Climate friendly programs (city of Bonn). Climate Change

Abstract or Introduction

The Coronavirus-crisis came over to us from Asia. At first, the full impact of the Corona pandemic was not yet apparent. The consequences for the economy and society are still not fully foreseeable. Programs must be put in place to strengthen the local economy. Sustainability and green power has been pushed in the background by the media and political attention of the Covid 19 pandemic. This paper addresses the question, which initiatives make sense for a city to conserve resources and become more environmentally friendly. The pandemic is currently being played out on the backs of children, who are experiencing distance learning and emergency care, unable to see their friends and a peer group that they so desperately need for proper development. Isolation and learning home alone is on the agenda for the next generation. There are studies already that outline increased behavioural problems in children, due to the political Corona instruments. In addition to the psychological consequences for society, especially for the youngest, debts amounting to billions are incurred. Medially the agenda is filled almost totally with Covid reports - for other topics space hardly remains. At the same time, it is important to not forget the other challenges the world is facing: The climate crisis, demographic change, the digitalization that has become most obvious and is lagging far behind in Germany. So, in addition to the damage caused by the current pandemic, we are passing on many other problems to our next generation. That is why municipalities should urgently respond with political initiatives, so problems such as climate change must not be allowed to fade into the background. Accordingly, the following questions are addressed in this paper: brief introduction of the topic of the Corona pandemic in Bonn, the climate change and its effects, as well as possible courses of action for the Bonn local politics, which is now even governed by the parliamentary group of Bündnis 90 die Grünen.