Umweltpolitik: Umweltstaatssekretär Flasbarth wechselt zu Klimastiftung
Jochen Flasbarth gibt sein Amt im Bundesumweltministerium auf und wechselt zur European Climate Foundation. Seine Nachfolgerin soll schon im November übernehmen.
Berlin - State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth of the Federal Environment Ministry intends to resign and join the influential European Climate Foundation next year, according to a letter from Environment Minister Carsten Schneider (SPD) to staff obtained by Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The "Spiegel" had previously reported on the decision of the 64-year-old.
"With Jochen Flasbarth, an icon of German and climate policy leaves our house," Schneider writes, adding that the man had uniquely shaped German, European, and international environmental and climate policy in recent decades, including as President of the Nature Conservation Union (Nabu), President of the Federal Environment Agency, and State Secretary at the Federal Environment Ministry.
Flasbarth previously held this position from 2013 to 2021 before returning to the government formation in May 2025 as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate, and Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. During this time, he also served as State Secretary at the Development Ministry. His successor is reportedly to be Heike Henn, who currently heads the department for international climate policy at the ministry, as announced by Schneider.
The European Climate Foundation, based in The Hague, is considered one of the world's largest donors to climate policy projects, with a budget of almost 258 million euros in 2025 according to "Spiegel".
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