Jan Holzenbecher, Katharina Migyu, Brigitte Reinefeld and Lars Großhans-Kretschmer are the climate protection management team for the city of Salzgitter. The four are responsible for the design and implementation of the city's climate protection and adaptation concept.

The Environment Department of the City of Salzgitter implements a range of activities relating to climate protection.

On April 19, 2024, the Lower Saxony Act on the Participation of Municipalities and the Population in the Economic Surplus of Wind Energy and Photovoltaic Systems (NWindPVBetG) came into force.

Since January 1, 2024, the concept for adapting Salzgitter to climate change has been implemented by a separate office.

At its meeting on July 16, 2014, the city council unanimously approved the climate protection concept for the city of Salzgitter.