Cathrin Zengerling studied law in Münster, Madrid, and Hamburg with a focus on environmental, planning, European, and international law. She completed her legal clerkship (juristisches Referendariat) at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety; the Hamburg Ministry of Urban Development and the Environment; and the United Nations in Geneva. In 2006, she earned the degree of Master of Laws at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. From January 2008 to April 2011, while working as a research associate at the HafenCity University, she completed her doctorate on the topic of international environmental law at the University of Hamburg. She has been working as a lawyer since May 2011, initially in the areas of energy, construction, and environmental law in the firm of Günther Rechtsanwälte in Hamburg. Since November 2015, she has worked as a post-doctoral research associate and since January 2018 as head of the junior research group "Urban Footprints" at the HCU.
Urban Footprints - Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities' Carbon and Material Flows
Global warming and the depletion of resources are enormous environmental and societal challenges of our time. Globally, scientists and politicians agree that meeting these challenges requires major transformation processes compared to business as usual. The Footprints project focuses on the current as well as the potential future role of cities in combating climate change and resource depletion. Cities are crucial actors when it comes to these global problems; they consume about 75 % of world energy and material flows. The research builds on the hypothesis that the design of local urban systems is crucial for global sustainability. It explores accountable modes of governance of cities' carbon and material footprints in order to activate the transformative forces within cities. Bridging the disciplines of legal sciences and urban studies, the project will develop a knowledge base, an analysis of opportunities and challenges, as well as recommendations for enhanced accountable governance of urban carbon and material footprints for eight international cities and their respective national jurisdictions, including China, India and the United States. With its innovative approach to urban governance, the Footprints project aims to function as a catalyst for overcoming national boundaries, established disciplines, and institutions.
2018-2022
Funded by a Freigeist-Fellowship of the Volkswagen Foundation.
CliCCS – Climate, Climatic Chance and Society
Participating Researcher in drei Teilprojekten des Exzellenzclusters CliCCS der Universität Hamburg: „Dynamics of Climate Governance: Norms, Contestation, and Policies“, „Coping with Climate-Related Uncertainties and Variabilities” und „Sustainable Adaptation Scenarios for Urban Areas - Water from Four Sides".
2019-2025
E-Quartier Hamburg – Electromobility in urban residential areas, legal opinion
Das Projekt e-Quartier Hamburg erforscht, wie Elektromobilität verstärkt in urbane Wohnquartiere integriert werden kann. Im öffentlichen Raum entstehen zunehmend Ladesäulen auf weitgehend gesicherter Rechtsgrundlage. Daher fokussiert das Rechtsgutachten auf den privaten Raum. Es geht der Frage nach, wie die Zahl der Stellplätze mit Ladeinfrastruktur auf privaten Flächen erhöht werden kann. Im Schwerpunkt wird untersucht, mit welchen Instrumenten Gemeinden rechtsverbindlich steuern können, dass Stellplätze mit Ladeinfrastruktur auf privaten Flächen entstehen. Daneben geht es um die Umsetzung. Welchen rechtlichen Hürden begegnet der Grundstückseigentümer oder der Ladesäulenbetreiber, wenn er Stellplätze mit Ladeinfrastruktur baut und betreibt? Ermittelt werden Handlungsspielräume in Neubau und Bestand. Von besonderer Bedeutung ist die Frage, ob und wie die (öffentliche) Zugänglichkeit von Ladesäulen im privaten Raum gefördert werden kann. Wie können private Flächen zum E-Carsharing genutzt werden?
Das Rechtsgutachen kann hier in der Kurzfassung oder Langfassung heruntergeladen werden.
2016-2017
Project of the model region of Hamburg, funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
Winter Semester 2018/19
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M. Sc. REAP), with Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel und Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D.
