Climate and Energy in a Complex Transition Process Towards Sustainability in Hyderabad. Mitigation and adaptation strategies by changing institutions, governance structures, life styles and consumption patterns

The “Megacity 2” is the Follow-up Project of “Megacity 1” with a stronger focus on climate change and energy efficiency. It deals with the urgent global challenges in the field of climate change and resource depletion, which require diverse and tailored approaches to tackle them. The project addresses these challenges in the context of so-called megacities with their complex social and economic problems and action situations by taking the Indian city of Hyderabad as an example. To this end, a consortium of Indian and German Research Institutes, partners from the public and private sectors as well as NGOs has been formed. Lead partner and project coordinator is the Division of Resource Economics at Humboldt University of Berlin. The project is funded in the framework of the programme “Research for Sustainable Development of the Megacities of tomorrow”. The aim of the project, which has been defined in close cooperation with the Indian government, is to develop a “Perspective Action Plan” that will establish Hyderabad as a Low Emission City in Asia in 30 years time.