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Es ist kein gutes Zeichen, wenn der fünftgrößte Treibhausgasverursacher der Welt daheim die Finanzierung von Klimamaßnahmen streicht. Immerhin : in Paris hat Moskau die Diskussion gesucht und mit Vorschlägen bereichert. (IP)

In the last few years I have been intensively reporting on all major UN Conferences on climate change/green economy/sustainable development issues both in Russian and German media. This type of reporting, which connects themes about the environment, politics and business might be rather new to a Russian readership, as environmental journalism is just beginning to take root in the Russian media landscape. The challenges I faced confirm this assumption and include the following issues: the distance and abstractness of global issues, lack of strong political decisions and commitments, problems referring to future issues which might seem less relevant at the moment, turning complex and diverse information into linear stories, contradictory scientific research data, and many others. At the same time, in many ways, environmental journalism in Germany is quite different than in Russia – not only because media landscapes and media markets differentiate (including political and economical prerequisites), but also because the theme of sustainability has a completely different meaning and importance in political, business and social contexts. In this article I will compare environmental reporting, mostly on UN-related events, in Russian and German media, in an attempt to outline both similarities and differences between the two media markets.

Im vergangenen halben Jahr hat die russische Klimapolitik einschneidende Veränderungen erfahren. Das Thema Klimaschutz begann eine spürbar größere Rolle sowohl auf der Agenda der russischen Politik wie auch in den russischen Medien und in der Gesellschaft zu spielen. Die russische Führung brachte konkrete Zahlen zu eigenen Verpflichtungen und Forderungen für eine Kyoto-Nachfolge-Vereinbarung ein. Zudem wurden endlich – kurz vor Auslaufen des Kyoto-Protokolls – in Russland einige wirtschaftliche Mechanismen des Vertrags in Gang gesetzt.

Im vergangenen halben Jahr hat die russische Klimapolitik einschneidende Veränderungen erfahren. Das Thema Klimaschutz begann eine spürbar größere Rolle sowohl auf der Agenda der russischen Politik wie auch in den russischen Medien und in der Gesellschaft zu spielen. Die russische Führung brachte konkrete Zahlen zu eigenen Verpflichtungen und Forderungen für eine Kyoto-Nachfolge-Vereinbarung ein. Zudem wurden endlich – kurz vor Auslaufen des Kyoto-Protokolls – in Russland einige wirtschaftliche Mechanismen des Vertrags in Gang gesetzt.

The aim of this study is to contribute to a process of learning about innovative and successful approaches to tackle problems and challenges of urban environmental protection. For this purpose, a detailed overview of the importance of environmental challenges, political priorities and successful solutions in selected countries and cities is provided. On this basis, the study analyses factors of success and it discusses, to what extent such success factors found in the case studies can be transferred to and replicated in other cities. Finally, recommendations are provided to cities, countries and the international community how to further strengthen environmental protection at the urban level. The role of German cities and institutions is discussed as well. The cases which are analysed are Belo Horizonte in Brazil, Moscow in Russia, Kochi in India, Beijing in China, Cape Town in South Africa and Jakarta in Indonesia. These cities were selected because they already implemented successful policies, measures and other initiatives in the past and the aim of this study is to find and discuss such successful activities. For each city, the study analyses the policy documents to describe challenges and political priorities. These documents are urban land-use plans (cross-sectoral), sectoral master plans as well as concrete urban policies and by-laws. The analysis aims to understand the effectiveness of the plans and instruments and also takes into account the national policy environment. Although taking a cross-sectoral perspective, the analyses each focus on certain sectors to receive in-depth results. The factors of success are deducted in a way the sectoral perspective can be opened up to a more holistic view about success factors.