Project I: Strategic Sustainability Planning in International Cities (M. Sc. REAP), with Dipl.-Ing. Ana Strastil
Summer Semester 2018
Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung (Bsc. Stadtplanung), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Winter Semester 2017/18
Project I (M.Sc. REAP), "Best Practice and Good Governance in Urban Sustainability Transitions", together with Dipl.-Ing. Ana Strastil
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. und Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Master’s Theses
Jovana Pavlicevic, "Sustainable Development of Hydro Power Plants in Montenegro", M.Sc. REAP, Wickel/Zengerling
Summer Semester 2017
P2 Project (B.Sc. Urban Planning), "Quartier der kurzen Wege - Konzept für attraktive Fuß- und Radwegeverbindungen im und um das Komponistenviertel (Barmbek-Süd)", together with Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Kreutz
Supervision of Master’s Theses
Xiawen Xu, "Der letzte Schutzhafen - Eine Untersuchung über die Transformation der Erneuerungsplanung in China, am Beispiel des Hafengebiets Shapowei in Xiamen, Fujian", M.Sc. Urban Design, Breckner/Zengerling
Benedickt Adcock, "Current Status: Energy Related Renovation and Modernisation in Germany", M.Sc. REAP, Wickel/Zengerling
Winter Semester 2016/17
Project I (M.Sc. REAP), "Towards Regenerative Cities - Governing the Urban Metabolism", together with Dipl.-Ing. Ana Strastil
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Master’s Theses
Philipp Preuner, "Afro-Smart Urbanism -A systems view on the efficiency of urban digitization, the case of Nairobi's tech-startup sector," REAP M.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling/Grabher
Ann-Sophie Orth, "Kommunale Wärmeplanung - Umsetzung der Wärmewende auf kommunaler Ebene", M.Sc. Stadtplanung, Wickel/Zengerling
Summer Semester 2016
Konzepte nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung (Concepts of Sustainable Urban Development) (B.Sc. Urban Planning), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. und Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Winter Semester 2015/16
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Master’s Theses
Timo Dittmers, "Renewable Energies in District Heating - Integration of Power-to-Heat," REAP M.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling
Carolina Puccini Lopera, "Sustainable Energy Supply by Ecoregion in Colombia," REAP M.Sc., Wickel/Morello/Zengerling
Kory Chisholm, "Quantifying Sustainability? A Critical Assessment of LEED-Neighborhood Development using The Cogswell Lands Plan Halifax, Nova Scotia as a Case Study," REAP M.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling/Jurleit
Winter Semester 2014/15
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Master’s Theses
Tiffany McCoy, "Transposition of WEEE Recast 2012/19/EU in Germany: Resource-Efficient Approaches to Photovoltaic Recovery and Recycling Schemes," REAP M.Sc., Wickel/Sander/Zengerling
Elisavet Panteli, "The Transition to a Green Economy: An Evaluation of the European Union's Energy and Climate Change Policy," REAP M.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling
Winter Semester 2013/14
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Winter Semester 2012/13
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Bachelor’s Theses
Markus Thye, "Projektierung von Windkraftanlagen in Gewerbegebieten in Hamburg," Urban Planning B.Sc., Peters/Zengerling
Summer Semester 2011
European Environmental Policy (M.Sc. Urban Planning), together with Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Master’s Theses
Oliver Riek, "Bürgerbegehren und Bürgerentscheide in der Bauleitplanung – Bürgerbeteiligung und Bürgerinteressen in stadtplanerischen Entscheidungsprozessen in den Hamburger Bezirken", Urban Planning M.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling
Winter Semester 2010/11
Utopias and Other Spaces - Societal Construction in Literature (M.Sc. Q-Studies), together with Prof. Dr. Marianne Schuller
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Economics and Planning of Technical Urban Infrastructure Systems (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Project I (M.Sc. REAP), together with Dipl.-Ing. Ana Strastil
Summer Semester 2010
European Planning Law/European Environmental Policy (M.Sc. Urban Planning), together with Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Master’s and Bachelor’s Theses
