1.6 billion euros for climate protection abroad: The insane table
1.6 billion euros for climate protection abroad: The insane table
While bridges in Germany are falling apart, schools are dilapidated and infrastructure is suffering, billions are being spent on climate projects abroad. According to the Federal Government's response to a minor inquiry from the Union faction, a total of 1.6 billion euros have been made available for climate projects in countries such as India, Mexico and El Salvador. These sums raise the question: Are climate projects abroad more important than prosperity and security in one's own country?
Incredible sums for climate projects worldwide!!
The funds provided by the government for climate protection projects abroad are immense. India in particular benefits greatly from these payments:
- 211 million euros for "Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility III"
- 206 million euros for "Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility IV"
- 144 million euros for "Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Urban Infrastructure"
- For further millions of euros for other mobility projects, see below!
These sums raise questions. Why are hundreds of millions of euros being spent on transport and climate projects in a country like India, while Germany itself has massive investment backlogs?
Money for countries that do not take back their citizens
What is particularly controversial is that some of this money goes to countries that do not cooperate when it comes to taking back rejected asylum seekers. Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl once stressed that development aid should be cut in such cases. But today this no longer seems to play a role. Countries such as Pakistan, El Salvador and Honduras receive millions - despite questionable migration policies.
What are these projects really about?
It often remains unclear what benefit the individual projects really have. Are they adaptation measures to climate change or is there actually an attempt to actively influence the "global climate"? Terms such as "climate-friendly urban mobility" or "integrated urban climate protection measures" leave a lot of room for interpretation and critical questions.
Conclusion:
Germany is spending billions on climate protection abroad, while urgent investments are lacking at home. This development casts a bad light on the government's priorities. Does it really make sense to spend such large sums on climate projects in other countries while its own population is struggling with rising costs, economic downturn and infrastructure problems?
These questions must be asked. Because in the end, it is the taxpayers in Germany who pay for these projects – and they deserve to know where their money is going.
Here is the entire list of incredible sums for climate projects worldwide:
Here is the entire list of incredible sums for climate projects worldwide:
- 211 million euros for “Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility III” (India)
- 206 million euros for “Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility IV” (India)
- 157 million euros for “Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility IV” (India)
- 150 million euros for “climate and environmentally friendly urban development” (Central African Republic - Andean Pact)
- 144 million euros for “Sustainable and Climate Resilient Urban Infrastructure” (India)
- 121 million euros for the “Regional Programme for Environment and Climate in the Water Sector” (Central African Republic)
- 106.5 million euros for “Climate-friendly public transport systems in Latin America” (Central African Republic)
- 104 million euros for “Program for the implementation of national climate protection goals in the Mexican transport sector” (Mexico)
- 87 million euros for “Climate-friendly urban mobility” (India)
- 85 million euros for “Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility II” (India)
- 71 million euros for “Climate-friendly urban mobility” (India)
- 49 million euros for “Climate-friendly urban mobility” (India)
- 43 million euros for “Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility II” (India)
- 35 million euros for “InsuResilience Solutions Fund IV (Climate Risk Insurance Solutions Fund)” (All developing countries)
- 27 million euros for “Strengthening social protection for health and climate resilience” (Pakistan)
- 22.5 million euros for “Urban Act: Integrated urban climate action for low-carbon and resilient cities” (China, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Thailand)
- 21 million euros for “InsuResilience Solutions Fund V (Climate Risk Insurance Solutions Fund)” (All developing countries)
- 15 million euros for “InsuResilience Investment Fund (IIF) 2 (Climate Risk Insurance Fund)” (All developing countries)
- 12.5 million euros for “Urban Climate Adaptation in Central America” (El Salvador)
- 11.3 million euros for the “Climate Policy Program Brazil (PoMuC)” (Brazil)
- 10 million euros for “Project for Climate Policy and Biodiversity in Thailand” (Thailand)
- 10 million euros for “InsuResilience Solutions Fund II (Climate Risk Insurance Solutions Fund)” (All developing countries)
- 8.5 million euros for “promoting climate strategies in countries with rapid motorization” (Kenya, Morocco, Vietnam)
- 8 million euros for “Urban Climate Adaptation in Central America - Honduras” (Honduras)
- 6.9 million euros for “Climate Capacity Building: Risk Prediction and Minimization” (Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Peru, Tanzania)
- 6.4 million euros for “Support in the implementation of the national climate change strategy” (Peru)
- 6 million euros for “Policy advice for climate-resilient economic development” (Georgia, Kazakhstan)
- 5.7 million euros for “BUILD ME: Raising ambitions to achieve a climate-neutral building standard in the MENA region” (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia)
- 2.9 million euros for “Quicksand: Mitigating the impacts of climate change in the Mekong Delta by involving the private and public sectors in the sand industry” (Vietnam)
- 3 million euros for “Sustainable and Climate Resilient Urban Infrastructure (BM)” (India)
- 2 million euros for “Irrigation Program Water and Climate Change II (BM)” (Bolivia)
- 2 million euros for the “FZ program for the implementation of national climate protection goals in the Mexican transport sector” (Mexico)
- 2 million euros for “Climate-Friendly Urban Mobility III (BM)” (India)
- 0.4 million euros for “URBAN: Urban Resilience Building and Environment: Innovative Urban Planning for Resilience with Nature-Based Solutions” (Thailand)
Source: The figures come from the Federal Government's response to a request from the Union parliamentary group.
Author: Democratic Truth
