Climate Action and Spatial Planning - Key Concepts and Issues

22 Março 2025, 09:00 • João Morais Lavadinho Mourato

This session breaks down a series of key concepts regarding the framing of the evolution of spatial planning public agains the backdrop of the contemporary climate change agenda.  It breakdowns streamlined conceptualizations of the policy cycle to examine the enablers and obstacles to policy coherence and integration. It finishes with a critical review of the current EU Climate Policy Environment's Policy Instruments, Polity and Politics. 

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Climate Action and Spatial Planning - Evolution of Spatial Planning as Public Policy

15 Março 2025, 11:00 • João Morais Lavadinho Mourato

This session sets the geographical, social, cultural and political context for the evolution of Planning, as a pubic policy in Portugal. It focuses on the XX century onward, with particular emphasis on the post April 1974 period and the EEC accession process

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Climate Action and Spatial Planning - Spatial Planning In Portugal

7 Março 2025, 14:00 • João Morais Lavadinho Mourato

This session consists of a quick outlook of the current Portuguese Planning system, its key instruments and type thereof, actors and governance framework. It provides a brief outline of its evolution and key contemporary challenges. 

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Climate Action and Spatial Planning - Territorializing Climate Action in Portugal

28 Fevereiro 2025, 16:00 • João Morais Lavadinho Mourato

ACOT's last session breaks down in three parts. First, a synthesis of the last 15 years in terms of Climate Action policy developments in Portugal, how these were informed, fueled and what practice of implementation happened thereafter. Second, we take a closer look on how climate action policy goals are included in spatial planning instruments and how this translates in practice. Third, and last, we focus on the development of the Portuguese Local Climate Governance landscape, focusing on how a lapsing multilevel governance system opened the way for strong bottom-up local climate governance networks.

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