Susanne Schubert, "Do the coordination bodies fulfill their coordination function – A case study of UN Water, UN Energy and UN EMG," Urban Planning M.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling
Beate Eissing, "Die Stadt gehört allen? Soziale Mischung in Hamburg," Diplom Urban Planning, Krüger/Zengerling
Jascha Stumpf, "Bürgerbegehren und Bürgerentscheid im kommunalen Städtebau – Effektive Instrumente der direkten Demokratie?" Urban Planning B.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling
Winter Semester 2009/10
Utopias and Other Spaces - Societal Construction in Literature (M.Sc. Q-Studies), together with Prof. Dr. Marianne Schuller
Legal and Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy (M.Sc. REAP), together with Prof. Irene Peters, Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Summer Semester 2009
European Planning Law (MPO Urban Planning) / Planning Law in Europe (DPO Urban Planning), together with Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel
Supervision of Master’s Theses
Carl Christian Gurgel de Goes Moraes, "Stadtplanung, Windkraft im Innenbereich – Frischer Wind im Industriegebiet," Diplom Urban Planning, Peters/Wickel/Zengerling
Summer Semester 2008
Supervision of Master’s and Bachelor’s Theses
Andreas Kubischok, "Die Optimierung des Planungsprozesses regenerativer Energieträger am Beispiel von Windenergieanlagen," Urban Planning B.Sc., Wickel/Zengerling
2003 – 2005
Tutor for lectures in the Fundamentals of Public Law, and Construction and Planning Law, taught by Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel (Diplom Urban Planning, TU Hamburg-Harburg)
Monography
C. Zengerling (2013). Greening International Jurisprudence – Environmental NGOs before International Courts, Tribunals and Compliance Committees. Boston, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
Contributions in Collections
C. Zengerling, M. Buck (2018). Umweltschutz und Freihandel. In H.-J. Koch (Ed), Handbuch des Umweltrechts (pp. 1100-1148). München: Vahlen.
M. Wickel, C. Zengerling (2017). Multi-level Climate Governance in Germany – Opportunities and Constraints of Formal and Informal Instruments from a Legal Perspective. In J. Antunes Ferreira et al. (Eds), AESOP 2017 Congress eBook of Proceedings (pp. 2450-2460). Lisboa, Universidade de Lisboa.
R. Verheyen, C. Zengerling (2016). International Dispute Settlement. In C. Carlarne / K.R. Gray / R. Tarasofsky (Eds), Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law (pp. 417-440). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
R. Verheyen, C. Zengerling (2013). International Climate Change Cases. In OC Ruppel / C. Roschmann / K. Ruppel-Schlichting (Eds), Climate Change: Legal Responses and Global Responsibility, Volume I (pp. 759-804). Baden-Baden: Nomos Publishers.
C. Zengerling (2008). NGOs versus European Pirates – Fisheries Agreements, IUU Fishing and the ITLOS in West African Seas, in E. Couzen / T. Honkonen (Eds), International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review (pp. 107-132). Joensuu, Finland: UNEP, University of Finland UNEP Course Series.
Scientific Articles
S. Aykut, M. Neukirch, C. Zengerling, A. Engels, M. Suhari, A. Pohlmann (2019). Energiewende ohne gesellschaftlichen Wandel? Der blinde Fleck in der aktuellen Debatte zur "Sektorkopplung", Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, 3/2019, 20-24.
C. Zengerling (2019). Governing the City of Flows – A Plea for Greater Accountability in Strategic Planning and Implementation. Urban Planning, 4/1, 187-199. Open access
J. Kortländer, C. Zengerling (2018). Solarstrom im Quartier – Potentiale und Grenzen des neuen Mieterstromgesetzes. RaumPlanung, 198 / 5-2018, 55-59.
T. Prill, C. Zengerling (2018). Elektromobilität in urbanen Wohnquartieren – Handlungsspielräume und quartiersbezogene Strategien. PLANERIN, 3, 37-41.
C. Zengerling (2018). Action on Climate Change Mitigation in German and Chinese Cities - A Search for Emerging Patterns of Accountability. Habitat International, 75, 147-153.
J. Kortländer, C. Zengerling (2018). Das neue Mieterstromgesetz – (k)ein Beitrag zur Energiewende?. Zeitschrift für Neues Energierecht (ZNER), 22/1, 13-20.
M. Duncker, C. Zengerling (2017). Elektromobilität in der kommunalen Planung. RaumPlanung 190, 44-49.
M. Wickel, C. Zengerling (2016). Die Zulassung des vorzeitigen Baubeginns für Flüchtlingsunterkünfte in der Hamburgischen Bauordnung. Zeitschrift für Öffentliches Recht in Norddeutschland (NordÖR), 4, 133-139.
