Cities overcoming institutional barriers: Socially just climate action across municipal departments

In our previous blog post, we showed that inclusive climate action is not only possible, but practical when cities focus on mapping barriers, tailoring communication, and working with trusted community partners.

However, for these efforts to last and grow, they must become part of how cities operate every day - successful local projects can struggle to scale or sustain their impact if they remain separate from broader municipal structures.

This second blog post accordingly considers how municipalities can work to mainstream socially just climate action within the administration, by building the right mandates, internal capacity and supportive conditions.

Drawing on learnings from the INCLU:DE project cities, such as Bonn, Dortmund, Essen, Heidelberg, and Ludwigsburg, we highlight four key challenges in city administrations and practical strategies for turning them into opportunities for transformation. Read more.