The current objective of the Climate Protection Programme is to mainstream climate protection activities within German Development Cooperation. This includes measures to reduce and prevent greenhouse gas emissions, and measures to foster adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change. The Climate Protection Programme thus assists developing countries in meeting their commitments under the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and involves these countries in Kyoto Protocol implementation.

Our activities focus on building and expanding institutional and human resource capacities, and on carrying out individual projects to serve as models in the field of climate protection.

The Climate Protection Programme provides ongoing support to a range of individual projects through:

• national and regional climate studies
• training measures and workshops
• conceptual and methodological studies on fundamental issues of climate protection in developing countries
• policy studies on long-term climate protection.