German Climate Change Mitigation Policy Database 2026
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Year of publication2026
Date of availability in catalog2026-04-24
Available from / since 2026-04-24
Language of the resource
English; German
Abstract
This research data contains 1) a policy database with policy instruments from German federal laws targeting climate change mitigation, 2) a coding guide, explaining the categories assigned during the qualitative content analysis, and 3) a list of all analyzed laws with at least one identified policy instruments.
Resource type
Dataset
Kinds of Data
Databases
Statistical Evaluations / Tables
Context Materials / Supporting information
Statistical Evaluations / Tables
Context Materials / Supporting information
Methods
Content coding
Analysis of text documents
Analysis of text documents
Thematic classification
Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung
Keywords
Klimapolitik; Politik; Strategie; Nachhaltigkeit; Steuerungsprozesse; Klimawandel; Abschwächung; Suffizienz; Bund; Gesetz; Richtlinie; Transformation; Ökonomie; Deutschland <Bundesrepublik>; Climate Policy; Policy; Strategy; Sustainability; Governance; Climate Change; Migitation; Sufficiency; Federal Government; Law; Transformation; Economy; Germany <Federal Republic>
Notes
The source for the consolidated German Federal Laws published by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection is the digital service gesetze-im-internet.de.
Faculty / department
More information
Data Collector
Rightsholder
Time Period of the Collection of the Data
2025-01-05
Time Period of the Creation of the Dataset
2025-01-05 - 2026-04-20
Temporal Coverage of the Dataset
Geolocation (Country)
Germany