Published: September 16th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The Federal Audit Office (BRH) criticizes one of the central projects of the traffic light government in the environmental and climate sector because the federal government is not responsible for it and thus partially disregards „budgetary principles“. In the case of funding guidelines for the „Natural Climate Protection Action Program„, with which a total of €3.5 billion is earmarked for nature conservation and climate action over the next few years, an „economical and efficient use of funds is not guaranteed“ in some cases, according to the „final reports“ on the audit of two funding guidelines. The Court of Audit’s internal documents are available to Table.Briefings.