SDG-Fachtag 2025: „Stadt- und Lebensräume – Was unsere Stadt bewegt“

In the organizer's words:

The Alliance for Municipal Sustainability Cologne invites you to the SDG Symposium 2025 "Urban and living spaces: What moves our city" on November 3, 2025 from 2 p.m. at the Alte Feuerwache Cologne. This year, the symposium will focus on current challenges and opportunities for sustainable urban development. The aim is to find and discuss creative solutions to make Cologne more liveable, sustainable and future-proof.

In the afternoon, Cologne initiatives will be inviting participants to take part in workshops on various topics of sustainable urban development - from pedestrian traffic and homelessness to heat adaptation in the city and the current process in Cologne's sustainability strategy - concrete problems and solutions will be discussed in depth.

In the evening, we will talk to stakeholders from administration and civil society at the panel discussion "Thinking city centers fit for the future" about how central urban squares and hubs, where many people and needs meet, can be designed sustainably.

Program

14:00: Registration & get-together with vegan snacks

15:00: Welcome & introduction

15:30 - 17:30: Four parallel workshops on sustainable urban development in Cologne:

• Workshop A) Urban Climate & Climate Change - Insights into a research project of the University of Cologne and TH Köln | with: Nils Eingrüber (MSc, University of Cologne) and Thérèse Peterschmitt (MSc, TH Cologne)
• Workshop B) Here today, there tomorrow. Who can stay, who has to leave? Homelessness - The person in the middle of our society | Friederike Bender and Petra Hastenteufel , street workers at Oase Köln
• Workshop C) Walking in Cologne: Where we are and where we want to go | with: Britta Buch, pedestrian traffic officer of the city of Cologne and Andrea Fromberg, FUSS e.V. Cologne local group
• Workshop D) On the way to sustainability indicators for Cologne | with: Stephanie Dormann, Head of the Strategic Urban Development Unit, City of Cologne, Dr. Katja Veil, Strategic Urban Development/Sustainability, City of Cologne, Ralph Herbertz, Alliance for Municipal Sustainability Cologne

17:30: Break with vegan snacks

18:00: "Thinking city centers fit for the future" | Panel discussion

19:30: Closing with drinks

Moderation: Anne Gebler-Walkenbach

Registration at: projekte@koelnagenda.de

Further information on the program can be found at: www.bkn.koeln/news-events/

The event is free of charge and is funded by the District Council of the City of Cologne, the Cologne Community Foundation and the City of Cologne.