On Tuesday, 5 May, the members of the Transatlantic Forum for Nature and Environment (TAFNE) will visit Chemnitz. This international network of stakeholders from Germany and the USA focuses on the topics of resilient infrastructure, nature conservation and renaturation, resource efficiency and community-based environmental policy.
Representatives of the media are invited to accompany a walk through the Pleißenbach green corridor. This starts at around 1.05 pm on Paul-Jäkel-Straße, at the gate entrance opposite Liebigstraße and ends at around 2.30 pm at the playground near the viaduct close to Limbacher Straße.
Florian Etterer from the City of Chemnitz's Parks Department will inform participants about the renaturalisation, while Sarah Arnold from the City of Chemnitz's Environment Department will introduce the topic of climate adaptation. The Pleißenbach green corridor serves as a positive example of nature conservation, urban climate improvement, river renaturalisation and the promotion of sustainable mobility.
Please note: The tour will be held in English.
The US delegation will be in Germany from 3 to 9 May. In addition to Chemnitz, the programme includes visits to Leipzig, Nuremberg and Munich. In Chemnitz, the participants will visit the Pleißenbach as well as the city's public utilities and town hall. Ten people from the US states of Colorado, Pennsylvania and Texas will be guests, including the Chairwoman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Chief Climate Officer of the City of Dallas and the Chief Sustainability Officer of Fort Collins.
Background
The Transatlantic Forum for Nature and Environment (TAFNE) was launched in Washington, D.C., in June 2025 and will run until July 2027. The TAFNE anchor contacts and other representatives of the participating states and cities will actively exchange information throughout the project. Around ten virtual workshops (90 minutes each) and one-week study trips to Germany and the USA (in spring 2027) are planned over the course of the project.
The aim is to build sustainable economies while protecting environmental resources and public health.
TAFNE serves as a forum for open dialogue and practice-oriented learning. It connects policy makers, experts, businesses, civil society organisations and researchers to share insights and find practical solutions to pressing environmental problems and related resource and infrastructure issues - from restoring ecosystems and improving resource efficiency to increasing resilience to floods and droughts.
In addition to six American cities (Denver, Fort Collins, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Austin and Dallas), six cities from the German states of Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony are taking part: Aachen, Chemnitz, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Nuremberg and Würzburg.
TAFNE is an initiative of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN).
www.tafne.org/de
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