It is not just any trees that Augsburg wants to plant in the northern city center by 2025. It should be heat-resistant specimens, equipped with sensors that determine the water requirement and thus optimize watering management. The planting of individual trees in the city has hardly any impact on the CO₂ balance, says Peter Rauscher, parliamentary group leader and spokesman for environmental and nature conservation of the Augsburg Greens. “But the green cools down concrete areas and makes the city more livable.”
Climate change: Cities should become greener – Bavaria
