The Bonn Climate Compass was developed last year as a central information platform for local climate-relevant parameters with initial data and has been continuously expanded since then. Its genesis is an example of the effectiveness of citizen participation processes. The Climate Compass is based, amongst other things, on the ideas and recommendations of participants in the “Bonn4Future - We for the climate” participatory process. The aim is to provide transparent and up-to-date information on the development of local climate protection.
The following indicators from the area of mobility are now available: Bicycle counting points, car density, locations of mobility stations and car sharing services, accident statistics, the modal split (i.e. the proportion of different forms of mobility used) and the number of e-charging points. The latter has increased eightfold in the past five years, as a look at the corresponding time series reveals.
Greenhouse gas balance data for 2022
The key figures of the latest greenhouse gas balance for 2022 (GHG balance for short) are now also available in the Climate Compass. The GHG balance shows the energy-related greenhouse gas emissions in the city area, broken down by consumption sector and energy source. The availability of data means that municipal greenhouse gas balances are only available with a delay of around two years. In order to enable the timely and targeted management of climate protection in Bonn, the city administration is therefore gradually adding key figures on the success of the climate plan to the GHG balance sheet, which will be published step by step in the Climate Compass. www.bonn.de/klimakompass
The latest GHG balance shows that 1.94 million tons of greenhouse gases were emitted in Bonn in 2022. Following the special effects of the coronavirus pandemic in the two previous years, the trend of declining emissions in Bonn is thus continuing steadily. Since the reference year 1990, emissions in the city of Bonn have fallen by around 32%. In 2022, a 2.4% reduction was achieved compared to the previous year.” However, to achieve the 2035 climate targets, a reduction of around seven percent per year would be necessary. A significant intensification of efforts and measures is therefore necessary. The Climate Plan adopted in March 2023 and its work program form the basis for this. The effects of implementing the climate plan will be visible from the greenhouse gas balance for 2024.
Bonn Climate Compass is part of the work program of the Bonn Climate Plan 2035
The Climate Plan was adopted by the City Council in March 2023 as a roadmap for a climate-neutral and livable city of Bonn. As a climate neutrality strategy, the Climate Plan defines targets and development paths for the period up to 2035 and contains a “climate action plan” as a work program for the city administration, which will be implemented and continuously updated over the coming years.