Publications and Conferences
Dataset
2022
Reckien, D.; Olazabal, M.; Buzasi, A.; Eckersley, P.; Simoes, S.G; Spyridaki, N.-A.; Salvia, M.; Pietrapertosa, F.; Goonesekera, S.M.; Fokaides, P.A.; Bastakova, V.; Belsak Sel, N.; Church, J.M.; Boer, C. de; De Gregorio Hurtado, S.; Feliu Torres, E.; Flamos, A.; Foley, A.; Geneletti, D.; German Fernandez, J.; Heidrich, O.; Ioannou, B.I.; Juhel, S.; Krook-Riekkola, A.; Krkoska Lorencová, E.; Matosovic, M.; Orru, H.; Paspaldzhiev, I.; Riznar, K.; Streberova, E.; Szalmane Csete, M; Vasilie, S.; Viguié, V.; Wejs, A. (2022): Plan quality characteristics of Local Climate Adaptation Plans in Europe. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xd6-w7pc
2021
M. Salvia, D. Reckien, F. Pietrapertosa, P. Eckersley, N.-A. Spyridaki, A. Krook-Riekkola, M. Olazabal, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, S. G. Simoes, D. Geneletti, V. Viguié, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, A. Flamos, M. Szalmane Csete, A. Buzasi, H. Orru, C. de Boer, A. Foley, K. Rižnar, M. Matosović, M. V. Balzan, M. Smigaj, V. Baštáková, E. Streberova, N. Belšak Šel, L. Coste, L. Tardieu, C. Altenburg, E. Krkoška Lorencová, K. Orru, A. Wejs, E. Feliu, J. M. Church, S. Grafakos, S. Vasilie, I. Paspaldzhiev, O. Heidrich (2021), Data for: Climate mitigation ambition towards carbon neutrality? An analysis of local-level plans of 327 cities in the EU, Mendeley Data, V1
F. Pietrapertosa, M. Salvia, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, D. Geneletti, J.M. Church, D. Reckien (2021), Multi-level climate change planning: An analysis of the Italian case. Datasets, Mendeley Data, V1.
2020
Reckien, D., Salvia, M., Heidrich, O., Church, J. M., Pietrapertosa, F., De Gregorio-Hurtado, S., D’Alonzo, V., Foley, A., Simoes, S. G., Krkoška Lorencová, E., Orru, H., Orru, K., Wejs, A., Flacke, J., Olazabal, M., Geneletti, D., Feliu, E., Vasilie, S., Nador, C., … Dawson, R. (2020). European Local Climate Plans – EURO-LCPs. DANS.
Publications
2024
A. Buzási, S.G. Simoes; M. Salvia; P. Eckersley; D. Geneletti; F. Pietrapertosa; M. Olazabal; A. Weis; S. de Gregorio Hurtado; N.-A. Spyridaki; M. Szalmáné Csete; E. Feliu Torres; K. Riznar; O. Heidrich; S. Grafakos; D. Reckien. European patterns of local adaptation planning – a regional analysis. Reg Environ Change 24, 59 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02211-w
2023
F. Pietrapertosa, M. Olazabal, S. G. Simoes, M. Salvia, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, V. Viguié, N.-A. Spyridaki, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, D. Geneletti, O. Heidrich, L. Tardieu, A. Flamos, K. Rižnar, N. Belšak Šel, E. Feliu, M. Matosović, M. V. Balzan, D. Reckien. Adaptation to climate change in cities of the Mediterranean Europe. Cities, Volume 140, September 2023, 104452, ISSN 0264-2751, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104452
- Reckien, D., Buzasi, A., Olazabal, M., Spyridaki, N.-A., Eckersley, P., Simoes, S.G., Salvia, M., Pietrapertosa, F., Fokaides, P., Goonesekera, S.M., Tardieu, L., Balzan, M.V., de Boer, C.L., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Feliu, E., Flamos, A., Foley, A., Geneletti, D., Grafakos, S., Heidrich, O., Ioannou, B., Krook-Riekkola, A., Matosovic, M., Orru, H., Orru, K., Paspaldzhiev, I., Rižnar, K., Smigaj, M., Szalmáné Csete, M., Viguié, V., Wejs, A., 2023. Quality of urban climate adaptation plans over time. npj Urban Sustain 3, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-023-00085-1
2021
Salvia, M., Olazabal, M., Fokaides, P. A., Tardieu, L., Simoes, S. G., Geneletti, D., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Viguié, V., Spyridaki, N.-A., Pietrapertosa, F., Ioannou, B. I., Matosović, M., Flamos, A., Balzan, M. V., Feliu, E., Rižnar, K., Šel, N. B., Heidrich, O., & Reckien, D. (2021). Climate mitigation in the Mediterranean Europe: An assessment of regional and city-level plans. Journal of Environmental Management, 295, 113146.
Cattino, M. & Reckien, D. (2021): Does public participation lead to more ambitious and transformative local climate change planning? Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 52 (October 2021): 100-110.
F. Pietrapertosa, M. Salvia, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, D. Geneletti, V. D’Alonzo, D. Reckien. Multi-level climate change planning: An analysis of the Italian case. Journal of Environmental Management. Volume 289, 1 July 2021, 112469.
Salvia, M., Reckien, D., Pietrapertosa, F., Eckersley, P., Spyridaki, N.-A., Krook-Riekkola, A., Olazabal, M., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Simoes, S. G., Geneletti, D., Viguié, V., Fokaides, P. A., Ioannou, B. I., Flamos, A., Csete, M. S., Buzasi, A., Orru, H., de Boer, C., Foley, A., … Heidrich, O. (2021). Will climate mitigation ambitions lead to carbon neutrality? An analysis of the local-level plans of 327 cities in the EU. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 135, 110253.
2020
Grafakos S, Viero G, Reckien D, Trigg K, Viguie V, Sudmant A, Graves C, Foley A, Heidrich O, Mirailles J.M., Carter J, Chang LH, Nador C, Liseri M, Chelleri L, Orru H, Orru K, Aelenei R, Bilska A, Pfeiffer B, Lepetit Q, Church JM, Landauer M, Gouldson A, Dawson R (2020): Integration of mitigation and adaptation in urban climate change action plans in Europe: A systematic assessment, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 121: 109623.
2019
Reckien, D., Salvia, M., Pietrapertosa, F., Simoes, S. G., Olazabal, M., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Geneletti, D., Krkoška Lorencová, E., D’Alonzo, V., Krook-Riekkola, A., Fokaides, P. A., Ioannou, B. I., Foley, A., Orru, H., Orru, K., Wejs, A., Flacke, J., Church, J. M., Feliu, E., … Heidrich, O. (2019). Dedicated versus mainstreaming approaches in local climate plans in Europe. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 112, 948–959.
F. Pietrapertosa, M. Salvia, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, V. D’Alonzo, J.M. Church, D. Geneletti, F. Musco and D. Reckien. Urban climate change mitigation and adaptation planning: Are Italian cities ready? Cities, 91 (2019), 93-105.
2018
Reckien, D., Salvia, M., Heidrich, O., Church, J. M., Pietrapertosa, F., De Gregorio-Hurtado, S., D’Alonzo, V., Foley, A., Simoes, S. G., Krkoška Lorencová, E., Orru, H., Orru, K., Wejs, A., Flacke, J., Olazabal, M., Geneletti, D., Feliu, E., Vasilie, S., Nador, C., … Dawson, R. (2018). How are cities planning to respond to climate change? Assessment of local climate plans from 885 cities in the EU-28. Journal of Cleaner Production, 191, 207–219.
Olazabal, M., Heidrich, O., & Reckien, D. (2018). Are we on the right track? This is what we found when reviewing climate policies in 885 European cities (PB 2018 – 01; BC3 Policy Briefs). BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change.
2016
Heidrich, O., Reckien, D., Olazabal, M., Foley, A., Salvia, M., de Gregorio Hurtado, S., Orru, H., Flacke, J., Geneletti, D., Pietrapertosa, F., Hamann, J. J.-P., Tiwary, A., Feliu, E., & Dawson, R. J. (2016). National climate policies across Europe and their impacts on cities strategies. Journal of Environmental Management, 168, 36–45.
2015
De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Olazabal, M., Salvia, M., Pietrapertosa, F., Olazabal, E., Geneletti, D., D’Alonzo, V., Di Leo, S., & Reckien, D. (2015). Understanding How and Why Cities Engage with Climate Policy: An Analysis of Local Climate Action in Spain and Italy. TEMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 8, 23–46.
Reckien, D., Flacke, J., Olazabal, M., & Heidrich, O. (2015). The Influence of Drivers and Barriers on Urban Adaptation and Mitigation Plans—An Empirical Analysis of European Cities. PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0135597.
2014
De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Olazabal, M., Salvia, M., Pietrapertosa, F., Feliú, E., Olazabal, E., Geneletti, D., D’Alonzo, V., Di Leo, S., & Reckien, D. (2014). Multi-level climate governance and urban climate action. In R. J. Dawson, A. Wyckmans, O. Heidrich, J. Köhler, S. Dobson, & E. Feliú (Eds.), Understanding Cities: Advances in integrated assessment of urban sustainability (pp. 77–88). Centre for Earth Systems Engineering Research (CESER).
Olazabal, M., De Gregorio, S., Olazabal, E., Pietrapertosa, F., Salvia, M., Geneletti, D., D’Alonzo, V., Feliú, E., Leo, S. di, & Reckien, D. (2014). How are Italian and Spanish Cities tackling climate change? A local comparative study (BC3 Working Paper Series). Basque Centre for Climate Change, BC3.
De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Olazabal, M., Salvia, M., Pietrapertosa, F., Olazabal, E., Geneletti, D., D’Alonzo, V., Feliú, E., Di Leo, S., & Reckien, D. (2014). Implications of governance structures on urban climate action: Evidence from Italy and Spain (No. 2014–02; BC3 Working Paper Series, p. 47). BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change.
Reckien, D., Flacke, J., Dawson, R. J., Heidrich, O., Olazabal, M., Foley, A., Hamann, J. J. P., Orru, H., Salvia, M., De Gregorio Hurtado, S., Geneletti, D., & Pietrapertosa, F. (2014). Climate change response in Europe: What’s the reality? Analysis of adaptation and mitigation plans from 200 urban areas in 11 countries. Climatic Change, 122(1–2), 331–340.
Selected conferences
2024
Peter Eckersley, D. Reckien, F.Pietrapertosa, A. Buzasi, M. Olazabal, N-A Spyridaki, S.G. Simoes, M. Salvia, P. Fokaides et al., Adaptation plan quality in European cities – Presented at eMag #1 on Adaptation in Europe 2024 “What role do sub-national levels play in the planning and implementation of multilevel adaptation policies in Europe?” Thursday 28 March | 15:00 – 16:15 (CET)
2023
Salvia M., Pietrapertosa, F. & the EURO-LCP Initiative La pianificazione climatica urbana in Italia e in Europa (Urban climate planning in Italy and Europe). Conference “Cambiamenti climatici e paradigmi dell’ecologia”, Università degli Studi di Teramo, 5 ottobre 2023
Reckien D. Equity, justice and fairness in climate & mobility. IenW/ASA INSPIRATION MASTERCLASS: “Equity in mobility and climate”, in cooperation with TU Delft, 12 September 2023, The Hague Babylon Conference Centre and online.
Reckien D. Climate adaptation * equity/ justice: insights of two assessments. First GreenDeal-NET Conference, 27 June 2023, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon & online.
Pietrapertosa, F., Buzasi, M. Olazabal, N-A Spyridaki, P. Eckersley, S. Simoes, M. Salvia, P. Fokaides, Diana Reckien. Assessing planning progress: The quality of Urban Adaptation Plans in Europe. European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA2023), 19-21 June 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
M. Olazabal & the Euro-LCP-Initiative. Are European cities getting better at planning for the impacts of climate change? METREX Metropolitan Climate Challenge Expert Group. 8th Expert Group meeting, 26 April 2023, Wroclaw, Poland and online.
S. G. Simões.Os planos de adaptação das cidades europeias estão a ficar melhores com o passar do tempo? (Are the adaptation plans for European cities becoming better as time goes by?) 19 April2023, Webinar / Palestra LNEG ONLINE
Reckien D. Climate Change Adaptation * Equity/ Justice: Insights of three assessments (Lecture). 31 March 2023. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii at Mānoa.
2022
Pietrapertosa, F., Salvia, M., Reckien D. & the EURO-LCP Initiative. Valutazione e monitoraggio dello stato della pianificazione climatica a scala locale: La EURO-LCP Initiative (Assessing and Monitoring the Status of Climate Planning at the Local Scale: The EURO-LCP Initiative) “Percorsi di transizione per le citta’ ed i territori (Urban Transition Pathways)” ENEA Divisione Smart Energy (TERIN-SEN), Bergamo, 30 Novembre 2022.
