Info News The UFP team and partners present at the 2023 AESOP Congress As part of the conference, Jun.- Prof. Dr. Cathrin Zengerling, in partnership with Prof. Dr. Antje Matern (Erfurt University of Applied Sciences), organised a special session on “Accountable strategic planning in the age of decarbonization”. Excursion to the European Court of Human Rights On 24.01.2023, our students had the opportunity to discuss in Strasbourg the Court's position on environmental law issues. Alumni Salon of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 19th Nov. 2022 As part of the event, Lina K. Irscheid held the workshop "AI Systems for Climate Adaptation of Cities: The Green and Digital Transformation as Necessary Components of the Social-Ecological Transformation" Research paper: “Feasibility of market value as criterion for fair compensation: Expropriation in ancient Cairo” as a part of the “Arab Land Initiative” through the support of the “Global Land tool Network - GLTN” and the UN-Habitat Lecture: “Upwind for agroforestry systems? - Current developments, opportunities and obstacles in European and German law" Cathrin Zengerling and Marina Klimke gave the presentation as part of the 2022/2023 lecture series: “Das Recht der nachhaltigen Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen (RNR)” Earth System Governance Conference presentation: "Cycling Infrastructure Justice in Egypt" The unpublished paper was presented by Ahmed Tarek Alahwal at the Toronto 2022 Earth System Governance Conference. Newly published chapter in Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation The chapter “Cities and climate change mitigation law from a polycentric and comparative perspective” was published in September 2022. ESPC 4 – European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference presentation: "Cities revisited" Lisa Harseim delivered a presentation on the potential of strategic urban phosphorus planning at the ESPC in June, 2022. Expert advisory board: "Global Compendium of Land Value Capture Policies" The joint project by OECD and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy was published in 2022, featuring a section on Egypt. Conference proceedings: "Urban cycling laws in Egypt" The research work "Potential and Current State of Urban Cycling Laws in Egypt" was published as part of the 7th annual International and Comparative Urban Law Conference Proceedings. Expert committee: Egyptian code for cycling path design specifications Since December 2021, Ahmed Tarek Alahwal is part of the Expert Committee for cycling path design specification in Egypt. Closing the Implementation Gap: Obstacles in Reaching Net-Zero Pledges in the EU and Germany A new publication by Cathrin Zengerling in collaboration with her colleagues has been released ahead of print in the ‘Politics and Governance’ journal. "Zero-Carbon Walk" in Vauban This year’s "Global Sustainability Transformations in Local Contexts" module was kicked off with an interactive Zero-Carbon Walk in Vauban. Sustainability transformation at the Uni Freiburg We share the wish of the student collective “Transformationsuni 2.0“ to stimulate a sustainability transformation and declare our agreement with the statements of solidarity by the research group Sustainability Governance and by Prof. Dr. Stefan Pauliuk. Publication: chapter "Kommunale Klimaschutzplanung" Jun.-Prof. Dr. Cathrin Zengerling contributed to the edited book “Handbuch Klimaschutzrecht”, recently published by Beck, with a chapter titled “Kommunale Klimaschutzplanung“. Publication: “Tracing the Trend: Emerging Climate Litigation in Kenya and South Africa” The article has been published Open Access on the academic blog Völkerrechtsblog, as part of the symposium "Comparative Climate Litigation in North-South Perspective". Jun.-Prof. Dr. Cathrin Zengerling is co-editor of the new journal “Klima und Recht” The new scientific journal “Climate and Law” on the legal dimensions of climate change was recently presented. Publication: A Comparative Legal Analysis of Urban Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in the Building Sector in Brazil, Germany, and South Africa A comparative study reveals similarities and differences in multilevel building-related laws and policies influencing cities’ climate-mitigation and adaptation efforts. Publication: Thinking Urban Transformation through Elsewhere Urban Real-World Labs in São Paulo and Hamburg show potential to contribute to long-term transformative change. Publication: It’s not enough to be right! The article explores social science explanations for the obstacles faced by the climate movement. A new member for the team! We are happy to enlarge our team and welcome Marina Klimke, who will be research assistant in the INTEGRA project while working on her PhD. Two students join the team! As the doors of Herderbau open again, we welcome two Master’s students to support the team as research assistants in the Urban Footprints Project. Publication: Phosphorus Governance within Planetary Boundaries The Potential of Strategic Local Resource Planning in The Hague and Delfland, The Netherlands, is great in supporting a more sustainable governance of phosphorus. Publication: Of Zeros and Ones The article explores the perspective and choices of Ann, Karen and Stefan on the sustainable life in a future city. The Team grows! We welcome to new faces as great additions to our team. They will be research assistants in the I4C and Urban Footprints Project while working towards a PhD degree. INTEGRA Project: Improving Habitat for Pollinating Insects Dr. Cathrin Zengerling is taking part in INTEGRA Project which aims to develop a free and publicly available software tool for transforming agricultural systems and integrating legal frameworks. Climate Protection: Deep Decarbonization by 2050 Currently Not Plausible We are happy to announce that the very first Hamburg Climate Futures Outlook that Jun.-Prof. Dr. Cathrin Zengerling contributed to has been published. “Transitioning towards sustainable European cities: a law and governance perspective” workshop organized by Maastricht University We will be attending and participating in the “Transitioning towards sustainable European cities: a law and governance perspective” workshop organized by Maastricht University. German-Brazilian Dialogue: Cities and Climate - The Multi-Level Governance Challenge We will be participating and speaking at the German-Brazilian Dialogue: Cities and Climate - The Multi-Level Governance Challenge. Launch of a new website! We are excited to announce the website launch of ILA Study Group on the Role of Cities in International Law-City Reports. Publishing of an Academic Statement Our collaboratively authored academic statement on the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement (EUMAA) and the environment has now been published. French-German Cooperative Project We are excited to announce the approval of a training- and research-based project that will consist of three interdisciplinary seminar events analyzing the intersection of energy transition and landscape protection. Resource Governance: A Case for Phosphorus Our PhD candidate, Lisa Harseim, has prepared and presented "Resource Governance: A Case for Phosphorus " as part of the Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Conference 2020. The UFP at the AScUS (Un)Conference: Main Session The team organised and led a discussion session in the main event discussing, “Participatory Governance Towards Urban Sustainability – Challenges and Opportunities in Different Regulatory Settings”. AScUS Presession 03.-05.06.2020, the Urban Footprints Project (UFP) contributed to the (Un-)conference "Actionable Science for Urban Sustainability" (AScUS) - a participant-oriented, virtual and unique conference format. Environmental Protection in Cities The final conference of the research project “Urban Environmental Protection in an International Context”, coordinated by Dr Frederic Rudolph of the Wuppertal Institute, was held on the 5th of March 2020 in Berlin. European Researchers‘ Night During the Hamburg Climate Week, 2019, Lisa Harseim explained the link between accountability and urban material flows, embedded and direct greenhouse gas emissions. KickOff Urban Footprints Projekt On 4th and 5th July 2019, 45 international and local professionals and researchers participated in the kick-off event. 13. ISIE-SEM-Conference: Phosphor policy and planetary boundaries At the conference of the Socioeconomic section of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE-SEM) in May, 2019, Lisa Harseim presented an urban phosphor policy.