Section: Technology and Knowledge

It is widely acknowledged that municipalities play an important role in the transition towards sustainable development and climate change mitigation. But how well do they really meet these expectations? Focusing on the diffusion of pertinent policies in local, rural Austria, we analyse whether the policy diffusion has induced procedural, political and programmatic effects and, if so, how it was accomplished. The results fall short of expectations.

Suggested citation: J. Feichtinger et al. (2021): Sustainable development and climate change mitigation at the rural municipal level in Austria. Tracing policy diffusion, process dynamics and political change GAIA 30/3, 189 – 197.

Authors: Feichtinger, J., Schuch, K., Stickler T.,Lexer W.

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Tags: Austria, climate change