The updated climate protection concept was adopted by the district council on 18.7.2025. The contents and progress in implementation can be found on the ClimateView digital platform.
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Why does the district need a climate protection concept?
As higher-level administrative units, districts play a special role compared to cities and municipalities and can achieve a great deal in climate protection, e.g. through measures such as the renovation of their own properties or by supporting the expansion of renewable energies. They also act as coordinators and initiators: they network, support and motivate their towns and municipalities - and thus strengthen climate protection in the region.
A climate protection concept serves as a strategic decision-making basis and planning aid for climate protection activities. It identifies the potential for reducing greenhouse gases and defines targets and measures for this.
The updated climate protection concept for 2025
The Ludwigsburg district's updated climate protection concept is helping to make our region liveable and fit for the future. The aim is to achieve climate neutrality by 2040.
As part of the update, measures were developed for the district administration's key areas of action, with which the district is actively contributing to achieving the target. The concept is designed in such a way that it can react flexibly to new developments in the future.
The climate protection concept, including measures and current progress in implementation, can now be viewed digitally. Click here for the platform.
Expand the following fields to find information on the content, background and development process.
To update the climate protection concept, an energy and greenhouse gas balance was drawn up for the base year 2019. Based on this, the target scenario of a climate-neutral district in 2040 was developed. It shows the changes that can be made to achieve climate neutrality in the district by 2040. To this end, the energy consumption in 2040 and a mix of renewable energies were modeled in order to cover this on balance. The assumptions regarding the energy mix are based on a potential study that was carried out to identify the opportunities for expanding renewable energies in the district. The greenhouse gas reduction pathway shows the development of greenhouse gas emissions on the way to climate neutrality if the targets of the scenario are achieved.
Background and further information on the greenhouse gas balance, the target scenario and the potential analysis can be found in the following document:
When updating the climate protection concept, the focus was on the district's fields of action. Therefore, only measures that are within the direct sphere of action of the district administration were included. Instead of a comprehensive collection of measures, there is a selection of central measures that prioritize the major levers. The register of measures has also been designed in such a way that new developments can be taken into account more flexibly and the measures can be adapted.
The focus is on the energy and heating transition. Measures for the mobility transition are integrated in particular through the climate mobility plan. Measures are also included for the areas of consumption and the economy, as well as overarching measures on education and communication. For the area of activity within the district administration, the central fields of action from the independent concept for climate-neutral administration have been prepared in 4 bundled measures. They show how the district administration is fulfilling its role model function.
Regular monitoring activities are carried out to track the implementation status - at the level of the measures and at the impact level with the continuation of the GHG balance sheet.
The measures can be found on the digital dashboard. Further explanations are summarized in the document below.
The district municipalities, the district council, the Ludwigsburg district energy agency LEA e.V., civil society organizations and citizens were involved in updating the climate protection concept. Experts from various specialist areas within the district administration were involved in the development of measures.
Participation formats will also be continued in the future as part of the monitoring and further development of the measures.
The updating process was supported by Energieagentur Kreis Ludwigsburg LEA e.V..
The document below contains an overview of the process and the participation activities carried out.
The path to an updated climate protection concept
- What role can local authorities play in municipal climate protection?
- Why is a climate protection concept important? (from 4:38)
- Which fields of action are the focus of the update? (from 5:29)
- What role does the Ludwigsburg district energy agency play? (from 6:16)
You can find the answers to these questions in the video.
The excerpts are from the recorded livestream of the 3rd day of the Climate Forum "Partnerships for Climate Action", which took place from March 6 to 8, 2024. You can find the entire recording here.
Online survey for citizens on the climate protection concept
Under the title "Home game for the climate", citizens were able to take part in an online survey on the climate protection concept from July 4 to 31, 2024. After the survey was launched with a digital kick-off event on July 4, 1,875 people took part in the survey on the climate protection concept over the following three weeks and contributed to the update. We would like to thank everyone who took part!
The survey sought the opinions of citizens: in addition to general questions on climate protection, questions were also asked on the topics of energy and buildings, sustainable consumption and networking. You can view a summary of the results here . The answers and other suggestions and ideas from the survey will be incorporated into the development of measures for the climate protection concept.
Starting point: The integrated climate protection concept from 2015
With the adoption of the first integrated climate protection concept in 2015, the district council laid the foundation for strategic climate protection work in the district of Ludwigsburg - together with 34 towns and municipalities.
The concept provided an important framework for developing measures and systematically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the district.
Representatives from politics, administration, the energy industry and citizens worked closely together to develop a comprehensive concept consisting of three volumes:
Volume 1: Final report with qualitative analysis, energy and CO₂ balance sheet and potential analysis
Volume 2: Municipal profiles with tailored climate protection measures and implementation recommendations for each municipality
Volume 3: Catalog of measures with a total of 88 specific measures
A climate protection manager was commissioned to implement the climate protection concept. This was funded by the National Climate Initiative (NKI).
The climate protection manager continuously tracked the progress of the measures from the 2015 integrated climate protection concept through regular monitoring. The results were presented to the public in the Environment and Technology Committee.
You can find the results of previous monitoring cycles here:
