Published: June 13th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

It is perhaps the most interesting question at the UN negotiations this year: Where will the money for international climate action, the global energy transition, adaptation and compensation for loss and damage come from? UN member states say that public funds are very tight. However, it is often not really clear how much the same states support their fossil fuel industries at the same time. This data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for 2022 shows how much direct aid from taxpayers’ money climate-damaging industries actually receive in selected countries.