Instruments and consulting

Shaping municipal climate action ambitions in a targeted manner

Orientation framework for effective climate action targets in municipalities

On behalf of the German Environment Agency, a standardised definition of greenhouse gas neutrality in municipalities is to be developed. Furthermore, recommendations for operationalisable climate…

transform-R

Shaping the energy and mobility transition as a social-ecological transformation in the FrankfurtRhineMain region

The transform-R funding project aims to bring the mobility and energy transition to a wider area. Well-developed cycle path networks, urban districts with limited motorised traffic and car parks with…

NKI: Instruments for municipal climate action work (IkKa) - Evaluating and planning municipal measures in climate action

The IkKa project developed a methodology for evaluating climate action measures in order to support municipalities and their climate action managers in prioritizing climate action measures.

Aktualisierung und Weiterentwicklung des UBA-CO₂-Rechners

Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen des persönlichen CO₂-Fußabdrucks: Aktualisierung und Weiterentwicklung von relevanten Berechnungsmethoden und Daten

Seit 2007 arbeitet das ifeu in Kooperation mit KlimAktiv an der Entwicklung, Erweiterung und kontinuierlichen Verbesserung des UBA-CO2-Rechners. Im Rahmen des aktuellen Projekts werden die der Bilanz…

Climate action - monitoring in municipalities

What can comprehensive monitoring in municipal climate action look like? By surveying climate-active municipalities on the current status and further development and through a nationwide workshop,…

Transform-R: Designing networks to support regional transformation processes

Research on transformation processes of energy systems and on the design of a network of municipalities and regions for a transformation in the sense of sustainability

Cooperation at the regional level is essential for the transformation to sustainability in Germany in order to be able to comply with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. For this, the exchange…

Scientific monitoring of the National Climate Initiative IV

In future, the National Climate Initiative (NKI) is to be more strongly oriented towards the guiding principle of "100 % climate protection". The necessary funding programs are to be developed for…

LebensRäume (Living Spaces)

Due to an increase in living space per capita, living space is currently scarce in Germany, and not just in large cities. What options do municipalities have to support their residents in the search…

Districts in charge!

In support of adelphi, ifeu participates in the BMUB-funded project “Districts in charge”. District novel to climate change mitigation will be supported in the establishment of a structured climate…

Further development of the Climate Protection Plus funding programme

Climate Protection Plus is a funding programme from the state of Baden-Württemberg, which has been republished each year since 2002. In the context of the project, checks are made for the new funding…

Strategic development of the National Climate Action Initiative III

Future advances of the National Climate Action Initiative should focus on the “100% climate action” principle, including necessary funding initiatives.

Municipal heat transition

Guideline for a climate-friendly transition of heat supply

The guideline “Municipal heat transition” is addressed to anyone with an interest in tackling the heat transition in their town or municipality. It offers a compass for sound decision-making on the…

Municipal climate action coaching

The coaching approach provides an easy introduction to municipal climate action measures for authorities with little prior experience. For this purpose, project Coaching II includes the development of…

Individual climate action scenarios

For many citizens, it has so far been difficult to identify with the greenhouse gas reduction targets set by the German government for 2050 and to record their own options for action. To make this…

Development of an assessment and incentive system for 100% renewable energy regions

The feasibility study investigated the extent to which it is possible to assess processes applied in climate protection municipalities and regions.

Strategic development of the national climate action initiative II

The Federal Environment Ministry’s National Climate Action Initiative (NKI) encompasses a wide range of funding and support schemes designed to promote climate action amongst the target groups of…

Climate Action Planner

With the Climate Action Planner, local authorities should, at low cost, using standard calculation methods, be able to make transferrable statements giving an assessment of the effects of local…

Exergetic Assessment of Municipal Energy Systems

The aim of the project is to develop proposals and possibilities in which the energy system of the future can be sustainable at the local level. The energy efficiency and the exergetic optimization of…

Coaching local climate protection

The aim of the project was to help the move towards climate projection for local authorities that had little personnel and few financial resources, and to firmly and lastingly establish climate…

Strategies of the National Climate Initiative

The project analyses options to improve efficiency and climate protection in Germany in terms of the technical and economic potentials, the parties involved, the export prospects and political…

Climate Action Dialogue – Change Agent Courses

As part of the Climate Action Dialogue project, ifeu designed and ran a training scheme for climate action managers (Change Agent course). The main objective was to develop key qualifications for the…

CO₂ balancing assistance for climate action municipalities in Baden-Württemberg

To simplify and harmonise municipal energy and CO2 balancing in Baden-Württemberg, ifeu has developed a balancing tool commissioned by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment.