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No transparency in sight at DEG

26. July 2018 |

In addition to climate finance via federal budgets, the German government has been counting loans from the German development bank DEG – i.e. funds leveraged from the private sector either via DEG’s budget or own funds – as mobilized public... more

German climate finance / Federal budget

Climate finance in Germany’s 2018 federal budget: is the promised doubling quietly being dropped?

12. June 2018 |

Will the new German government take the country’s responsibility for providing financial support for climate protection and adaptation to the impacts of climate change in developing countries seriously? The coalition agreement between the conservative CDU/CSU and social democrat SPD contained... more

100 billion / Federal budget / German climate finance

Climate finance in the German Coalition Agreement: Business-as-usual or hope for more ambition?

20. February 2018 |

Regarding the domestic climate action in Germany the coalition agreement gives great cause for criticism. But what about the climate finance, thus the financial support for the poorer countries for the mastery of climate change? A brief look into the... more

German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance / Transparency

Adaptation to climate change: a closer look at Germany’s climate aid for developing countries

6. December 2017 |

The consequences of climate change are already visible and are felt most severely in developing countries. Adaptation to climate change can help to deal with these impacts in the affected countries, but they need financial support from donor countries and... more

German climate finance / Loss and Damage

Insuring against climate change

27. September 2017 |

Poor countries hit by droughts, hurricanes or floods sometimes need years to recover economically. Climate risk insurance schemes are designed to alleviate this situation and are being promoted vigorously by German climate finance measures. The only catch: not everyone can... more

German climate finance / Transparency

Greater transparency in German climate finance in 2015

14. July 2017 |

In 2015, Germany committed a total of around €2.7 billion for climate protection and adaptation to climate change in developing countries. About €2.31 billion of this comes from bilateral development cooperation and €371 million from multilateral funds and development banks.... more

Federal budget / 100 billion / German climate finance

German climate finance: a “doubling” only on paper?

9. February 2017 |

We wrote about it previously, and now the German government has confirmed that the Chancellor’s commitment to double German climate finance by 2020 seems to be subject to some fairly creative accounting. It’s worth a closer look. At the Petersberg... more

German climate finance / Implementation of climate finance

Poverty orientation and civil society participation in national adaptation plans (NAP)

8. February 2017 |

Climate change is causing increasing social and economic damage that will require significant additional adaptation measures on the part of countries in the global South in particular, hampering the realization of development goals. Climate risk management and climate change adaptation... more

German climate finance / Federal budget

Climate finance in Germany’s 2017 federal budget: more creative accounting than a true doubling

3. February 2017 |

With its adoption of the 2017 federal budget, Germany’s governing coalition has also defined the outlook for climate finance in the coming year: climate aid for poor countries is on the rise. On closer inspection however, the growth will not... more

German climate finance

Climate finance in Germany’s 2017 federal budget: what happened to the doubling of climate funds?

16. November 2016 |

Last year, Chancellor Angela Merkel promised that German climate finance would double by 2020. It is now apparent that the increase in climate aid in the 2017 federal budget will not only fall short, but that the government is resorting... more

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