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Cities and Infrastructure
Transition in China

Section: Transformative City

Collaborative Climate Action: A Prerequisite for More Ambitious Climate Policy

Collaborative Climate Action is defined as the politically intended, well-organised cooperation across different levels of government to achieve climate goals – ideally jointly defined and implemented. The report highlights both theory and practice on multi-level climate governance. It provides policy makers and practitioners with inspiration and tools to achieve more effective and ambitious climate action. […]

The New Leipzig Charter (Chinese Translation)

This document is a Chinese translation of the New Leipzig Charter. The New Leipzig Charter, signed on November 30, 2020, provides a key policy framework document for sustainable urban development in Europe. The Charter highlights that cities need to establish integrated and sustainable urban development strategies and ensure their implementation for the city as a […]

Collaborative Climate Action: A Prerequisite for More Ambitious Climate Policy (Chinese Translation)

This document is a Chinese translation of the report “Collaborative Climate Action – a prerequisite for more ambitious climate policy” Collaborative Climate Action is defined as the politically intended, well-organised cooperation across different levels of government to achieve climate goals – ideally jointly defined and implemented. The report highlights both theory and practice on multi-level […]

Insights from China: Urban Innovations Towards Sustainable And Low-Carbon Cities

With this publication we want to provide notable, but not internationally well-known examples of innovative, green projects from China. We have selected 10 case studies, which are described in relation to internationally agreed goals: Reducing greenhouse gases, managing storm water runoff, promoting biodiversity, integrating urban life, work and leisure, and promoting a circular economy – […]

Urban Climate Adaptation in Germany

Cities and towns have a significant role in mitigation of global carbon
emissions, while at the same time, they are particularly at risk
of the effects of a changing climate. Already today, climate change
and its impacts are affecting Germany’s urban areas, and they are
increasingly recognised as a global and local challenge not only by
politics, but also the German public. Increasing occurrence of hot
and dry summers, or heavy precipitation events are affecting human
health, the environment and biodiversity, forestry and agriculture,
as well as public and private infrastructure. The increased frequency
in the past years has also been raising public awareness. While cities
and towns have large potential to minimise their carbon footprint,
they also require targeted measures and urgent action to enhance
their resilience towards the impacts of climate change. In order to
identify potential vulnerabilities and identify measures according
their urgency for action, climate risk assessments are a tool to define
immediate priorities.1 Overall, climate change is not only affecting
the natural and built environment, but also human productivity
and thus economic activity in the country. Drought
periods are affecting farmers’ harvest, also increasing
their dependence on subsidies. Further, damages
inflicted by natural hazards on buildings and public
infrastructure have accounted for roughly 2.6 billion
Euro insurance cost in 2018.

The New Leipzig Charter

The New Leipzig Charter, signed on November 30, 2020, provides a key policy framework document for sustainable urban development in Europe. The Charter highlights that cities need to establish integrated and sustainable urban development strategies and ensure their implementation for the city as a whole, from its functional areas to its neighborhoods. The Chinese translation […]