“…A large proportion of such academic discussions are characterised by an approach predominantly derived from the natural sciences, delivering mostly technical proposals for coping with changes in climate and vulnerability (Cannon and Müller-Mahn, 2010;Grießhammer et al, 2012:3). Additionally, this often involves asking how actions of city governments can be better organised and coordinated, and which actors do/should participate in the actual processes of urban development in order to improve and optimise governance processes (Baasch et al, 2012;Birk et al, 2011;Klemme and Selle, 2010). From a political-geographical perspective, two aspects in particular, which are crucial for the transformation of energy-and climate-relevant policies, are left out of consideration: first, the question of why, despite broad support, policy contents have been implemented to such varying degrees in different cities; and second, what conflicts and discursive negotiation processes emerge on the urban scale while energy and climate policies are implemented.…”