Published: December 19th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

How much taxpayers’ money and private investment flows into the energy transition and climate action: That was the big question in 2024. What is also interesting here is the development of private donations from foundations and private individuals. In its fifth report, „Climate change mitigation philanthropy,“ the think tank Climateworks lists these financial flows: A total of between 9.3 and 15.8 billion US dollars in charitable donations flowed into carbon reduction measures in 2023 – 20 percent more than in the previous year.