Leipzig

The most populous city in Saxony and 8th in Germany, it has 624,689 inhabitants. Leipzig is a growing city: 51,834 people moved here in 2022.

The City are the Environmental Protection Office; Urban Planning Department; the City Council; private investors; Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture; State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology; Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); Federal Environment Agency (UBA); the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN); civil society actors in Leipzig’s NABU and BUND.

Leipzig is a historical centre of business, trade, transport, administration, education, and “creative scene”. Together with Halle, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, Leipzig is part of the polycentric metropolitan region of Central Germany. The average age is 42.4. The youth quota is 20,9%, the quote of the elderly people is 30,4%. 19.3% are at risk of poverty. The unemployment rate is at 6.9%.

The Deutsche Wetterdienst confirms “that on average global warming has manifested itself in the Leipzig region”. An increase in extreme weather events and temperatures is predicted. In June 2016 and July 2021, large parts of Germany were affected by extreme precipitation, while 2018 was marked by drought. The increasing hot spells will have an impact on health. The Potsdam Institute predicts increasing heat days & water-levels drop.

City of Leipzig has developed adaptation strategies on following areas:

1. Urban planning and development,
2. Transport,
3. Urban green spaces,
4. Rainwater management,
5. Health care,
6. Civil protection and disaster control.

20 million Euros have been invested by the City of Leipzig on renewable energy infrastructure and street trees and green roofs. The city is also working on a path to a climate-neutral administration.