Germany calls on China to step up its climate responsibilities.

Germany's Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Jennifer Morgan, is urging China to be more ambitious in renewable energy and climate protection efforts, including becoming a donor to multilateral funds. Germany hopes for Chinese contributions to a loss and damage fund at COP28 in Dubai.

Germany has urged China to increase its efforts in addressing climate change, particularly in building renewable energy and financing climate protection initiatives in poorer countries.

This comes despite China's increasing importance as a partner in international discussions on climate change. Jennifer Morgan, Germany's Special Envoy for International Climate Action, stated in a recent interview with Bloomberg Television that "Xi Jinping has said they are now a global player – with that status comes responsibility."

Morgan recently had constructive conversations with Chinese officials about what more China can do to tackle climate change. This includes the possibility of China becoming a donor to multilateral funds.

She hopes that China will also contribute to a loss and damage fund that will help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change. Germany is also hoping for Chinese contributions to this fund, which was agreed upon at the COP27 in Egypt.

However, there are still open questions about the set-up of the loss and damage fund. One of the main questions is whether big economies and polluters like China should be considered as donors. China has insisted on its status as a developing country in many international bodies, which complicates its position in the context of the fund.

Germany is mainland China's biggest trade partner, and the two countries have an important economic relationship.

Despite this, Germany is pushing for more ambitious action on climate change. In fact, Europe's largest economy announced on Wednesday that it will contribute an additional €2 billion (US$2.2 billion) to an international Green Climate Fund designed to speed up the transition to low-emission sustainable development. This is the biggest single donation in the fund's history.

Representatives from more than 40 countries have gathered in Berlin this week for the Petersberg Climate Dialogue.

The goal of this conference is to lay the groundwork for the COP28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai, which is set to start on November 30. Germany is hoping for a phasing out of fossil fuels and a switch to renewable energy at the upcoming conference.

One of the main challenges facing the COP28 conference is the set-up of the loss and damage fund. The goal of the fund is to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

However, there are still many questions about how the fund will be structured and financed. Germany is pushing for more contributions to the fund, including from China. However, the issue of whether big economies and polluters like China should be considered donors is a contentious one.

Morgan has also pushed back against suggestions to soften language on phasing out oil and gas at the COP28 conference.

She believes that the end of the fossil fuel era and the build-up of renewable energy is necessary to tackle climate change. She also believes that technologies to capture carbon emissions will not be sufficient.