Next week, the #SB60 sessions are taking place in Bonn 🇩🇪. As we prepare for #COP29 , the Subsidiary Bodies meetings (SBs) will play a vital role in reviewing progress, addressing challenges& drafting key negotiation texts✍️. Stay tuned for more information.

.OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives reports that the international #ClimateFinance goal of $100bn was met for the 1st time in 2022! Private funds increased due to public investment,along with a rise in #adaptationfinance . An important step towards supporting developing countries in coping with #climatechange

The newly opened 252 MW wind power plant Gulf of Suez in #Egypt covers the power needs of 400,000 households and saves over 500,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. It was financed by EU Neighbourhood & Enlargement 🇪🇺, KfW on behalf of Bundesentwicklungsministerium, European Investment Bank and AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺. Read more: windfarm-gos1-egypt.de

📰 WBGU_Council released a new #PolicyPaper !

🌍 It emphasises the crucial link between healthy ecosystems and human #Wellbeing in the face of #ClimateChange and #BiodiversityLoss .

👀 Sneak peak to page 12, where they mention the #MeerWissen initiative: tinyurl.com/26whn5w5

Continuing our #FAQFriday series to address common queries about the Global Shield against Climate Risks.❔FAQ #1: What is the objective of the #GlobalShield ?
Find out more here ➡️ globalshield.org/resources/faq/

Celebrating #BiodiversityDay !🌿The crises of #ClimateChange , #BiodiversityLoss , & #Pollution are interconnected. Effective #ClimateAction can safeguard our planet's diverse species and habitats. Bundesentwicklungsministerium is working globally🌍to conserve #biodiversity .

Today, over 2bn live in #water scarce areas. #ClimateChange profoundly impacts our 🌍water supply - causing droughts, saltwater intrusion & shifting rainfall patterns. This week's #10thWorldWaterForum in 🇮🇩 highlights the global water crisis 👉worldwaterforum.org

Just 1⃣ month to go to Desertification and Drought Day on June 17 and we're gearing up! 🌵

Are you organizing an event in your community to mark the day? Add it to our virtual map and explore our campaign materials. Let's come together for our land, our future! #UNited4Land 🗺️

Bilateral Climate&Development Partnerships are a key area of Bundesentwicklungsministerium policy.🤝The goal is to support ambitious partner countries in adapting to climate change & achieving their climate goals in a socially just way. More information & our new factsheets👇
bmz.de/en/issues/clim…

Many of the countries most affected have only contributed marginally to the greenhouse gas emissions causing #climatechange . Yet, they are often particularly hard hit. This is why responding to #LossandDamage is also about solidarity with the most vulnerable. #GSS2024

Discussed with my friend ⁦Amadou Hott⁩, special envoy for green energy infrastructure at ⁦African Development Bank Group,⁩ about the further collaboration to boost renewable energy in Africa. This can be the key engine for economic growth in many African countries.

Join German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze (@svenjaschulze68), on May 7 from 10:00 – 10:10 CEST at #GSS2024 as she delivers a keynote speech on climate resilience.

📌Register here for online participation: form.talque.com/new/org/2xdI6J…

Climate Resilience needs Solidarity - ahead of the Global Solutions Initiative #GSS2024 , Svenja Schulze published an opinion piece on how responding to Loss& Damage is a global challenge that requires a global support architecture 🌍. Read here 👇
global-solutions-initiative.org/wp-content/upl…

🌍The 1st Board Meeting of the Fund for responding to #LossAndDamage was a success! Substantial progress has been made on key issues thanks to a very constructive atmosphere, allowing to make important steps towards delivering support as soon as possible.

Today, the first Meeting of the Board for the newly established Fund for responding to loss and damage started in UAE 🇦🇪. As part of the board, Germany🇩🇪is seeking a fast & feasible operationalization of the Fund to ensure that particularly vulnerable countries can benefit soon.

On the road to #COP29 today #Peterbergs2024 Climate Dialogue closed with the clear task to change the global financial system: mobilise more private finance, transform the World Bank & extend the donor base. Time for everyone to pay their fair share to tackle the #ClimateCrisis 👇

The world’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax to fight poverty, inequality & climate change. Time for the ultra-rich to pay their fair share.

My op-ed with ministers 🇧🇷Fernando Haddad, 🇪🇸María Jesús Montero & Carlos Cuerpo, 🇿🇦Enoch Godongwana. theguardian.com/inequality/202…

.Bundesentwicklungsministerium's Svenja Schulze today @ Petersberg Climate Dialogue:
To tackle #climatechange , we need a new global financial structure:
- mobilize private funding& tax the super-rich
- fair contributions from all major emitters
- new regulatory frameworks, incl. World Bank reform

Why does the international financial system need a change to address #climatechange ?
👉Petersberg Climate Dialogue-panel 'Making the new financial framework work to deliver on the Paris Agreement' with Bundesentwicklungsministerium's Svenja Schulze
👉today @ 11:00 UTC+2: x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Tomorrow, the 15th Petersberg Climate Dialogue starts in Berlin📍: representatives of more than 40 countries meet to prepare for #COP29Azerbaijan . Key topics are: #renewable energies, phasing out #fossil fuels & more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions ( #NDCs ).🌍