About the Funding Programme
The International Climate Initiative (IKI) is an important part of the German government's international climate finance commitment. Since 2008. The IKI has been promoting climate action und biodiversity conservation in the Global South.
Through the IKI, Germany is fulfilling its international obligations within the the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework. Within the Federal Government, the IKI is anchored in the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN). In coordination with the BMUKN, however, individual projects are also commissioned and implemented by the Federal Foreign Office.
Funding areas
The IKI finances projects run by organisations that implement measures together with developing, emerging and transitional countries within the four IKI funding areas:
- Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
- Adapting to the impacts of climate change
- Conserving natural carbon sinks with a focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)
- Conserving biological diversity
From the IKI’s first days, the areas were considered as a collective, and many projects were designed to be cross-sectoral. In this way, the IKI has provided and continues to provide important impetus for the implementation of ambitious climate and biodiversity policies in its partner countries.
Funding philosophy
With IKI Compete and IKI Invest, IKI works with coordinated funding instruments.
As part of IKI Compete, the IKI organises several ideas competitions (Thematic Calls, Country Calls, IKI Medium Grants, IKI Small Grants). With the projects that emerge from these procedures, the IKI relies on a wide variety of implementing organisations that offer the highest quality, innovation and extensive experience in the partner countries.
IKI Invest comprises payments into trust funds and contributions to major multilateral initiatives.
The IKI Strategy 2030 provides the binding framework for the selection and thematic prioritisation of all funding instruments from 2024 onwards.
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