Janik Wischmeyer
Co-founder and managing director · Product and technical concept
Janik Wischmeyer is co-founder and managing director of Khoch3 KlimaKarten and leads product and technical concept work. He supports municipalities in preparing and implementing climate adaptation strategies and connects adaptation measures with urban development, open space and environmental planning.
- Areas of expertise
- Climate adaptation strategies, Funding advice, Measure planning, Municipal administrative processes, Urban planning, Open space and green planning, Desealing, Sponge city principle, Cartography and spatial analysis
- Topic areas in the magazine
- Climate adaptation in the municipality, Heavy rain and water in the city, Urban heat, Measures and implementation
20 articles by Janik.
- Climate Adaptation in the Municipality
Climate Adaptation in the Municipality: The Practical Overview
How municipal climate adaptation works in practice: legal framework, risk assessment, measures, funding and monitoring, explained step by step.
- Climate Adaptation in the Municipality
Klimaanpassungsgesetz (KAnG): Obligations for Municipalities Explained Simply
KAnG explained briefly: entry into force, consideration requirement, state deadlines up to 2027, and what the federal act means for your municipality.
- Climate Adaptation in the Municipality
Developing a Climate Adaptation Strategy: Requirements, Process and Funding for Municipalities
What belongs in a municipal climate adaptation strategy, how to proceed in five steps, and what funding is available: the practical guide for municipalities.
- Climate Adaptation in the Municipality
Climate Adaptation Manager: Tasks, Benefits and Funding of the Role
What climate adaptation managers do, how the position is funded through the federal DAS adaptation funding guideline, and when hiring pays off.
- Climate Adaptation in the Municipality
Climate Adaptation for Small Municipalities: Where to Start
Little staff, small budget: how small municipalities can pragmatically start climate adaptation, first steps, cooperation and funding.
- Urban Heat
Urban Heat: Causes, Consequences and What Municipalities Can Do
Why cities heat up more than their surroundings, what this means for health and infrastructure, and which measures municipalities can take against heat.
- Urban Heat
Creating a Heat Action Plan for Municipalities
A step-by-step guide to a municipal heat action plan: responsibilities, warning chain, measures and target groups, explained practically and honestly.
- Urban Heat
Urban Heat Islands: Causes and Countermeasures
Why cities develop into heat islands, what role sealed surfaces and development play, and which countermeasures municipalities can effectively use.
- Urban Heat
Heat Protection for Vulnerable Groups: Care Facilities, Daycare Centres, Hospitals
How municipalities protect vulnerable groups from heat: concrete measures for care facilities, daycare centres and hospitals, and the role of the administration.
- Urban Heat
Shading, Urban Trees and Cooling: Measures Against Heat
How shading, urban trees and evaporation lower temperatures, which measures are worthwhile, and what municipalities must consider when planting and maintaining trees.
- Heavy Rain & Water in the City
Heavy Rain and Water in the City: Prevention for Municipalities
How municipalities prepare for heavy rain: hazard maps, risk management, sponge city and desealing, with funding routes and practical steps.
- Heavy Rain & Water in the City
Heavy Rain Risk Management for Municipalities
How municipalities build heavy rain risk management: from hazard assessment through prioritisation to a concept of measures, with steps, standards, funding.
- Heavy Rain & Water in the City
The Sponge City Principle: Rainwater as a Resource
How the sponge city principle stores rather than drains rainwater: components, effect against heavy rain and heat, limits and funding for municipalities.
- Heavy Rain & Water in the City
Desealing: Potential, Impact and Funding
How desealing reduces heavy rain and heat, which surfaces are suitable, and what funding is available for municipalities in 2026, with honest limits.
- Heavy Rain & Water in the City
Flood Prevention and Water-Sensitive Urban Development
How municipalities build flood prevention into urban development: emergency water routes, water-sensitive planning, standards and links to hazard maps and retention.
- Measures & Implementation
From Analysis to Implementation: Climate Adaptation Measures
How climate adaptation concepts turn into implemented measures: catalogue, prioritisation, costs, blockers and participation for municipalities.
- Measures & Implementation
Climate Adaptation Measures Catalogue: Examples for Municipalities
Concrete examples for a climate adaptation measures catalogue covering heat, heavy rain and drought, organised by field of action and feasibility.
- Measures & Implementation
Prioritising Climate Adaptation Measures
How municipalities prioritise adaptation measures in a traceable way, using criteria like protective benefit, cost, urgency and feasibility.
- Measures & Implementation
From Strategy to Implementation: Common Blockers and How to Resolve Them
Why climate adaptation strategies stall in implementation: the most common blockers around staff, responsibility, land and budget, and how to solve them.
- Measures & Implementation
Acceptance and Participation for Adaptation Measures
How municipalities build acceptance for climate adaptation measures: designing participation well, spotting resistance early, securing implementation.