{"id":35217,"date":"2026-05-18T16:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/?p=35217"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:47:08","slug":"rechtsgutachten-zur-rechtmaessigen-nutzung-des-klima-und-transformationsfonds-ktf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/rechtsgutachten-zur-rechtmaessigen-nutzung-des-klima-und-transformationsfonds-ktf\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Opinion on the Lawful Use of the Climate and Transformation Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35217\" class=\"elementor elementor-35217 elementor-35211\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be26689 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2be26689\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f50443c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f50443c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2025, hopes were high when Lars Klingbeil announced that 100 billion euros from the Special Fund would be allocated to the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF). These funds were originally intended to expand renewable energy, transition the economy toward a climate-friendly model, and finance key climate protection measures. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>But a different trend is now emerging: funds from the KTF are to be used in the future, among other things, to lower electricity prices. At the same time, there are plans to use money from the fund to support fossil fuel natural gas projects. Critics see this as a misuse of the special fund, which was actually intended for climate protection. Instead, funds from the KTF will be used to support natural gas projects in the future.  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4798d5f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4798d5f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal opinion provides new insights<\/h3>\n\n<p>A recent legal opinion prepared by the law firm G\u00fcnther Rechtsanw\u00e4lte on behalf of Protect the Planet concludes that this financing is highly controversial from a legal standpoint and may violate the German Constitution. <\/p>\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n<p>The report concludes that a reduction in electricity prices does not qualify as an additional investment and therefore may not be financed from the special fund. From a legal standpoint, the use of the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) for this purpose is also considered problematic. From a legal standpoint, the use of the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) for this purpose is also considered problematic. <\/p>\n\n<p>The legal basis is clear: Article 20a of the Basic Law obligates the state to protect the natural foundations of life. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/german-constitutional-complaint\/\">The Federal Constitutional Court\u2019s (BVerfG) 2021 climate ruling requires <\/a>Germany to transform into a climate-neutral economy that complies with the carbon budget set forth in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmz.de\/de\/service\/lexikon\/klimaabkommen-von-paris-14602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2015 Paris Agreement.<\/a> Article 143h of the Basic Law (GG) formalized this goal in 2023: Achieving climate neutrality by 2045 is now a constitutional mandate. For this reason, the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) should remain the central instrument for climate protection in Germany and be specifically strengthened.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bda344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8bda344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discussion on the legal and political implications of the expert opinion <\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protect-the-planet.de\/en\/2025-09-25-paneldiskussion-gasspeicherumlage\/\">online events<\/a>, Hamburg-based attorney Dr. Roda Verheyen, one of Germany\u2019s most prominent environmental lawyers, joined her colleague, attorney Dr. Johannes Franke, to present the key findings of the expert opinion. The two explained the legal vulnerabilities that exist, what this means for the legal certainty of the KTF\u2019s business plan as well as the federal budget today and in the future, and what lawsuits and legal avenues are conceivable or to be expected. 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