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Climate City Contracts? Governing towards Climate Neutral Cities

Shabb, Katherine LU ; Mccormick, Kes LU ; Mujkic, Selma and Anderberg, Stefan (2023)
Abstract
Climate City Contracts or CCCs are being developed in the context of a larger mission, with many stakeholders, funding, and growing momentum, hopefully providing a new force, legitimacy, and inspiration to ongoing urban climate actions. CCCs differ from current strategies for tackling climate change in cities because they are being developed in the context of the mission approach to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. CCCs are a mechanism to ensure that city-level work is not occurring in a vacuum but rather facilitates multi-level integration between cities, national agencies, and the European Union, but also collaboration across a diversity of stakeholders. The current focus of CCCs is mostly on process rather... (More)
Climate City Contracts or CCCs are being developed in the context of a larger mission, with many stakeholders, funding, and growing momentum, hopefully providing a new force, legitimacy, and inspiration to ongoing urban climate actions. CCCs differ from current strategies for tackling climate change in cities because they are being developed in the context of the mission approach to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. CCCs are a mechanism to ensure that city-level work is not occurring in a vacuum but rather facilitates multi-level integration between cities, national agencies, and the European Union, but also collaboration across a diversity of stakeholders. The current focus of CCCs is mostly on process rather than outcomes. Ambitious Climate Investment Plans, which encompass private sector efforts, are necessary to underpin the goals and activities outlined in CCCs. (Less)
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subject
keywords
cities, climate, contracts, governance, sustainability
host publication
A Research Agenda for Sustainable Cities and Communities
editor
McCormick, Kes ; Evans, James ; Voytenko Palgan, Yuliya and Frantzeskaki, Niki
pages
11 pages
publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
external identifiers
  • scopus:85171697772
ISBN
9781800372023
9781800372030
language
English
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yes
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373feb46-2f76-4028-8890-9e398e428c30
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2023-08-23 16:12:25
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2024-09-12 08:51:24
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  abstract     = {{Climate City Contracts or CCCs are being developed in the context of a larger mission, with many stakeholders, funding, and growing momentum, hopefully providing a new force, legitimacy, and inspiration to ongoing urban climate actions. CCCs differ from current strategies for tackling climate change in cities because they are being developed in the context of the mission approach to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. CCCs are a mechanism to ensure that city-level work is not occurring in a vacuum but rather facilitates multi-level integration between cities, national agencies, and the European Union, but also collaboration across a diversity of stakeholders. The current focus of CCCs is mostly on process rather than outcomes. Ambitious Climate Investment Plans, which encompass private sector efforts, are necessary to underpin the goals and activities outlined in CCCs.}},
  author       = {{Shabb, Katherine and Mccormick, Kes and Mujkic, Selma and Anderberg, Stefan}},
  booktitle    = {{A Research Agenda for Sustainable Cities and Communities}},
  editor       = {{McCormick, Kes and Evans, James and Voytenko Palgan, Yuliya and Frantzeskaki, Niki}},
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  publisher    = {{Edward Elgar Publishing}},
  title        = {{Climate City Contracts? Governing towards Climate Neutral Cities}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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