Federal government: Climate money should be available by 2027 at the latest

According to the federal government, the climate money agreed in the coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP should be introduced by 2027 at the latest – well after the term of office of the current traffic light coalition. Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit confirmed on Monday that the mechanism should be in place until then. Hebestreit justified this with changes to European emissions trading that will take effect from 2027. From then on, the prices for CO2 emissions from buildings and traffic should be formed there. There should then be upper limits for the amount of available certificates that authorize CO2 emissions and that can be traded. A significant increase in the CO2 price is also expected in German emissions trading from 2026 or 2027, said a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Economics. Significant price increases for fossil energies and fuels can then be expected. Climate money would then be considered as a compensatory measure. Hebestreit emphasized that the federal government had already reduced energy prices using other mechanisms. Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) told the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”: “From 2025 we can technically make a per capita payment. So we are on schedule. Whether we politically restructure the funding landscape in this direction will have to be decided after the next election.