There is a palpable tension between the planning and implementation of climate targets, for instance as regards renewable energy resources - among which wind power plays a significant role. This tension comes to the fore when assessing the effectiveness of spatial planning approaches to the...

Klimaschutz, Anpassung an die Folgen des Klimawandels und Nutzung von regenerativen Energien sind zentrale Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts für die räumliche Planung und insbesondere für die Raumordnung. Daraus entstehende, neue Fragestellungen erfordern für die bisherigen Instrumente...

This paper addresses the scope for action by municipalities in a climate emergency and places it in the framework of ecomodern (urban) policy. We analyse the way in which two German ‘climate emergency municipalities’ translate conflicts of post-fossil transformation into concrete political...