At the halfway mark between COP27 in Egypt and COP28 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it is becoming apparent where cooperation is possible and where confrontation is inevitable at the next UN climate conference. At the 14th Petersberg Climate Dialogue, hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on 2 and 3 May, high-ranking representatives of the most important 40 countries sounded out the scope for progress at COP28 in Dubai. Chancellor Olaf Scholz also announced at the meeting that Germany would increase its contribution to two billion euros in the 3rd replenishment round for the UN‘s Green Climate Fund (GCF) in October.