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2025 and 2026 aid cuts likely to push Germany’s climate finance pledge out of reach

22. October 2025 |

Germany’s federal budget for 2025 has been approved, while the budget for 2026 is still being negotiated in the Bundestag. The federal government is planning significant aid cuts for both years. This is likely to push Germany’s climate finance pledge... more

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German climate finance 2024: New data shows increase, but 2025 pledge likely out of reach

4. October 2025 |

According to the latest figures published by the German government, German climate finance 2024 rose compared to the previous year. Around €6.1 billion in resources from the federal budget were available for climate finance in 2024 (including grant equivalents from... more

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German climate finance: New data shows 2023 decrease, 2025 pledge at serious risk

9. October 2024 |

According to the German government’s climate finance report recently submitted to Brussels, budget allocations for climate finance in 2023 have fallen significantly compared to the previous year, now once again below the target of at least six billion euros per... more

Article100 billion / International climate finance / Pledges & Commitments / UNFCCC

Rich countries’ efforts: less than a third of reported $116bn in climate finance

Figure 1: Reported climate finance versus Climate-Specific Net Assistance, 2021-2022

12. July 2024 |

Just in time for the recent Bonn climate talks, the OECD reported that climate finance to support developing countries had reached nearly $116 billion in 2022. Yet, as a new estimate shows, the actual effort by developed countries in providing... more

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Climate Finance Short-Changed, 2024 Update: Estimating the real value of the $100 billion commitment for 2021-22

Climate Finance Short-Changed, Update 2024

11. July 2024 |

In 2009, rich countries promised to ramnp up climate finance to $100bn a year by 2020 to support climate action in lower-income countries low- and middle-income countries. According to the OECD, climate finance in 2022 stood at nearly $116 billion,... more

Article100 billion / International climate finance / Pledges & Commitments

OECD: Climate finance cracks the 100 billion mark

Fig. 2: Climate finance in 2022 according to the OECD

1. June 2024 |

Good news just in time for the Bonn climate talks SB60: In 2022, developed countries’ climate finance has reached and even exceeded $100 billion, a level originally promised for 2020. Yet, some issues remain. Since developed countries promised, back in... more

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10 things to know about climate finance (2024)

22. May 2024 |

The publication by Heinrich-Böll-Foundation provides an overview of the most important developments and facts on international climate finance in 2024. This includes the New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG), trends in financing commitments, the increase of adaptation finance, the multilateral climate... more

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Federal Budget 2025: German 6 billion climate finance pledge beyond reach?

Figure 1: Government forecast for climate finance in 2023 and 2024

7. March 2024 |

Preparations for the federal budget 2025 will show whether the German government intends to keep its promise to increase climate finance budget allocations to at least six billion euros per year by 2025. At present, this does not look likely.... more

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German climate finance 2023 and 2024: downward projections

1. November 2023 |

For 2023 and 2024, the federal government’s forecast indicates declining funds for climate finance. Despite this, the federal government is confident that it will meet its six-billion pledge. That does not seem to add up. By 2025 at the latest,... more

Publication100 billion / International climate finance / Pledges & Commitments / UNFCCC

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2023: Assessing the delivery of the $100 billion commitment

13. July 2023 |

Oxfam’s Climate Finance Shadow Report analyses the state of international climate finance regarding the fulfilment of the industrialised countries’ promise to increase financial support for climate mitigation and adaptation in poorer countries to 100 billion US dollars annually by 2020.... more

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