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We will present a lecture by Lea Nesselhauf as part of the Climate Protection Days (24.06.2022 – 17.30 to 19 h, Altes Rathaus) and set up a booth at the Climate Protection Market (25.06.2022, from 10:00, Marktplatz). There we will inform you about potentials for renewable energies in Göttingen, the Göttingen reduction path and best practice examples from other cities.

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Climate neutrality together – by 2030!

Making Göttingen climate-neutral by 2030

This is us

We started our initiative “GöttingenZero” as a local group of GermanZero in June 2020. Our members are pupils, students, professionals and pensioners. We call on the city of Göttingen to become climate neutral by 2030. GermanZero is an association that, together with scientists, has created a climate plan that can make Germany climate neutral by 2035. You can find everything about their approach here on the website. An important part of this is pressure from below via municipal climate decisions, consisting of citizens’ petitions and referendums. Here in Göttingen we are also held such a climate referendum. You can find out how we proceed and how you can support us here on our website.

In cooperation with GermanZero, we have also created a climate city plan for Göttingen, which shows the scale of measures that need to be implemented for climate neutrality in 2030. A clear summary and explanation of the city plan can be found here.

This moves us

Global climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions threatens the livelihoods of everyone on Earth. At the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, it was therefore decided to limit global warming to as close as possible to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. The German Bundestag unanimously ratified this “Paris Agreement” in 2016.

If we do not drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions immediately and achieve climate neutrality through zero emissions in a few years, however, we will not reach the 1.5 degree target– with unforeseeable consequences for life on our planet.
We also have a concrete vision of what a climate-neutral Göttingen could look like and what improvements to the quality of life could result.

1 – Motion

This is a motion to the city council that we created together with a lot of support from various environmental, climate and social groups. The model here was a group from Münster. They also drew up a motion together with 30 groups and initiatives and then introduced it to the city council via the Left Party, ÖDP and Pirates. Together with the Greens and the SPD, the motion received a majority and thus became a done deal.

We used Münster’s motion as a template and discussed it with the other groups at the Zero Emissions Meeting (NET).

From then on, it was a matter of approaching members of parliament and convincing them of this motion by February 2021. On February 12, it was introduced to the city council.

In response to our motion, the city council factions drafted three more motions of their own and introduced them on February 12, 2021. Ulrich Schwardmann took a closer look at these motions and wrote a study on the climate policy effects of the Göttingen council motions on the Climate Plan 2030.

Proposal to the City Council

Our letter to the city council

Study of the Council applications

9600

of 8000 needed Signatures

2 – Petition

To keep up the pressure from below after the motion was referred to the Environment Committee, we launched a citizens’ petition in December 2020. Like the motion, this calls for a resolution on climate neutrality by 2030.

To ensure the success of the citizens’ initiative, we had to collect signatures and advertise. In the meantime, 9600 Göttingen citizens have signed a petition calling for climate neutrality by 2030, which means that we have reached the required number of eligible voters and submitted the lists for the city council meeting on July 16 2021.

The successful citizens’ initiative could have led to a citizens’ referendum in which all eligible voters in Göttingen could have voted on whether their city should become climate neutral by 2030. This decision would then have constituted a binding mandate for the city. However, due to the city’s declaration of intent to become climate neutral by 2030, which was passed in December 2021 in the building committee, the citizens’ referendum was averted, as the city essentially decided in favour of the petition with the declaration of intent. But to ensure that the declaration of intent is actually implemented, it is up to us citizens to continue to exert pressure on the local politics.

3 – Campaigning

Our campaign work is divided into the following areas: Contact with politicians, contact with institutions and contact with citizens.

This includes contacting the local members of the Bundestag. In the spirit of GermanZero, we would like to take the climate promise from our members of the Bundestag. To this end, we want to discuss the climate crisis and the necessary political response with them on a regular basis. In this way, we hope to win them over to the package of measures for the 1.5° Act drawn up by GermanZero.

As the largest employer, the Georg-August University of Göttingen is now also in favor of climate neutrality, and in the course of the Bürger:innenbegehrens (citizens’ initiative) we have met with a lot of positive feedback and are ensuring that climate protection continues to be the talk of the town.

Find out more about us here:

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25/06/2022

Visit our booth at the climate protection market

We will set up a stand at the Climate Protection Market as part of the Climate Protection Days (25.06.2022, from 10:00, Marktplatz). There we will inform you about potentials for renewable energies in Göttingen, the Göttingen reduction path and best practice examples from other cities.

24/06/2022

Lecture: What we would have to do if we took 1.5 degrees seriously.

The new German government has no plan on how Germany could do its part to meet the 1.5 degree limit. GermanZero e.V. has written a 1.5 degree legislation package that shows the necessary legislative changes.

Who: Lea Nesselhauf, GermanZero and co-author of the 1.5-degree legislative package, Berlin

When: 24.06.2022 – 5:30-7pm
Where: Altes Rathaus, Göttingen

25/04/2022

FOSSIL FREE RIDE, April 30, 15:00, Albaniplatz

With every liter of oil and every ton of coal we consume, we fuel the climate crisis and flush money into Putin’s war chests. This cannot and must not go on!

That’s why we, together with Greenpeace Göttingen, are setting a sign against fossil dependency with a big bicycle demonstration on April 30 from 15:00.

Come along, bring your friends and family, and paint your message for peace and independence from fossil fuels on posters on your bikes!

04/04/2022

Cinema-Special in Cooperation with Lumiere

Fancy a climate cinema? The Lumière is showing the film “What are we waiting for?” in cooperation with us to illustrate the potential that municipalities have for more sustainability.

After the film, we would like to exchange ideas with you to discuss the possibility of a sustainable future in Göttingen.

The screening starts on 11.04.22 at 19:30. Admission is 8 € for working people and 7 € reduced.
Advance booking: https://lumiere-melies.de/lumiere-programm/

Press Overview

Article in Göttinger Tageblatt on 20 June 2022

Article in the Hessischen Niedersächsischen Allgemeinen (HNA) on 21 March 2022

Article in the Hessischen Niedersächsischen Allgemeinen (HNA) on 20 February 2022

The CO2-Clock is ticking

Time, until the gloabl CO2 Budget is used

Jahre Months Days Hours Mins Secs
6 12 15 0 0 0

CO2 Budget left: 1.041.217.828.732 Tonns

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GermanZero 1,5 Grad Maßnahmen

GöttingenZero Sofortmaßnahmen

Stellungnahme zur Ratsentscheidung

 

 

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