2021
Pietrapertosa, F., M. Salvia, S. G. Simoes, D. Geneletti, M. Olazabal, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, L. Tardieu, N.-A. Spyridaki, A. Flamos, K. Rižnar, N. Belšak Šel, E. Feliu, M. Matosović, M. V. Balzan, V. Viguié, O. Heidrich, D. Reckien. State of play of local adaptation planning in the Mediterranean Europe. The 16th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), October 10-15, 2021. Dubrovnik (Croatia).
Salvia, M., F. Pietrapertosa, D. Geneletti, V. D’alonzo, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, D. Reckien, S. Chatterjee, X. Bai, D. Ürge-Vorsatz. Climate emergency declarations and climate ambition of local plans: A comparative assessment for Italian cities. The 16th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), October 10-15, 2021. Dubrovnik (Croatia).
Reckien, D. How are equity and justice integrated in EU Local Climate Plans and what can we learn about those and other examples in practice? Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference (7th – 9th October 2021): ACSP-AESOP Climate Justice Roundtable – Engaging in the Practice of Climate Justice: Perspectives from Europe and the United States, October 07-09, 2021. Miami (USA/ fully online).
Salvia, M., D. Reckien, F. Pietrapertosa, P. Eckersley, N.-A. Spyridaki, A. Krook-Riekkola, M. Olazabal, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, S. G. Simoes, D. Geneletti, V. Viguié, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, A. Flamos, M. Szalmane Csete, A. Buzasi, H. Orru, C. de Boer, A. Foley, K. Rižnar, M. Matosović, M. V. Balzan, M. Smigaj, V. Baštáková, E. Streberova, N. Belšak Šel, L. Coste, L. Tardieu, C. Altenburg, E. Krkoška Lorencová, K. Orru, A. Wejs, E. Feliu, J. M. Church, S. Grafakos, S. Vasilie, I. Paspaldzhiev, O. Heidrich. Climate ambition and carbon neutrality in 327 European cities. Energy Futures Conference– Emerging Pathways in an Uncertain World? 22-26 February 2021, Berlin (Germany)
2020
Salvia, F. Pietrapertosa, M. Olazabal, S. G. Simoes, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, D. Geneletti, M. Matosović, M. V. Balzan, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, N.-A. Spyridaki, A. Flamos, V. Viguié, L. Tardieu, K. Rižnar, N. Belšak Šel, E. Feliu, O. Heidrich, D. Reckien. Invited presentation Climate ambition and carbon neutrality in 327 European cities in the Panel “Climate Neutrality in Cities” (Moderator: Prof. Ingo Stadler). 15th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES). 1-5 September 2020, Cologne, Germany.
Pietrapertosa, F. , M. Salvia, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, D. Geneletti, V. D’Alonzo, D. Reckien. The intricate multi-level landscape of climate change planning: a review of the Italian case. 15th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES). 1-5 September 2020, Cologne, Germany.
Salvia, M., F. Pietrapertosa, M. Olazabal, S. G. Simoes, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, D. Geneletti, M. Matosović, M. V. Balzan, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, N.-A. Spyridaki, A. Flamos, V. Viguié, L. Tardieu, K. Rižnar, N. Belšak Šel, E. Feliu, O. Heidrich, D. Reckien. Climate change mitigation in European Mediterranean cities. 15th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES). 1-5 September 2020, Cologne, Germany.
2019
Salvia, M., D. Reckien, F. Pietrapertosa, S. G. Simoes, P. Eckersley, A. Krook-Riekkola, C. Altenburg, N.-A. Spyridaki, M. Olazabal, S. De Gregorio Hurtado, D. Geneletti, V. Viguié, E. K. Lorencová, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, A. Foley, H. Orru, K. Orru, A. Wejs, C. de Boer, J. M. Church, E. Feliu, S. Vasilie, M. Matosović, M. V. Balzan, M. Csete, A. Buzasi, S. Grafakos, I. Paspaldzhiev, M. Smigaj, E. Streberova, V. Baštáková, K. Rižnar, N. Belšak Šel, A. Flamos, J. Flacke, L. Coste, L. Tardieu, O. Heidrich. Assessing climate action in 885 European cities: latest results on mitigation and adaptation efforts in urban planning.In Abstract Booklet of the 3rd International Conference Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions (SSPCR 2019), Bolzano/Bozen (Italy), 9-13 December 2019, pp. 303-306.
