As part of the current budget negotiations for 2025, the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) is calling for grants from the federal budget for the Climate and Transformation Fund (CTF). Otherwise, it would be difficult to finance important funding and investment programs. Following the cuts resulting from the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court in November 2023, the study examined the financial structure of the CTF and found that the funding for many climate action instruments in 2025 is uncertain. It concludes that the CTF special fund is overstretched.