Abstract While environmental challenges are high on the public agenda, they have raised many questions concerning the ability of society and politics to cope with them. In liberal democracies, they challenge the traditional interplay between the state, business sector, and the various forces of civil society. Relating to the concepts of a more interactive and collaborative governance agenda, this study focuses on the local level of climate governance in municipalities and urban politics. It is based on material, documents, and interviews with representatives of public administration and civil society from seven major towns in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Our findings show progress in local governance, driven by municipal climate action plans, the recognition of climate action as a cross-cutting issue, and the influence of national and federal policies and programmes. The study identifies four main forms of revitalising and institutionalising intermediation across sectors: (1) public participation through various formats meant to give citizens a voice; (2) stakeholder involvement for co-designing measures and plans by partners and opponents most affected; (3) strategies of influencing public opinion and the prevailing discourse on climate politics; and (4) forms of co-production in policy implementation. While the impact of these forms of conflict management, bridge-building, or even cooperation may vary, they altogether define the nature of local interactive governance and its capacities for promoting sustainable development and democracy.

Adalbert Evers

Verena Schmid

VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

The official journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research, Voluntas is an interdisciplinary international journal that aims to be the central forum for worldwide research in the area between the state, market, and household sectors. The journal combines full-length articles with shorter research notes (reflecting the latest developments in the field) and book reviews. Voluntas is essential reading for all those engaged in research into the Third Sector (voluntary and nonprofit organizations) including economists, lawyers, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and social and public policy analysts. It aims to present leading-edge academic argument around civil society issues in a style that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers.

Voluntas is the official journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research, aiming to be the central forum for global research at the intersection of the state, market, and household sectors. This interdisciplinary international journal combines full-length articles with shorter research notes that reflect the latest developments in the field, as well as book reviews. Voluntas is essential reading for all those engaged in research into the Third Sector (voluntary and nonprofit organizations), including economists, lawyers, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and social and public policy analysts. The journal aims to present leading-edge academic arguments around civil society issues in a style that is accessible to practitioners and policymakers.

《Voluntas》是国际第三部门研究学会的官方期刊，旨在成为全球在国家、市场和家庭部门之间研究的核心论坛。这本跨学科的国际期刊结合了完整的研究文章、反映该领域最新发展的短篇研究笔记和书评。《Voluntas》是所有从事第三部门（志愿和非营利组织）研究的学者必读的期刊，包括经济学家、律师、政治科学家、心理学家、社会学家以及社会和公共政策分析师。期刊旨在以易于实践者和政策制定者理解的风格，呈现关于公民社会问题的前沿学术论点。

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