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Climate fund: Why billions alone are not enough

The new special fund for infrastructure is to provide EUR 100 billion for climate action. If Germany is to achieve its climate targets, the public sector will have to invest a lot more money. The areas where the need is greatest and why the EUR 500 billion special fund can still help to close the funding gap.

By Malte Kreutzfeldt

News

COP30: Virtual pre-summit in April.

With a pre-summit meeting, the UN and the Brazilian COP presidency want to persuade tardy countries to submit their climate plans as soon as possible. So far, only 19 countries have done so. A virtual meeting is therefore planned for April.

By Bernhard Pötter

Feature

Development aid: How budget cuts jeopardize climate finance

The drastic cuts in US and European development aid also jeopardize climate policy. At COP29, Western countries pledged 300 billion US dollars annually for the Global South. But now even the old 100 billion target is at risk.

By Nico Beckert