Climate Protection Plan of the University of Freiburg

On the ambitious path to climate neutrality, the rectorate adopted a comprehensive climate protection concept for the building operations of the University of Freiburg at the beginning of 2022. It encompasses clear and concrete measures with which the goals specified in the Climate Protection Act can be achieved. The scenarios presented in the climate protection concept take up the targets set by federal and state policies for reducing climate-relevant emissions by 2030 and 2045, respectively, and concretize them for the University of Freiburg in the form of a 2030/2045 climate protection plan. The concept was developed in 2021 based on the new federal targets. Therefore, the four scenarios presented are designed to achieve climate neutrality by 2045. At the end of 2021, the state of Baden-Württemberg has set itself the goal of organizing the state administration in a net greenhouse gas-neutral ("climate-neutral") manner by 2030. This means that all the measures proposed in the concept must be implemented in a much shorter period of time.

In the development of the concept, the status groups of the university (students, academic staff and administrative employees), but also external parties, for example the state property and Baden-Württemberg Real Estate Management Authority  and the University Medical Center Freiburg, were involved through stakeholder workshops and interviews. The university is highly dependent on other stakeholders, such as the Real Estate Management Authority and the University Hospital. The University Hospital is the operator of the power plant that supplies the university with heat and, to some extent, electricity. The involvement of these partners from the beginning, is of crucial importance for the creation and further implementation of the climate protection concept of the University of Freiburg.

Here you can download the summary of the climate protection concept and the whole climate protection concept for the building operation (only in German):

Summary of the climate protection concept of the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg.

Climate protection concept of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

The strategies and measures for the areas of mobility and procurement will be designed and implemented by the university in a second phase.