Greenpeace demands urban green offensive on the world day of biodiversity!

Greenpeace demands urban green offensive on the world day of biodiversity!

Tallinn, Estland - On May 21, 2025, Greenpeace called for an urban green offensive on May 22nd on May 22nd on May 22nd on May 22nd on May 22nd. The environmental protection organization emphasizes the opportunities of urban spaces for the promotion of biodiversity and emphasizes the need for crucial political framework for the protection of flora and fauna in cities. In her report, Greenpeace refers to five international role models that successfully combine biodiversity and climate protection in urban rooms.

These examples include the "Pollinator Highway" in Tallinn, a 14 -kilometer corridor for pollinator insects, as well as an urban wetland in London, in which beavers were located for flood prevention. Paris also plans to create 300 hectares of new green areas by 2030, while Seoul tears an inner -city motorway off and renatured a river with over 300 plant species. Singapore convinces with a binding greening law for new buildings and an ecological corridor network. Despite these positive approaches, green space is still sealed in Austria, which Greenpeace considers worrying.

claims to politics

In order to counteract the progressive seal, Greenpeace demands a stopping the net lust of green spaces and treetops in cities. It is necessary to create more space for plants and to promote natural areas. There are clear legal requirements for the greening of the city, which are necessary for both the federal government and the federal states and the municipalities in order to meet the requirements of biodiversity protection.

In the context of the EU biodiversity strategy 2030, the importance of urban greening plans is also pointed out. These plans are to be implemented in all European cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants to promote integrated open space strategies that support the quality of life, biodiversity and climate adaptation. However, while there is still no direct obligation for the municipalities to implement these plans, the strategy provides numerous approaches. For example, Barcelona has announced his “Nature Plan” as an Urban Greening Plan and is committed to biodiversity goals.

specialist dialog for implementation

Within an online specialist dialogue, in which around twenty experts, including the Federal Environment Ministry and various nature conservation associations, participated, the relevance and the challenges of Stadtnatur-Plans for German municipalities were discussed. These plans could supplement existing specialist plans and demand a political obligation to make more city green. The event was organized by the Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences and the Ecologic Institute in cooperation with the Federal Nature Conservation Office.

The participants of the specialist dialogue agreed that the involvement of actors from civil society, business and science is important to develop ambitious and integrated strategies that support biodiversity protection and climate protection. A political commitment to the EU biodiversity strategy could strengthen the position of urban gross, especially in view of the increasing requirements and space competitions that exist in urban development contexts.

Overall, it can be seen that both national and European efforts are necessary to make cities in livable spaces for biodiversity and climate and to implement the required measures to strengthen urban green areas.

Further information on the EU Ordinance on the Restoration of Nature can be found on the website of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety . For details on the planning and specialist dialogues regarding city green, you can report the reporting of Stadtundgruen.de and the versions of ots.at track.