Climate protection 2.0: Lars Krehan fights for a green future in the district!

Climate protection 2.0: Lars Krehan fights for a green future in the district!

What is going on in the climate protection work of the Main-Taunus district? Lars Krehan has been taking over as climate protection manager for a year and is bringing a breath of fresh air to the topic. The first district councilor Madlen Overdick emphasizes that Krehan is responsible for bundling initiatives and networking the actors in climate protection. Its goal is to strategically anchor municipal climate protection measures and advance the implementation of the extensive goals.

Krehan, who is only 26 years old and grew up in Hofheim and has expertise in economic geography from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, is not an unknown quantity. He brings valuable experience from internships at the environmental agency in Frankfurt and a wind power company. This basis helps him to bring the various parties in the district together and to master the challenges of climate protection.

The big plan for 2040

A central point of Krehan's work is the reduction of the greenhouse gas CO2 by an impressive 83 percent by 2040 compared to 2015. In order to achieve these ambitious goals, he is responsible for not only updating the measures of the climate protection concept, but also prioritizing them and reporting annually to the district council. The climate protection concept itself is on the district's website www.mtk.org available to all interested parties.

This shows that local climate protection is not just lip service. According to the study “Effective potential of municipal climate protection measures” commissioned by the BMWK and UBA, municipalities with their own climate protection management are implementing more and larger funding projects. They even achieve up to nine times more greenhouse gas reductions than those without dedicated staff. Krehan plays a key role here: As the central contact for administration and stakeholders, he actively contributes to integrating climate goals into the administration's core processes.

A look into the future

The importance of climate protection management is becoming increasingly clear. It is an important building block on the path to greenhouse gas neutrality. Not an easy task, but Krehan has a good knack for coordinating and implementing ideas and measures in climate protection. The challenges are diverse, but in collaboration with the municipalities and other stakeholders, he is determined to make decisive progress in climate protection in the Main-Taunus district.

In summary, one can say: Krehan and his team are working hard to ensure that not only words but also actions follow in the region. It remains exciting to see how the climate protection map in the Main-Taunus district will develop in the coming years.