Overview

• Campaigning intensified as supporters staged a press event in Hamburg, with Luisa Neubauer moderating and the Deutsches Schauspielhaus pledging to encourage audiences to vote.
• The vote on 12 October asks whether to bring the city’s legal climate‑neutrality target forward from 2045 to 2040 and to require measurable annual targets.
• If yearly goals are missed, the Senat would have to present immediate programs, with the Klimabeirat stepping in to devise measures if the government fails to act.
• Backers highlight social safeguards for tenants and owners, with the Mieterverein arguing that well‑designed support can keep warm rents stable and cut heating costs after renovations.
• Ballot materials have begun arriving for roughly 1.3 million eligible voters, and passage requires more yes than no votes plus at least 262,609 yes votes, according to the Landeswahlamt.