{"product_id":"solar-city-freiburg-von-ray-galvin","title":"Solar City Freiburg","description":"\u003cp\u003eFreiburg has long been a leader in environmental  policies and has attracted international  attention for its bold climate protection endeavours.  It boasts a large solar-power capacity, an extensive  cycling network and efficient public transport. Its  low-energy building projects house thousands of  residents with minimal environmental impact. Its city  council has ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gas  emissions by 40% by 2040. However, recent audits show  it is falling behind its stated goals. The author  undertook an in-depth study of the city''s projects,  including recorded interviews with key local  politicians, civil servants and industrialists. He  found much that other cities can learn from Freiburg,  particularly its creative ways of enhancing the  limited powers of municipal government to get  greenhouse gas emissions reduced. But he also found  some of Freiburg''s strategies highly questionable. In  several project areas he explores whether money could  be spent more efficiently and save more energy per  euro invested. He also asks whether Freiburg''s ''green  industrial complex'' tends to dominate the policy  agenda and detract from successful climate  protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838340296\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLearning from the climate protection policies of a pioneering German city\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838340296","offer_id":39469142474845,"sku":"9783838340296","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/1363e342-c70a-48d5-ab24-8b8b5c2f47c7.jpg?v=1775622750","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/solar-city-freiburg-von-ray-galvin","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}