Lüneburg's conference: climate protection and digitization in focus!

Lüneburg's conference: climate protection and digitization in focus!

In Lüneburg, the specialist conference “Designing: Kommunal + Digital = climate -neutral” took place on this day, which is devoted to the connection between climate protection and digitization. Organized by the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg in cooperation with the Lower Saxony City Day, the state of Lower Saxony, the Lower Saxony climate protection and energy agency (Kean) and the Leuphana University, the conference aims to exchange best practice models and to strengthen the cooperation between municipalities, science and administration. Uelzener Presse reports that this exchange is of great importance in view of the ambitious climate targets of Lüneburg.

Lüneburg has set itself the goal of becoming greenhouse gas neutral by 2030, while the Lower Saxony climate law is aiming for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2040. These developments are not only important for the city itself, but also for the district of Lüneburg, which pursues similar goals. The city decided in June 2021 and joined the “Climate decision” citizens' request in December of the same year. The exchange at the conference included workshops for municipal energy management as well as sustainable procurement and use of digital data to advance climate protection.

climate protection needs digital solutions

The importance of digitization in climate protection is undisputed. At the conference it became clear that around 11,000 cities, municipalities and counties in Germany play a decisive role in achieving national climate protection goals. Difu summarized in his practical guideline "climate protection in municipalities" that there are numerous approaches that support municipalities in implementing their climate protection measures. The guide, which is suitable for both beginners and advanced users, offers extensive know-how and inspiration to get climate-friendly measures on site.

A central aspect that became clear at the conference is the need to improve legal and political framework conditions so that municipalities can efficiently operate climate protection. According to the Environmental Federal Agency, many municipalities have ambitious climate targets, but often have to weigh up competitive interests in areas such as economy and mobility to take the greenhouse gas neutrality to reach. This makes the exchange of experiences and ideas all the more important.