Sino-German Cooperation on Climate Change - Climate Partnership Project

China has set itself far-reaching goals in environmental and climate protection until 2030. In the framework of the Chinese NDC under the Paris Agreement, the project supports the improvement of climate policies in the 14th Five-Year Plan until 2025 through structured dialogues and knowledge exchange on climate-related topics. In addition, the project strengthens the capacities of Chinese partners on climate cooperation in third countries and on sustainable finance/ climate finance at the national level. Furthermore, the project explores and prepares new areas of cooperation that support the implementation of the Paris Agreement. It also supports capacity building and knowledge sharing as cross-cutting themes of cooperation in all relevant climate-related areas. In addition to partners within the respective climate departments, the project will engage with relevant line ministries, agencies and institutions in China and Germany.

Project data

Countries: China
IKI funding: 7,500,000.00 €
Duration: 11/2020 till 09/2025
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Political Partner: Ministry of Ecology and Environment - China
Implementing Partner: Climate Investment and Finance Association (CIFA) - China

German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

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State of implementation/results

With the support of the project, high-ranking experts from China and Germany have been exchanging ideas in four working groups since December 2020 as part of the Sino-German Track II Dialogue (T2D) organized by the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC) and the German Environment Agency (UBA).
A Chinese delegation, led by Mr. Xu Huaqing, Director General of NCSC, visited Germany in October 2023 to participate in the T2D Steering Committee meeting. UBA President Prof. Dirk Messner welcomed the delegation at the UBA headquarters in Dessau and accompanied them on a trip to the region Lusatia (Lausitz) to show the Chinese guests approaches to phasing out coal and creating alternative sources of income for the communities involved. The project accompanied the delegation trip and supported the organization.
From 05.11.23-11.11.23, the project organized a study trip on sustainable and climate finance for a Chinese delegation with representatives of the Climate Investment and Finance Association (CIFA). As part of the study trip, a workshop was organized at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (Frankfurt School) with the participation of Climate Analytics. In addition, the delegation met with banks and research institutions, including Deutsche Bank, KfW, CICERO Center for International Climate Research and Norges Bank Investment Management.
On 24.11.23, the German-Chinese expert workshop on transition finance took place in Beijing. This event was organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences together with GIZ, Frankfurt School and CIFA. More than 50 representatives from Chinese and German government agencies, financial institutions and research institutes took part.
On 18.01.24, the project organized a workshop on Chinese and German sustainable financial products and market practices together with the CIB (China Industrial Bank) Institute and Frankfurt School.
To strengthen the capacity for climate finance and investment in Chinese financial institutions, CIFA, on behalf of the project, organized a training for about 70 employees of the China Development Bank on 31.01.24. The hybrid training covered topics such as the climate finance practices of multilateral development banks, the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies and practices of financial institutions, and the effectiveness and advancement of low-carbon technologies. The training enabled participants to gain new knowledge that they can apply in their own work in the future.

Latest Update:
07/2024