Regionale Anpassung an den Klimawandel – Ein überblick mit Empfehlungen für Kommunen in Baden-Württemberg

Abstract

Climate change will have a major impact in Baden-Württemberg in the form of an increase in extreme weather conditions of heat and heavy rain. The local communities are faced with the challenge of dealing properly with the climatic changes that have already occurred and those that are expected. In Germany, there have been evident efforts at a federal level since 2006 to establish the issue of adaptation to climate change on an institutional level. It is primarily the federal states that must initiate and implement specific programmes for their respective geographical contexts. The municipal decision-makers have a central responsibility in this regard, as they are expected to meet the challenges of climate change at a local level. Factors that inhibit municipal adaptation strategies are, among others, the lack of clear responsibilities and the fact that the directives and resolutions are largely non-binding. These issues should be followed up. The strategic integration of regional stakeholders could contribute to the effective transfer of transregional adaptation planning into municipal planning.