Heidrich, D. Reckien and M. Salvia. Urban Climate Change Strategies- Standalone or mainstream strategy- which one is better? Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Industrial Ecology, 7 – 11 July, 2019, Beijing, China
Reckien; M. Salvia; O. Heidrich; J.M. Church; I. Paspaldzhiev; M. Matosovic; E. Lorencová; A. Wejs; A. Foley; A. Flamos; N. A. Spyridaki; S. Grafakos; E. F. Torres; M. Olazabal; S. de Gregorio; F. Pietrapertosa; B. Ioannou ; P. A. Fokaides; K. Orru; V. Viguie; M. V. Balzan; J. Flacke; C. de Boer; M. Smigaj; S. Simoes; S. Vasilie; K. Riznar; N. Belsak; E. Streberova; H. Orru; A. K. Riekkola; P. Eckersley; D. Geneletti; A. Buzási; M. Szalmane, M. Csete. How European cities plan to respond to climate change: Equity & justice considerations of cities in the EU 28. 4th European Climate Change Adaptation conference (ECCA 2019), Lisbon (Portugal), 28–31 May 2019.
2018
D. Reckien, M. Salvia, O. Heidrich, J.M. Church, F. Piatrapertosa, S. De Gregorio-Hurtado, V. D’Alonzo, A. Foley, S. G. Simoes, E.K. Lorencovái, H. Orru, K. Orru, A. Wejs, J. Flacke, M. Olazabal, D. Geneletti, E. Feliu, S. Vasilie, C. Nador, A. Krook-Riekkola, M. Matosović, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, A. Flamos, N.-A. Spyridaki, M. V. Balzan, O. Fülöp, I. Paspaldzhiev, S. Grafakos, R. Dawson. Are European Cities Prepared for Climate Change? Evidence and Gaps from Local Climate Action Plans in 885 Cities in EU-28. Poster presented at Cities IPCC “Cities and Climate Change Science Conference”, 5-7 March 2018, Edmonton (Canada).
2017
D. Reckien, O. Heidrich, J. M. Church, S. De Gregorio-Hurtado, M. Olazabal, D. Geneletti, H. Orru, K. Orru, F. Piatrapertosa, V. D’Alonzo, A. Wejs, J Flacke, S. G. Simoes, E. K. Lorencová, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, A. Flamos, N. -A. Spyridaki, C. Nador, A. Krook-Riekkola, M. V Balzan, M. Matosović, E. Feliu, O. Fülöp, I. Paspaldzhiev, S. Grafakos, R. Dawson. Assessment of Local Climate Plans in Europe – State and progress of adaptation and mitigation planning across EU‐28 urban areas. Cities and Climate Conference 2017, 19-21 September 2017, Potsdam (Germany).
Salvia M., Reckien D., Pietrapertosa F., Church J.M., De Gregorio Hurtado S., D’Alonzo V., Geneletti D., Heidrich O. Data for Local Climate Change Plans in German, Italian and UK cities. In: Session Abstracts. ECCA 2017 “Our Climate Ready Future”, pp. 325. Glasgow (UK), 5-9 June 2017.
Pietrapertosa F., Salvia M., De Gregorio Hurtado S., D’Alonzo V., Geneletti D., Church J.M., Reckien D. Climate planning in Italian cities: State-of-the-art, barriers, opportunities and future perspectives. In: Session Abstracts. ECCA 2017 “Our Climate Ready Future”, pp. 315-316. Glasgow (UK), 5-9 June 2017.
Reckien, D., O. Heidrich, J. M. Church, S. De Gregorio-Hurtado, M. Olazabal, D. Geneletti, H. Orru, K. Orru, F. Piatrapertosa, V. D’Alonzo, A. Wejs, J Flacke, S. G. Simoes, E. K. Lorencová, P. A. Fokaides, B. I. Ioannou, A. Flamos, N. -A. Spyridaki, C. Nador, A. Krook-Riekkola, M. V Balzan, M. Matosović, E. Feliu, O. Fülöp, I. Paspaldzhiev, S. Grafakos, R. Dawson. Local Climate Plans in Europe – Observations across 885 Urban Audit cities in the EU-28. ECCA 2017 “Our Climate Ready Future”, pp. 325. Glasgow (UK), 5-9 June 2017.
2015
Pietrapertosa F., Salvia M., De Gregorio Hurtado S., Olazabal M., Olazabal E., Geneletti D., D’Alonzo V., Di Leo S., and Reckien D. An analysis of climate change mitigation and adaptation plans in 58 Spanish and Italian cities. Poster presented at the Rome 2015 – Science Symposium on Climate, 19-20th November 2015.
