News Digest Item
17 May 2017

“Foundations from all over the world initiate G20 platform for climate protection and sustainability”

German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) / F20

More than 30 foundations from eight countries have initiated the Foundations Platform (F20) “to further shape the political discourse on future sustainability measures before, during and after the G20 summit” on 7-8 July in Hamburg. The goal is to promote the implementation of the Agenda 2030, climate protection projects, and the renewables expansion, as well as emphasising the role of civil society, writes German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) in a press release. Members include Stiftung Mercator, European Climate Foundation* and WWF.

Read the press release in German here and find more information in English here.

*The Clean Energy Wire is a project funded by Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation.

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