In Germany, over 2,000 citizens' energy communities with more than 500,000 members are an important driver of the decentralized energy transition. Citizens join forces and jointly operate renewable energy plants. Through [...] More

Trees are an indispensable part of our cities. They offer shade, cool the environment, improve air quality and provide habitats for numerous animal and plant species. At the same time, urban trees are under great pressure in [...] More

The effects of climate change are already visible in the Stuttgart Region today – primarily through increasing heat stress and frequent heavy rainfall events. In the ISAP I project an online information and advisory system [...] More

Urban green spaces offer a variety of ecological benefits beyond recreational areas, particularly concerning the impacts of climate change. During heatwaves, they contribute to cooling and mitigate flooding during heavy [...] More

A structural strengthening through the energy transition ”can only succeed together with the people for whom the regions are part of their identity and home with tradition and future”. This call by the Coal Commission to [...] More

There are many alternative economy actors that primarily pursue socio-ecological or public welfare objectives. They include, for example, social enterprises, citizens' cooperatives, collective enterprises and organizations of [...] More

Cities and municipalities are feeling the effects of climate change, for example in the form of heat stress, water shortages and flooding. This damages buildings, infrastructure, health, and nature. Natural climate protection [...] More

Around half of Berlin's CO2 emissions are attributable to the heating sector. Its sustainable transformation is therefore fundamental to the city's climate neutrality target by 2045. Heat storages are an important component [...] More

Which options are there for flood protection in the tidal area of the Elbe in light of the effects of climate change? The TideelbeKlima project aims to identify and analyse conceivable options and to evaluate them [...] More

Neighborhood energy concepts can enable new paths for higher energy efficiency and renewable energies at the local level by taking an integrated view of energy generation, consumption and decentralized infrastructure. For [...] More

The heat transition has been omnipresent in public discourse since the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine and is receiving a great deal of political attention. With the “Gebäudeenergiegesetz” and the “Wärmeplanungsgesetz”, [...] More