Civil Society Climate Policy

Civil society organizations play important roles in national and international climate policy, including as watchdogs, mediators and trusted actors: Diverse groups and networks critically accompany governments in the planning and implementation of climate policy all over the world. In order to strengthen the work of climate civil society, especially in countries whose climate policy has a strong influence on the global climate, it is important to answer the following questions as precisely as possible:

• What are currently the biggest challenges for NGOs working on climate protection?
• How can we better support the work of climate-minded civil society in the future?

The project aims to find answers to these questions together with non-governmental organizations in seven countries. In addition, possible starting points for cooperation to strengthen the climate policy work of locally active civil society are to be developed. As part of the project, a study on the possibilities of influencing national climate protection policy through civil society organizations will be carried out. The project focuses on the Eastern European countries of Ukraine and Georgia, the South American countries of Colombia and Brazil, the Asian countries of Indonesia and the Philippines and Uganda in Africa. The project is being carried out by the German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation and is supported by UfU as a project partner. It is funded by the International Climate Initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety.