17 Sustainable Development Goals - 17 figures: The dove stands for the goal "peace". Photo: Federal Government
The German government is presenting striking figures for the 17 global SDG 2030 sustainability goals. The "Glorious 17" campaign launched at the beginning of December is intended to arouse curiosity and encourage participation. An animated peace dove, for example, promotes peace and justice. Other figures stand for the fight against hunger and the protection of life under water.
The campaign is aimed in particular at young people between the ages of 18 and 30, as surveys show that knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals is particularly low in this age group. The campaign is to be expanded in the coming year.
The Magnificent 17 and the website www.deutsche-nachhaltigkeitsstrategie.de also provide information on how the Federal Government is committed to sustainable development.
In this tutorial, Anne Albrecht, building consultant at Faktor X Agentur, shows you in detail how to enter an example house in massive construction into the climate and resource protection tool (KuRT) from start to finish.
The ADFC cycling club is a supporter of the Fridays For Future movement's global climate strike and is calling on all cycling sympathisers, members, supporters and regional groups to take part in the strike from 20 September.
According to the ADFC, the climate goals can only be achieved with a traffic turnaround in favor of car alternatives and a tripling of cycling. Groups of ADFC and Fridays For Future are planning joint actions in numerous cities.
Rebecca Peter's, ADFC deputy federal chairwoman, said: „The transport sector has so far not contributed at all to achieving the climate and sustainability goals. On the contrary, our cities are becoming more and more crowded, stressful, dangerous and dirty. However, climate-friendly mobility does not mean joining forces now to put 47 million e-cars on the roads and continuing to provide every conceivable incentive for people to travel even absurdly short distances by car. We need highly attractive offers for cycling and walking in combination with a top-developed public transport system - and much less car traffic to secure the quality of life in cities and the countryside!"
Request to the Climate Cabinet: investment boost
Specifically, the ADFC is calling for the implementation of the measures drawn up by the transport commission "National Platform for the Future of Mobility" in the spring. In order to increase the cycling mode share from the current meagre eleven per cent to the Dutch level of at least 25 per cent by 2030, nationwide, continuous cycle path networks, fast cycle routes for commuters and freight transport and many millions of bicycle parking spaces at train stations and public facilities must be built. By optimising the expansion of cycling, up to 13.5 million tonnes of CO2 must be saved. The Federal Government's Energy and Climate Fund must provide at least the 900 million euros per year estimated by the Transport Commission for this purpose. Peter's: "Germany can only achieve the climate targets in the transport sector if the potential of cycling is properly utilised. This potential will not unfold by itself, as the infrastructure has so far tended to discourage cycling. We need an immediate federal programme to finance inviting cycling infrastructure for everyone!"
...and more space for your bike
A new distribution of road space is essential for the climate-friendly transformation of transport. Until now, cars have occupied the lion's share of space in cities. The ADFC is calling for half of the road space to be used for mobility without cars. Peter's"It's not enough to put more money into the system. Wide, safe cycle paths first and foremost need space from car traffic. The federal government must give local authorities far-reaching options in traffic law to actually create this space."
Joint campaigns in many cities
In many cities, including Berlin, Bergisch-Gladbach, Bonn, Gelsenkirchen, Hanover and Munich, ADFC groups are taking part in the global climate strike under the slogan #MehrPlatzFürsRad or #CyclistsForFuture. In Bad Kreuznach, Esslingen, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Mainz and Nuremberg, ADFC groups are temporarily converting car parking spaces into cycle lanes, street cafés or bicycle parking spaces as part of the international ParkingDay.
Making life in the neighbourhood more ecologically, socially, economically and culturally sustainable together with the residents; that is the aim of "Real-world laboratory 131: KIT finds the city" at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In Karlsruhe's Oststadt district, researchers in this laboratory are looking for ways to reduce CO2 emissions, conserve resources, strengthen neighbourhoods and improve the health of people in the district. The project has now been honoured twice by the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE).
"The special thing about this project is that we work directly with the people living and working on the ground at eye level and can therefore not only incorporate specific local knowledge and think ahead. Rather, this makes it possible to take action for sustainable development," says Alexandra Quint from the project team at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS). Ways to make neighbourhoods more pedestrian-friendly are being researched, as are new methods for energy-efficient building refurbishment, and services for sustainable living and sustainable mobility behaviour are being developed. The researchers' work is highly interdisciplinary: "Architects, philosophers, landscape planners, cultural scientists, environmental scientists and geoecologists work together in this team," says the urban geographer.
This is not just research, but also very practical work: "For example, there is a newly developed energy concept for increasing the proportion of renewable energies in existing buildings or initiatives for slowing down our increasingly hectic everyday lives," reports Dr Oliver Parodi, Head of Reallabor 131. In the "Beds and Bees" project, citizens and scientists have jointly designed a snack bed with herbs, fruit and vegetables in public spaces and set up a hive as a home for bees. Quint explains that this not only serves to raise environmental and nutritional awareness, but above all to build community. All of this is done in co-operation with civil society groups, the city administration, associations, businesses and, above all, the local citizens who regularly take part.
A series of events also provides approaches and ideas for alternative consumer behaviour. Parodi mentions plant swaps, clothes swap parties and a regular repair café. "Reallabor 131 is designed as a platform for participation and has a strong networking character." The project's own "Future Space for Sustainability and Science", a former shop, combines the characteristics of a neighbourhood office, a science shop and a community centre and is now a popular meeting point, event and educational venue.
According to Quint, the concept is attracting worldwide interest: "The laboratory is a model, is designed to be transferable and has so far been researched by scientists from the Netherlands, Spain and Australia, with requests for cooperation coming from Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, the USA, Estonia, Portugal and Spain."
Honoured as a transformation project
The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE), which advises the German government on sustainability issues, has now honoured the Reallabor twice: with the "Project Sustainability 2017" seal of quality and as one of four "transformation projects" nationwide. With this seal, the RNE recognises initiatives from society that make a special contribution to sustainable development in Germany and the world. Around 240 projects applied for the award. According to the jury, the transformation projects honoured have particularly great potential to make the world more sustainable. The awards were presented at the end of May at the RNE's annual conference in Berlin.
The website provides information on all the activities of the real-world laboratory: www.quartierzukunft.de
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