About the project
Climate-related changes have varying impacts on societies, ecosystems, and local economies at the regional level. The EU has set itself the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. In order to successfully implement climate neutrality in the regions, a systemic, location-specific understanding of this change is required.
Previous research in this area was limited to individual sectors and administrative boundaries. The interactions beyond these boundaries have been insufficiently studied, and the resulting policy guidelines have therefor remained inconsistent.
The ReCoCliN project aims to close these gaps by generating robust, evidence-based knowledge about the systemic and territorial dimensions of climate neutrality.
The aims of the project are:
- Qualitatively and quantitatively describe and analyse past trends and the current state of climate neutrality at the regional level.
- Identify knowledge gaps that need to be overcome to promote climate neutrality at the regional level.
- Explore and co-create pathways for transitions towards climate neutrality.
- Enhance the capacities of territorial development policymakers.
The project consortium consists of six partners: University of Graz, Cambridge Econometrics, Spatial Foresight, BBSR, Prognos and Demos Helsinki. The European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion (ESPON) funds the project.
