In future, Berliners should move less between districts. This is a measure of the “Climate 2.0 urban development plan”, which the Berlin Senate decided on Tuesday on the basis of a proposal by urban development senator Andreas Geisel (SPD). A key point of the plan foresees the so-called “city of short distances”.
According to the city’s development administration, residents of densely populated areas consume only half as much CO2 through mobility as residents of suburban neighborhoods. For this reason it was defined for the first time in which districts the “city of short distances” with many small district centers with different uses is possible. The senate is mainly planning the inner city areas in the Berlin S-Bahn ring, but also the historic center of Spandau, Wedding or Tegel and in the eastern part of the city Pankow in the north, Lichtenberg and also the inner city parts of Marzahn-Hellersdorf.
Further measures to reduce emissions and adapt to the consequences of climate change should be more compact construction methods, increased use of renewable energies and greater efficiency in the construction of entire city districts. In adapting to climate change, the Senate is primarily focusing on better rainwater management and intelligent integration of Berlin’s water bodies into everyday city life. More green areas and structural solutions should offer better protection against extreme summer heat in the future.
Building Senator Andreas Geisel said on Tuesday: “It was not only this summer that showed us how important it is to adapt Berlin to climate change and at the same time promote climate protection.” achieve climate neutrality in Berlin by 2045. “It shows where Berlin can grow in a climate-protective way, where the challenges lie in new and existing buildings and how these can be shaped in the face of climate change.”
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