Climate summit in Bonn: WWF demands Germany's brave change!

Climate summit in Bonn: WWF demands Germany's brave change!

Bonn, Deutschland - Today, on June 13, 2025, an urgent appeal will be loud in Berlin: The WWF calls for decisive measures for international energy transition. In the days of the UN climate negotiations, which take place in Bonn from June 16 to 26, expectations are high. The aim is to achieve a clear departure from fossil energies and to double energy efficiency by 2030 and to triple the capacities of renewable energies. These ambitious goals were determined in 2023 during the COP28 in Dubai, but the German government faces criticism, since no significant progress in the exit from fossil energies has so far been made. A particularly hot iron is the expansion of gas capacities that go beyond the necessary extent.

The WWF makes it clear that Germany needs a "clean jump to the front" to maintain its credibility. At the same time, the necessary climate finance is addressed: Risk of Germany to fail in this regard, especially if you consider that a law on climate neutrality should be brought into the cabinet by 2045 in June. Critics warn that the establishment laws may be able to push the climate neutrality goal into the background. Climate finance itself is also being tested, since the aim is to achieve progress for financing of 1.3 billion euros by 2035.

climateinances in focus

Another decisive need for action consists in international climate finance. According to jpmorgan, the need for developing countries is estimated to be impressive 1.1 trillion a year. This topic gains in explosiveness, especially since on COP 29, a new climate finance target of $ 300 billion was agreed to 2035, even if there are concerns whether this will be sufficient to meet the challenges of climate change.

The discussions on climate finance are not a new hat: In 2009, a target of $ 100 billion of annual climate finance for developing countries was agreed on COP 15 in Copenhagen. And while this goal was achieved in 2022, uncertainty about the type of financial support (grants vs. loan) is still a hot topic.

The urgency of cooperation

climate change is often described as a global challenge that requires international solutions. This is also emphasized by the Federal Environment Agency, which indicates that international climate policy aims at effective climate protection in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to inevitable consequences. An overarching goal remains to prevent a dangerous disorder of the climate system. Without immediate and ambitious measures, global warming could occur from up to 3.2 ° C to 2100, which would have catastrophic consequences for our planet.

A look at the current figures shows: Since 1900 the earth's surface has already heated up by about 1.1 ° C, and measures are needed worldwide to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The goal remains to limit global warming to well below 2 ° C, whereby a limit of 1.5 ° C should be sought. Time is forced and the need for a change of perspective is undisputed.

In the following conference in Bonn, the experts of the WWF, together with experts, expect concrete steps towards a more effective climate protection. Another intervention is not only desirable, but urgently necessary to set a positive impulse for the upcoming Cop30 Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil.