Sustainable City

What will the future look like in our cities, including Berlin? How can we operate efficiently and save resources, for instance in energy supply, transport, education and promising branches of the economy? Together with other players in various sectors of society we seek strategies to promote sustainability in Berlin. We pinpoint ways in which Berlin can exploit the special potential it has. Our initiatives and projects - Creativity Cluster, Berlin Forum, Pure Energy Berlin, Neukölln Model und Tempelhof - set an example for other cities and regions to follow.

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Why Neukölln? Berlin-Neukölln is home to people from 160 different nations. Immigration and changing economic structures have led to a concentration of socially disadvantaged households in northern Neukölln. Lack of school and vocational qualifications, high unemployment and crime have shaped Neukölln’s image as a social hotspot in and beyond Berlin. But “talking down” the situation is no solution.

Politics and Academia in Dialogue promotes dialogue between international political players and key research figures. The biennial conferences provide a platform for discussing urgent issues and challenges affecting the entire international community. With the "Forum Berlin" conference, we are seeking to showcase Berlin as a city that is leading the way in reflecting on the opportunities and risks presented to the world by the post-1989 era.

Energy, climate change and sustainability – these are currently hot topics everyone is constantly talking about. Cities are increasingly keen to embellish their promises for the future with such buzzwords. Along with our partners, we are seeking a serious and constructive approach here.

Our objective is to set up a Workshop for Urban Sustainability Strategies – a workshop in which urban players in the energy, transport and urban development sectors evolve strategies for a sustainable city.

Following the closure of Tempelhof Airport, Berlin stumbled into an unexpected debate on the future of the site. All sides wanted to see quick results, but no one was strategically prepared for the discussion. That is a toxic cocktail encouraging rash and second-rate suggestions for the site’s future use.

We believe that the creative industries have a pivotal role to play in Berlin’s future development. With the basic idea of building a cluster, we wish to explore, analyze and define how the city’s attractiveness can be strategically enhanced to ensure this sort of economic future. We are working on proposals as to how the Berlin Senate can, for its part, productively support the development of a Creative Industries Cluster and make this a priority item on its agenda.