Wolfsburg Agenda 21

Since 2000, citizens, associations, companies, churches and other groups in Wolfsburg have been committed to sustainable development and have drawn up a Wolfsburg Agenda21, which the city council unanimously adopted as the guiding principle for city policy.

Agenda21 goes back to the 1992 environmental conference in Rio, at which the United Nations adopted a comprehensive action program that takes equal account of ecological, economic and social concerns in order to shape globalization in a fair and sustainable way.

You can download the current Wolfsburg Agenda21 with its sustainable goals, measures and projects here.

Since the Agenda 21 process began in 2000, numerous projects have been initiated, worked on and implemented. On the following page you can find out about some projects and measures in Wolfsburg.

The following institutions are actively involved in Wolfsburg's Agenda21 (in alphabetical order):

• German Bicycle Club (ADFC)
• Kindernothilfe working group
• Wolfsburg e.V. advisory council for the disabled
• Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)
• Citizens
• German Traffic Watch Wolfsburg e.V.
• Eine-Welt-Verein e.V. and world store Pueblo
• Protestant Church
• Greenpeace
• Catholic Church
• District beekeepers association
• Nature discovery station (NEST)
• Nature conservation association (Nabu)
• Nature conservation center
• Nature conservation officer of the city of Wolfsburg
• Ornithological working group Barnbruch
• Politics
• City of Wolfsburg
• Public utility
• Consumer advice center
• Association for the preservation of local history
• German Traffic Club (VCD)
• Volkswagen AG
• Wolfsburg Transport Company (WVG)
• and many more

1995
Local Agenda 21 topic in the environmental committee

1997
Council resolution on the city mission statement and thus on Local Agenda 21

1997
Establishment of the Agenda 21 office

1998/99
Round table of educational institutions, symposia on ecological building, working group at the adult education center

1999
Formation of the steering committee of Wolfsburg Agenda 21

2000
First day of the Wolfsburg Agenda 21: 50 associations and institutions present their Agenda 21 projects. A participation process open to all citizens is initiated. The Agenda 21 forums are founded.

2005
The Wolfsburg Declaration on Joint Action for Climate Protection is agreed.

2007
Report on the Wolfsburg Declaration was published.

2010
On 03.02.2010, the Wolfsburg Agenda 21 was unanimously adopted by the Wolfsburg City Council, making it the guiding principle for future policy.

2016
On 22.06.2016, the Council of the City of Wolfsburg unanimously decides to make the updated Wolfsburg Agenda21 the guideline of its future city policy.