As part of Baden-Württemberg's sustainability strategy, the state government set up the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development in 2012, which now also acts as the Climate Protection Advisory Council. For the fourth term of office, Winfried Kretschmann, prime minister of Baden-Württemberg, has invited Prof. Dr. Jörn Birkmann, Director of the Institute of Spatial and Regional Planning IREUS of the Faculty 2: Civil and Environmental Engineering, to contribute his knowledge and experience.