European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion (ESPON)
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Cambridge Econometrics, Universität Graz, Demos Helsinki, Spatial Foresight, Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR)
Isolated strategies and regional circumstances – will this cause European climate protection to fail?
Together with Cambridge Econometrics, the University of Graz, Demos Helsinki, Spatial Foresight and the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), we are investigating for the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion (ESPON) how regions can be better empowered to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality. The ReCoCliN (Regional Contributions to Climate Neutrality) project focuses on the individual situation in each region and on cross-regional cooperation.
In this project, we want to examine four key questions:
ReCoCliN aims to develop indicators for climate neutrality that provide guidance to policymakers in their decision-making processes.
To this end, we combine a systemic with a territorial approach in order to reveal the spatial, temporal and political dependencies, boundaries and interactions within regions and beyond. In jointly developing the indicators, the focus is on ensuring that they are politically relevant, scientifically sound, understandable, practical and affordable, sensitive to relevant changes, and suitable for aggregation and disaggregation.
Project team: Anna-Maria Grodeke, Paurnima Atul Kulkarni, Nora Langreder, Dr Fabian Muralter, Dr Alexander Piégsa, Sascha Sokoliuk, Max Willinghöfer
Last update: 22.10.2025
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