International Climate Initiative

The International Climate Initiative is an important part of the German government's international climate finance commitment. Read more about International Climate Initiative, Funding, Priority Countries, Latest News.

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International Climate Initiative Latest News

Recently, India and Germany launched a new Large Grant project for India, which has a funding volume of up to EUR 20 million under the International Climate Initiative.

About International Climate Initiative

  • It is an important part of the German government’s international climate finance commitment. 
  • It was established in 2008.
  • It operates within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
  • It finances climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation in developing, emerging and transition countries to implement and ambitiously develop the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) anchored in the Paris Agreement
  • Priority Countries: The IKI priority countries include Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye, Ukraine and Viet Nam. 
  • The funding programme combines the following four funding areas:
    • Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions: Setting the course for global climate neutrality by 2050;
    • Adaptation to the impacts of climate change: Strengthening resilience, making use of interconnections with mitigation and biodiversity approaches;
    • Preserving and restoring carbon sinks: Combating the causes of global warming and the destruction of natural ecosystems;
    • Conserving biological diversity: Implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework

Source: NIE

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