Governance III: Multilevel climate & Energy Planning

Collaborative Planning for Ambitious Climate and Energy Policies

To put the vertical integration of climate action into practice, all levels of government and a wide range of actors need to take part in the design, planning and implementation of energy and climate policies. These collaborative processes are as important as the ambitions and targets they propose, or even more so: they determine whether all actors can be successfully mobilized and condition whether a broad consensus on the way to reach the objectives can be established.

Objectives: Design processes for energy and climate policy and planning are as important as the ambition and targets they propose. They are fostering the mobilisation of all actors and are crucial for ensuring a broad consensus on the way to reach the objectives. This session showcases the various ways in which local and regional actors, as well as civil society, are already working with other levels of government to reach common targets, and explore how this can be improved and used across other countries. Examples from the successful Covenant of Mayors framework will be highlighted in particular.

Outcomes: Highlight successful examples of vertically integrated processes of policy design and implementation and explore how these could serve as an example for other countries.