The indicator shows the share of implemented climate protection measures as a sum index of 19 dichotomous variables, based on a standardized questionnaire (Peters et al., 2020).

In 2022, the questions were answered as follows:

1. Is there a political decision on municipal climate protection targets in your municipality? Answer: No
   
2. Has a climate protection concept been drawn up in your municipality? Answer: No
   
3. Does your municipality have personnel who are explicitly responsible for climate protection? Answer: Yes
   
4. Has a greenhouse gas/CO2 balance been calculated and updated at least once? Answer: No
   
5. Is there regular or institutionalized interdepartmental cooperation within the local government on climate protection? Answer: Yes
   
6. Is there staff exclusively responsible for energy management? Answer: Yes
   
7. Does your municipality have a cycling or walking officer? Answer: Yes
   
8. Are renewable energy sources used on municipal properties? Answer: Yes
   
9. Has your municipality conducted a systematic investigation to identify which of the municipal buildings could be considered for the use of (certain) renewable energies? Answer: Yes
   
10. Is there a systematic investigation for the use of (certain) renewable energies for your entire municipality or region (beyond municipal properties)? Answer: No
    
11. Are there concrete targets for the use of renewable energies in your own properties? Answer: Yes
    
12. Are there concrete targets for the expansion of renewable energies for the entire municipality? Answer: No
    
13. Is climate-friendly procurement the rule in your municipality? Answer: Yes
    
14. Does your municipality make use of existing land use planning, urban planning or other regulatory competences in order to enforce regulations or stipulations in the sense of climate protection? Answer: Yes
    
15. Does your municipality provide information and sensitize citizens to climate protection and renewable energies? Answer: Yes
    
16. Are there one or more currently running municipal support programs for climate protection / energy for actors of the local society? Answer: Yes
    
17. Is your municipality a member of the Climate Alliance, the European Energy Award, the “Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy”, a comparable association or is it a “dena Energy Efficiency Municipality”? (dena: German Energy Agency) Answer: No
    
18. Has your municipality received a climate protection award in the last 10 years? Answer: No
    
19. Does your municipality maintain an international municipal climate partnership? Answer: No