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More than half of the world’s population lives in cities – and the numbers are rising. In Germany, too, many cities are expanding. Climate protection, a liveable environment, the integration of environmental protection – these are all determining factors here, but they affect rural areas too. The German Sustainable Development Strategy calls for urban development that promotes “cross-cutting thinking”, and the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) is playing its part with initiatives including the “Sustainable City” dialogue, the Local Sustainability Reporting Framework (BNK) and the 30-hectare land use target.
