The Rathaus-CSU criticizes the green-red coalition for its climate protection policy. The alliance has announced many measures, and these announcements alone are considered a success, but they are not implementing enough of them, says CSU city councilor Sebastian Schall, who is responsible for climate. The green-red plans are so ambitious “that you can’t even make it”. Schall alludes to the basic resolutions according to which Munich 2035 and the city administration including the municipal companies should already be climate-neutral by 2030.
With several inquiries in the city council, which are to be submitted soon, the CSU is demanding answers on the implementation of the city’s climate protection statute, which was adopted in 2021. For example, for how many of the investment decisions the climate impact costs were calculated and which decisions were checked in advance for their climate impact.
The CSU asked similar questions a year ago. At that time, climate officer Christine Kugler replied that no climate-related costs for investments had yet been calculated. The climate test for draft resolutions was still in the pilot phase a year ago. Nevertheless, Kugler was convinced that the nation’s first municipal “climate law” would fulfill its purpose.
CSU City Councilor Schall also has doubts as to whether the district approach of the climate department can be implemented at the planned speed. The city wants to work on climate neutrality in the districts together with citizens. The aim is, among other things, that the energy supply is converted, that people can move around largely emission-free and that the district is adapted to climate change. By 2035, around 400 individual quarters are to be redesigned to be climate-friendly. Implementation has started in two pilot projects, in Ramersdorf Süd and the Maikäfersiedlung.
A year ago, the climate department of the CSU replied that “under favorable conditions” the “ambitious schedule could be met”. Schall says that the CSU supports the neighborhood approach, but he also thinks this schedule is too ambitious: “You should approach the whole thing realistically.” The city should not act according to the motto: “Somehow it will work out.” You also need the necessary staff in the administration. Schall calls on the green-red city government not only to create additional positions on paper, but also to fill them.