass supply chain for German energy providers

25. February 2021 |

In 2013, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) started funding a project in Namibia to help limit bush encroachment, i.e., shrubs and trees spreading across previously open savannah, and to help the country find ways to best... more
German climate finance / 100 billion / Federal budget

German climate finance 2021: Stagnating levels at best, possible decrease

German Climate Finance 2014-2021

8. February 2021 |

The prospects for German climate finance for 2021 are modest at best. Instead of a significant increase, the German government plans to merely keep past levels. Current restrictions on the budget lines for bilateral development co-operation could even cause a... more
German climate finance / Adaptation / Transparency

Adapting to climate change: portfolio analysis highlights scope for improvement in climate finance

8. February 2021 |

From 2011 to 2017, Germany supported climate change mitigation and adaptation with about a quarter of all development funds, pledging to provide four billion euros per year in climate aid from its budget by 2020. Adaptation to climate change in... more
German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance / REDD+

DEval synthesis study confirms: REDD has not been able to meet expectations

29. January 2021 |

In October 2020, the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) published the results of a synthesis study on REDD. This approach – whose acronym stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation – has dominated international forest policy for... more
100 billion / Federal budget / German climate finance

Poor outlook for USD 100 billion target – new financial commitments from Germany needed

18. November 2020 |

Current analyses highlight several urgent works-in-progress in international climate finance. The industrialized countries are likely to fall short of their USD 100 billion target for climate finance. And while Germany is on track to meet its doubling commitment, it has... more
100 billion / Federal budget / German climate finance / UNFCCC

German climate finance: state of play and 2020 challenges

19. February 2020 |

In the past, Germany has been among the more ambitious providers of financial assistance to developing countries’ efforts to adapt to a changing climate and cut or avoid greenhouse gas emissions. Germany was the first country to pledge to the... more
General / 100 billion / Federal budget / German climate finance

Germany’s 2020 federal budget: Merkel’s climate finance pledge wobbles

18. September 2019 |

Germany’s draft federal budget for the coming year currently lacks at least 500 million euros needed to fulfill the Chancellor’s pledge to double climate finance by 2020. A further shortfall is being minimized by creative accounting. Will the current budget... more

PublikationGerman climate finance

Aligning the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with the Paris Agreement and the SDGs: Challenges and Opportunities

10. July 2019 |

Three years after the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) commenced operations, this report by Germanwatch presents a civil society perspective from Bangladesh, China, India, Russia & Germany. It analyses the Bank’s guidelines and past experience in selected countries (China, India,... more
German climate finance / Federal budget

Climate finance in Germany’s 2019 federal budget: a growing gap

12. October 2018 |

Only a few months after the belated adoption of Germany’s 2018 federal budget, consultations for 2019 are on the home stretch. Draft legislation for the 2019 federal budget was published on August 10, 2018, and was first discussed in the... more
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