Austria

Austria’s national platform, the “Climate Neutral City Mission” (Klimaneutrale Stadt, KNS), supports 47 cities through capacity building, peer learning, strategic planning and innovation funding. It is coordinated nationally by the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure with the Climate and Energy Fund and the Research Promotion Agency, and delivered through specialised organisations, with dedicated R&I funding for pioneer cities.

KEY PRIORITIES

• Multi-level governance: Formalise national–regional–city exchange.
• Impact and knowledge: Strengthen impact assessment, monitoring and knowledge-transfer systems.
• Private sector and funding: Mobilise private-sector engagement and funding, especially RTI and blended finance.

THEMATIC FOCUS

• Multi-level governance and formalisation of national–regional–city exchange.
• Impact assessment, monitoring and knowledge-transfer systems.
• Private-sector engagement and funding mobilisation (RTI and blended finance).

HOW CAPACITIES 2.0 SUPPORTS AUSTRIA

• Capacity-building via the Expert Facility and learning components (WP1).
• Financing, regulatory framework and MRV, including Smart Policy Labs (WP3).
• National ecosystem coordination (WP4) and stakeholder engagement (WP5).