The Strategy of the International Climate Initiative up to 2030

Climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and adaptation to global climate change are the core concerns of the International Climate Initiative (IKI, from the German Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative). As a central programme of the German Government's international climate and biodiversity funding, the IKI has been instrumental in implementing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in particular the Paris Agreement (PA) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) since 2008. 

The IKI implements projects in emerging economies and developing countries on behalf of the three lead ministries – the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), which is responsible for overall coordination of the IKI, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and the Federal Foreign Office (AA).

This strategy sets out how the IKI intends to make the greatest possible contribution to overcoming climate and biodiversity crises in its partner countries by 2030.