Kathrin Henneberger

Policy & Advocacy Advisor at Plant-for-the-Planet

Kathrin Henneberger is a former member of the German parliament and climate activist who has been committed for many years to environmental and climate protection as well as global justice. Since 2026, she has been working in the Advocacy & Policy team at Plant-for-the-Planet, focusing on Just Transition and climate finance.

Germany

English & German

Kathrin's commitment to climate justice began in the Rhenish lignite mining region, where she advocated for the phase-out of coal-fired power generation and the preservation of the Hambach Forest—first as an activist, later as a member of the German parliament (Bundestag). During her time in parliament, she helped negotiate, among other things, the legal framework for the coal phase-out, the preservation of five villages at the Garzweiler open-pit mine, Germany’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty, and increased funding for global climate and biodiversity finance.

As a member of parliament, she was also part of the German delegation to the UN World Climate Conferences. Even before her time in the Bundestag, she worked closely with international climate justice organizations and participated in UNFCCC climate negotiations from a civil society perspective, focusing on Just Transition and the establishment of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage. A particular concern of hers is direct collaboration with actors from regions most affected by the climate crisis, as well as with Indigenous organizations.