Climate protection at all levels
Climate protection is often decided “from above” – in Germany, for example, by the Bundestag – but it is often the levels below that have to implement it: the states, the municipalities, the people on the ground. At the same time, local projects can demonstrate on a small scale what is possible on a large scale: that heat pumps work, that renewable electricity is safe, and what advantages sustainable water use brings. Protect the Planet therefore also wants to promote climate change locally.
As a nationally and internationally active organization, we have a particularly close relationship with Munich, where we are based and where we were founded. In addition, we are committed to a project on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura. climate-friendly seawater desalination: a showcase projekt that could benefit many islands, which are naturally particularly affected by dangerous climate change.
Climate-neutral Munich
Munich City Council resolved back in June 1998 that “Munich should do no harm”, meaning Munich had a duty to become climate-neutral as soon as possible and end the damaging emissions that cause so much harm globally, regionally and locally.
Deshalb setzen wir uns dafür ein, dass die Stadt ihre Versprechen einhält –gemeinsam mit einem starken und vielfältigen Netzwerk in der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt.
The outcome of the local referendum in 2017 to close down the coal-fired power station, which we supported to a significant degree, revealed that the people of Munich also want more progress on climate-change mitigation. We are committed to implementing this referendum, to divestment by the city and its subsidiaries, to a complete phase-out of gas, and to the expansion of geothermal energy—not only in Munich, but also in the surrounding region.
Find out more about our local commitment:
1200 Menschen demonstrieren in Reichling gegen Gasbohrungen in Bayern
Reichling, 4.5.2025 – Im oberbayerischen Reichling haben rund 1200 Menschen am gestrigen Samstag friedlich gegen Gasbohrungen demonstriert.
“Stoppt Gas-Bohrungen!” Fridays for Future ruft zur Kundgebung im oberbayerischen Reichling auf
Reichling, 28.04.2025 – Der Beginn der Gas-Bohrarbeiten im oberbayerischen Reichling steht unmittelbar bevor – aber der Widerstand wächst: Für Samstag, 3. Mai 2025 ruft Fridays for Future Bayern ab 13:30 Uhr zu einer Demonstration am Ort der geplanten Bohrung auf.
Model project: Blue Green Fuerteventura
Protect the Planet und die Musterinsel Fuerteventura – wir arbeiten hier an regenerativer Meerwasseraufbereitung.
People’s Petition to “Keep the City Green”
Green spaces are the “lungs of the city” – and urgency is required to save and maintain them in the face of ongoing global warming, heatwaves and extreme drought conditions. In addition, these green spaces are increasingly sacrificed for the profit of investors or to address the housing shortage – at the cost of our environment, climate and the quality of urban life. This is why we campaigned in Munich in particular for de-sealing and the retention of green spaces and woodland areas: ultimately succeeding with the People’s Petition “Keep the City Green”.
Nothing good about gas
Exit Spirit Energy: we called on the Munich utility company to say goodbye to its damaging oil and gas-fired business via its shares in the Spirit Energy company. Like many municipal companies, the Munich utility company SWM, despite its green image campaign, has been embroiled in oil and gas business for years. The critical challenge – issued by Fossil Free and the Clean Energy for Munich network in particular, of which we are a part – addressed the issue of greenwashing and also informed the general public and the media, effectively persuading the Munich City Council – in the interests of their own credibility – to end the participation of the utility company in fossil-fuelled energy.
Get into geothermal energy!
The Munich utility company (SWM) wanted to keep Munich residents in (fossil-fuel) shackles – despite the fact that an environmentally friendly resource beneath Munich (geothermal) was not out of reach – and had long been marketed by the very same SWM as its goal for 100 % renewables in Munich.
Exit Spirit Energy
Exit Spirit Energy: we called on the Munich utility company to say goodbye to its damaging oil and gas-fired business via its shares in the Spirit Energy company.
Save the Bees
Great success with the people’s petition to retain biodiversity and natural beauty in Bavaria The biggest threat to humanity, apart
Munich’s exit from coal
The burning of coal is the most environmentally harmful form of energy generation and makes a significant contribution to climate change. Coal emissions are known to be damaging to human health, as they cause illnesses and lead to premature death. While there has been much discussion nationwide about the urgent need to exit from lignite coal mining, the burning question in Munich was how to close down the hard-coal-fired power plant HKW Nord.
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Current events
Webinar: “Klimaschutz vor Gericht: Top-Jurist erklärt, was das IGH-Gutachten für uns bedeutet”
Der Jurist Felix Ekardt erklärt im Webinar am 04.09. um 17 Uhr, was das IGH-Klimagutachten bedeutet.
There is still too little known about the climate crisis and what we can do to avert it. To bridge this gap, our Climate Talks aim to provide information on many different aspects of climate change with a particular focus on specific things we can do ourselves.
Numerous experts join us in exploring the pressing questions of our time.
Missed an event? No problem, you can watch the recordings of the presentations in the archive.
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