C. Zengerling, R. Verheyen (2014). Seegerichtshof beschließt die Freilassung von Crew und Schiff im Fall „Arctic Sunrise“. Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht (ZUR), 3, 147-150.
M. Wickel, C. Zengerling (2011). Partizipation in der kommunalen Planung – Öffentlichkeits-beteiligung und Bürgerentscheide. RaumPlanung 156/157, 138 -143.
M. Wickel, C. Zengerling (2011). BauGB-Novelle und kommunaler Klimaschutz. PLANERIN 2/11, 59-60.
C. Zengerling (2010). Sustainable Development and International (Environmental) Law – Integration vs. Fragmentation. Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht (EurUP), 8, 175-186.
M. Wickel, C. Zengerling (2010). Beeinflussung der gemeindlichen Bauleitplanung durch Bürgerentscheide – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen. Zeitschrift für Öffentliches Recht in Norddeutschland (NordÖR), 3, 91-97.
C. Zengerling (2008). Nicht bekannt oder nicht gewährt – Die Bürger/innenrechte aus der Aarhus Konvention. Forum Recht, 2, 48-50.
I. Zodrow, C. Zengerling (2007). Opening the Doors to Justice – The Challenge of Strengthening Public Access. Environmental Law Network International (ELNI), 20-22.
Book Reviews
C. Zengerling (2017). Lehren aus 35 Jahren Tragik der Allmende, Rezension Lena Jahrmarkt - Internationales Klimaschutzrecht. Vereinte Nationen 6/2017, 280.
C. Zengerling (2007). Jura feministisch studieren, Rezension Foljanty/Lembke (Eds.) - Feministische Rechtswissenschaft. Forum Recht, 2, 66.
Legal Opinions
C. Zengerling (2017), E-Quartier Hamburg - Elektromobilität in urbanen Wohnquartieren, Rechtsgutachten (Projekt der Modellregion Hamburg, gefördert durch das BMVBS), November 2017. Abrufbar unter: http://edoc.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hcu/volltexte/2018/423/
C. Zengerling (2014). "Rechtliche Bewertung einzelner Regelungen des EEG-Referentenentwurfes vom 4. März 2014" (Legal Assessment of Selected Regulations in the German Renewable Energy Sources Act of 4 March 2014), on behalf of Greenpeace e.V. during the association hearing on the German Renewable Energy Sources Act 2014, March 2014.
Invited talks and panel contributions
„Aufbau von Ladeinfrastruktur auf privaten Flächen - Kommunale Steuerungsinstrumente", Institut für Städtebau, Januar 2019.
„The Importance of Measuring for Accountable Air Pollution and Climate Change Governance", Klimapolis/CityLab Workshop, Hamburg, Dezember 2018.
„Urban Footprints - Wie Städte ihren ökologischen Fußabdruck verantworten", Interdisziplinäres Kolloquium 'Umkämpfte Räume', Europa-Universität Flensburg, November 2018.
„Towards Greater Accountability in Urban Environmental Governance – Air Pollution vs. Climate Change”, Klimapolis/CityLab Workshop, São Paulo, Brazil, August 2018.
Panelist, Panel Dicussion „Desired Trajectories”, Workshop „Desired Trajectories for the Earth System in the 21st Century”, HanseWissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst, Prof. Dr. Guy Brasseur, Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, März 2018.
„Elektromobilität in urbanen Wohnquartieren – Instrumente zur Aktivierung privater Flächen“, Forum Bauen und Mobilität, Zentrum für Energie, Bauen, Architektur und Umwelt (ZEBAU), Hamburg, Februar 2018
„Urban Footprints – Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities’ Carbon and Material Flows”, Study Group “Green Growth, SDGs and Cities”, HanseWissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst, Januar 2018.
„Urban Footprints – Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities’ Carbon and Material Flows”, Forschungskolloquium Stadt/Raum/Planung, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Monika Grubbauer, Januar 2018.
„e-Quartier – Elektromobilität in urbanen Wohnquartieren: Ergebnisse des Rechtsgutachtens”, Interessentenkreis der Behörde für Umwelt und Energie sowie der Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen, Hamburg, Januar 2018.
