The Senate of the Max Planck Society launched the Climate Action Plan for climate-neutral research operations presented by President Patrick Cramer on 15 March. The plan envisages that the Max Planck Society will halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2029 compared to 2019. “The Max Planck Society makes outstanding scientific contributions to understanding and tackling climate change. It also wants to act sustainably as an institution and make its contribution to climate protection. We will continue to develop our Climate Action Plan and add new measures,” says Patrick Cramer.
Together with the Alliance of Science Organisations, the Max Planck Society has set itself the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2035 at the latest. An important contribution to this is the planned purchase of green electricity outside of the EEG levy. Furthermore, energy management systems are to be introduced at all institutes and facilities. This will also support and implement the annual energy savings of two per cent prescribed by the Energy Efficiency Act.
One measure to reduce greenhouse gases that has already been successfully launched is the “Max Planck Solar” programme, which enabled photovoltaic systems to be initiated at 31 locations in the first round of tenders in 2023.
Max Planck Society presents Climate Action Plan | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (mpg.de)