A call for action on sustainable urban transformation: How to govern missions towards climate neutral cities?
(2020) City Futures Online Summit, 2020- Abstract
- The transitions to a low carbon and sustainable society are urgent, but at the current level and pace of action there is a significant risk we will escalate and exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and fail to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. By engaging cities, we can build momentum around bottom-up interconnected actions and accelerate societal and technological transitions.
But the current focus is on large, global cities with minimal attention on small cities, villages, and urban nodes. Current actions are often based on top-down “urban optimism”. Current practice is fragmented and often focused on fixing failures. Current action emerges as isolated projects with limited systematic learning. The need for... (More) - The transitions to a low carbon and sustainable society are urgent, but at the current level and pace of action there is a significant risk we will escalate and exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and fail to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. By engaging cities, we can build momentum around bottom-up interconnected actions and accelerate societal and technological transitions.
But the current focus is on large, global cities with minimal attention on small cities, villages, and urban nodes. Current actions are often based on top-down “urban optimism”. Current practice is fragmented and often focused on fixing failures. Current action emerges as isolated projects with limited systematic learning. The need for game changing efforts in cities is more critical than ever. (Less)
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- author
- Mccormick, Kes LU ; Neij, Lena LU and Palm, Jenny LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- cities, sustainablity, climate, missions, innovation
- categories
- Popular Science
- pages
- 4 pages
- publisher
- Lund University
- conference name
- City Futures Online Summit, 2020
- conference location
- Lund, Sweden
- conference dates
- 2020-10-08 - 2020-10-08
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 253538c1-678d-48e6-9fd0-52ed8a0984a6
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- 2020-10-12 13:42:38
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