Vorstellung des Konzepts „Urbane Fußabdrücke”, Projekt „Steuerbare urbane Stoffströme – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der nachhaltigen Steuerung städtischer und stadtregionaler Stoffströme mittels Instrumenten der Stadtplanung (FKZ: 3717 3510 10), 2. Projekttreffen, Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik (Difu), Berlin, Dezember 2017.
„Urban Footprints – Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities’ Carbon and Material Flows”, Forschungskolloquium Sozialwissenschaftliche Klimaforschung, Universität Hamburg, Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Prof. Dr. Anita Engels, November 2017.
„Urban Footprints – Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities’ Carbon and Material Flows”, Roundtable KlimaCampus, Hamburg, Oktober 2017.
„Urbane Fußabdrücke - Verantwortung und Verbindlichkeit in der Steuerung kommunaler Treibhausgasemissionen", UPPW - Umwelt- und Planungsrecht in Praxis und Wissenschaft, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Kooperation mit dem Umweltbundesamt, Januar 2017.
„International Climate Change Governance - The Role of Environmental NGOs”, Hamburg International Environmental Law Conference (HIELC), Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, September 2013.
Talks
„The Role of Cities in Combating Climate Change and the Depletion of Resources - Conceptual Framework of an Accountability Analysis", Earth System Governance Conference 2018, Utrecht, November 2018.
„Urban Footprints – Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities‘ Carbon and Material Flows“, Präsentation und Diskussion des Forschungsprojektes ”Urban Footprints“ an der University of Cairo, Faculty of Engineering, September 2018.
„Urban Footprints – Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities‘ Carbon and Material Flows“, Präsentation und Diskussion des Forschungsprojektes ”Urban Footprints“ an der Helwan University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Cairo, September 2018.
„ChangeMakerSpace”, Entwicklung und Präsentation einer Projektidee zur Implementierung der SDGs 11 und 16 in interkultureller und interdisziplinärer Arbeitsgruppe, UNLEASH Innovation Lab 2018 for the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Singapur, Juni 2018.
„Accountable Governance of Cities' GHG Emissions", RAMSES Cities and Climate Conference 2017, Potsdam, September 2017.
„Sustainable Management of Natural Resources - The Role of European Cities", 5th European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) Annual Conference, Kopenhagen, August/September 2017.
„Multi-level Climate Governance in Germany - The Opportunities and Constraints in Formal and Informal Instruments from a Legal Perspective", AESOP Annual Congress 2017, Lissabon, Juli 2017.
„Action on Climate Change Mitigation in German and Chinese Cities - A Search for Emerging Patterns of Accountability", Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR) Annual Meeting 2017: “Institutional Innovations in Land Development and Planning in the 20th and 21st century”, Hong Kong, Februar 2017.
„Access to Justice in International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Procedures – the Case for Strengthening Procedural Rights of Environmental NGOs, 4th Annual Conference of European Environmental Law Forum: "Procedural Environmental Rights: Principle X in Theory and Practice", Wroclaw, September 2016.
„Umweltverbände als Anwälte der Natur”, Symposium „Natur im Recht – Rechte der Natur?”, Forschungsstelle Umweltrecht, Universität Hamburg in Zusammenarbeit mit Haus der Zukunkft Hamburg, Juli 2013.
„Öffnung von Wärmenetzen – Erneuerbare Energien und Liberalisierung”, Disserationskolloquium, Universität Hamburg, Juni 2013.
„Beteiligung von Umweltverbänden an internationalen Streitschlichtungsverfahren – Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) und Internationales Zentrum zur Beilegung von Investitionsstreitigkeiten (ICSID)”, Doktorandenseminar Prof. Dr. Markus Krajewski, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, August 2011.
„Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung und Integration im Recht”, Junges Forum der Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung, Hamburg, Juni 2009.
Poster presentation
„SDG 11 and the Governance of Urban Carbon and Material Footprints“, GRC Industrial Ecology Conference 2018: „The Role of Industrial Ecology in Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals”, Les Diablerets, Schweiz, Mai 2018.
