Heat campaigns start in Spandau: Protection for vulnerable citizens now!
Heat campaigns start in Spandau: Protection for vulnerable citizens now!
Berlin, Deutschland - On June 4, 2025, the nationwide heat action day will take place, on the occasion of which the Spandau district office presents the first heat action plan. The aim of this plan is to protect the Spandau population from the health effects of the increasingly frequent heat events, which are reinforced by climate change. The publication is part of the district climate adaptation policy that reacts to the growing threat from extreme temperatures.
In Spandau, particularly vulnerable groups are affected by the heat-related health risks, including older people, chronically ill and in need of care and support. Homeless people and homeless people as well as infants and toddlers are also exposed to increased risk potential due to high ambient temperatures. Heat can aggravate existing health problems and lead to an increase in deaths, such as the Federal Environmental Office emphasized.content of the heat action plan
The heat action plan is intended to take specific measures to reduce heat -related health burden and strengthen preventive protection structures. Enlightenment about risks as well as appropriate preventive and protective measures represent central building blocks of the plan. It is intended that the plan as a learning system is continuously evaluated and further developed in order to meet the specific needs of the population.
In Germany, the number of hot days and tropical nights is constantly increasing. According to the monitoring report on the German adaptation strategy to climate change, there has been a significant increase in these extreme weather phenomena since the 1980s. No years have not been registered in Germany since 2005, and the Robert Koch Institute reports that eight of the ten warmest summer since 1881 have occurred in the past 30 years.
measures and funding
The Federal Government plans to implement measures to reduce heat -related deaths and hospital admissions in the coming years. A climate adaptation law, which has been in force since July 1, 2024, strengthens heat protection and calls for the development of local climate adaptation concepts. In order to support the municipalities in the implementation, the federal government provides funding of EUR 150 million between 2020 and 2023.
Already cities like Mannheim and Dortmund have successfully developed heat action plans. In Berlin, too, the Heat Protection Action Alliance, together with the Medical Association, the Senate Department and other actors, relies on the development of pragmatic solutions. Measures that are recommended here concern, among other things, structural adjustments such as facade greening and planting trees to reduce the ambient temperatures.
The full heat action plan of the Spandau district administration is available online: www.berlin.de/ba-spandau/hitzschutz . In addition, the Federal Environment Ministry Further information and recommendations for action that are important for health care and the protection of the population.
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