Participation in project meeting UBA RefoPlan Vorhaben "Steuerbare urbane Stoffströme", 14 December 2017, Berlin
Participation in "Energieforum 2017", Leuphana University Lüneburg, 27 September 2017
Participation in expert workshop: "Rechtsfragen und Lösungsansätze zur Transformation der Wärmenetze" (Legal questions and responses regarding the transformation of heating grids), Stiftung Umweltenergierecht, 26 October 2016, Würzburg
Session participant: "Die transformative Kraft der Städte: Nachhaltige Urbanisierung in Nordrhein-Westfalen” (The Transformative Power of Cities: Sustainable Urban Development in Nordrhein-Westfalen), Zentralinstitut für Raumplanung, Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung, Institut für Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, University of Münster, 27 June 2016, Münster
Symposium participant: “Verankerung des Ressourcenschutzes im Recht” (Anchoring of Resource Conservation in Law), Umweltbundesamt and the University of Kassel, 21 June 2016, Berlin
Workshop participant: Teaching in the International Classroom, 17-18 March 2016, HafenCity University Hamburg & van Oppen International, Hamburg
Participant: "SBE 16 Hamburg - International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment," 8-10 March 2016, HafenCity University Hamburg
Legal opinion: "Rechtliche Bewertung einzelner Regelungen des EEG-Referentenentwurfes vom 4. März 2014" (Legal Assessment of Selected Regulations in the German Renewable Energy Sources Act of 4 March 2014), on behalf of Greenpeace e.V. during the association hearing on the German Renewable Energy Sources Act 2014 (March 2014)
Participant: "10. Kommunaler Klimaschutz-Konferenz des Klima-Bündnis" (10th Municipal Climate Protection Conference of the Climate Alliance), 11-13 November 2010 in Hannover - Vorbereitungsgruppe Klima-Bündnis-Position for the BauGB Ammendment 2011 (together with Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel)
Collaborated in the generation of an expert opinion by Prof. Dr. Martin Wickel on behalf of the Deutschen Umwelthilfe e.V. regarding the possibilities Municipalities have to control the planning of coal power plants with the help of urban land use planning (June – September 2008)
Mitarbeiterinnen
Nikita John, M.Sc REAP
Lisa Harseim, M.Sc REAP
Eigenes Forschungsprojekt
"Urban Footprints"
The project "Urban Footprints - Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities' Carbon and Material Flows" focuses on the current as well as the potential future role of cities as crucial actors in combating climate change and resource depletion.
News
Urban Footprints sets off towards envisioning Global Cities on a Low Carbon Path!
On 4th and 5th July, the Kickoff event of the UFP saw the participation of 45 international and local, professionals and researchers. The focus lay on discussing systemic change in cities and possible transitions.
Supported by the creative atmosphere of the HongKong Studios, the event was conscioulsy supplied with enriching meals keeping a low "foodprint". The official press release gives an overview of the workshop proceedings.
Research
S. Aykut, M. Neukirch, C. Zengerling, A. Engels, M. Suhari, A. Pohlmann (2019). Energiewende ohne gesellschaftlichen Wandel? Der blinde Fleck in der aktuellen Debatte zur "Sektorkopplung", Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, 3/2019, 20-24.
C. Zengerling (2019). Governing the City of Flows – A Plea for Greater Accountability in Strategic Planning and Implementation. Urban Planning, 4/1, 187-199. Open access
J. Kortländer, C. Zengerling (2018). Solarstrom im Quartier – Potentiale und Grenzen des neuen Mieterstromgesetzes. RaumPlanung, 198 / 5-2018, 55-59.
T. Prill, C. Zengerling (2018). Elektromobilität in urbanen Wohnquartieren – Handlungsspielräume und quartiersbezogene Strategien. PLANERIN, 3, 37-41.
C. Zengerling, M. Buck (2018). Umweltschutz und Freihandel. In H.-J. Koch (Ed), Handbuch des Umweltrechts (pp. 1100-1148). München: Vahlen.
C. Zengerling (2018). Action on Climate Change Mitigation in German and Chinese Cities - A search for emerging patterns of accountability, Habitat International, S. 147-153.