Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice

Huovila, Aapo; Siikavirta, Hanne; Rozado, Carmen Antuña; Rökman, Jyri; Tuominen, Pekka; Paiho, Satu; Hedman, Åsa; Ylén, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130912

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“…Therefore, this paper adopts fsQCA method for the following reasons: (1) Traditional empirical analysis, lacking of the holistic perspective, tends to imprint "general linear reality" assumptions and "net-effects thinking" on the resulting theories, while fsQCA can capture causal complexity, the configuration relationships between multiple attributes, and the causal relationships with the results [67]; (2) The problem in this study is about set relation, and asymmetry exists between the combination of conditions and results. Qualitative comparison method can identify the interdependence, configuration equivalence and causal asymmetry between conditions, effectively fixing the defects of conventional regression techniques [68];…”

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“…By September 2021, 121 countries had committed to being carbon-neutral by the middle of the 21st century, and 114 had promised to update their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for 2030. Carbon neutrality is becoming an irreversible global trend [2]. Currently, as one of the representatives of emerging economies, China is experiencing a rapid expansion and high growth, and the manufacturing industry, forming the foundation of its real economy, has significantly boosted the country's growth.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To be specific, we tried to solve the following three problems: (1) How to select the influencing factors of sustainable development performance of enterprises? (2) What are key factors of configurations of the high-level sustainable development performance? (3) Whether multiple factors at different levels support or exclude one another in the process of achieving sustainable development performance?…”

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Factors Affecting Manufacturing Enterprises’ Sustainable Development Performance – Based on the fsQCA Method

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In the face of huge pressure of resources and the environment, sustainable development is a certain way to effectively improve resource utilization and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises themselves. Based on a synergistic evolutionary perspective, this study selected 289 Chinese manufacturing enterprises as samples, tried to analyze the configuration effects of environmental regulation, green dynamic capability, slack resources and sustainable dual innovations with fsQCA method, so as to reveal the multiple concurrency mechanisms affecting the sustainable development performance of manufacturing enterprises. The study concludes that: no single factor is a prerequisite for sustainable development performance; the paths to high levels of sustainable development performance can be divided into two development models, namely incentive-capability-innovationoriented and resource-innovation-oriented; there are various ways to improve sustainable development performance in different given situations. The findings of the study enriched the factors that affect how well manufacturing enterprises perform in terms of sustainable development, and explore internal and external synergistic mechanisms for doing so from a histological perspective, advancing the study of manufacturing enterprises' sustainable development under the severe resource environments.

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“…Systems dynamics exposes the latency inherent in the turnover of physical stocks, critical to assessing and overcoming carbon lock-in (Brown et al 2008). The approach is liberated from the exogenous financial assumptions that drive optimization models; such inputs are difficult if not impossible to project in the context of an energy system transformation (Holtz et al 2015;Huovila et al 2022;Lund et al 2017;Papachristos 2019).…”

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“…Figure 1 illustrates net zero pathways that have been formally approved by a selection of Canadian municipalities from nearly every province. Nearly every major municipality and many smaller municipalities have formally adopted net zero pathways of their own volition (Huovila et al 2022;Tozer & Klenk 2018).…”

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Canadian cities: climate change action and plans

Herbert¹,

Dale

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2022

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The individual and collective decarbonization pathways of 26 Canadian cities are assessed by evaluating data gathered from the implementation of a unique energy model, CityinSight. Although many cities in Canada have declared a climate emergency and plans are at various stages of implementation, development path change is mostly incremental. They are at the very beginning of transforming development paths that necessitate climate action planning which embraces a systems perspective and wholecity planning. The present data reveal that there are very different starting points for Canadian cities, and considerable asymmetries between municipalities, as well as the collective impact of their plans on national targets. The latency of municipalities for on-the-ground implementation of their plans means that ongoing assessments will be required to determine the impact of efforts by cities to achieve their targets. POLICY RELEVANCECities are on the front line of implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation. Many climate researchers and practitioners have called for fundamental change and new governance arrangements to achieve even a 2°C limit to rising global temperatures. At the same time, researchers argue that Canadian cities do not have the ability to raise revenue other than through continuous development: an incentive therefore exists to keep 'growing' regardless of other sustainable imperatives. Transformational change is required through policy instruments and more appropriate incentives harmonized across macro-, meso-, and microlevels to create carbon-neutral development paths in the next decade. Policy harmonization, coherence, and alignment are necessary and sufficient conditions for meeting the international commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This also requires action at multiple scales with multilevel partnerships and unprecedented degrees of government collaboration and leadership.

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Business strategies for achieving carbon neutrality goals in collaborative ecosystems: Bridging gaps in achieving operational status

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Zhang,

Sharma

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Bus Strat Env

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This study delves into the pressing challenge of achieving carbon neutrality (CN) operational status among firms, with a specific focus on the moderating impact of emission scopes. We use mixed methods and ambidexterity and resource dependence theories to examine the relationships between four cooperation kinds (exploration‐focused, exploitation‐focused, resonance‐based, and governance‐centric) and firms' CN operating status. We also examine how three emission scopes affect cooperation and CN operating status. Our comprehensive research, based on primary and secondary data from 267 organizations, enhances our knowledge of how cooperation helps CNs achieve operational status. We find that stakeholder collaboration improves CN objectives. We found subtle correlations between collaboration types and emission scopes. Governance‐centric cooperation has a substantial interaction effect on scope 1 emissions, demonstrating its effectiveness in controlling emissions from owned or regulated sources. As the two emissions interact, the resonance‐based cooperation emphasizes the necessity of common values and beliefs between enterprises and stakeholders. With scope 3 emissions, exploitation‐focused cooperation emphasizes resource usage in emission management across the value chain and transportation. Exploration‐focused collaboration interacts with CN operational status for all three emission scopes, highlighting the importance of collaboration with research institutions, startups, and stakeholders in exploring emerging technologies and driving systemic changes for emission mitigation. Our study shows that stakeholder participation is crucial to CN operating status, especially for varied emission scopes. This research sheds light on collaborative strategy development and its importance in tackling varied emission scopes. Our research provides important contributions to the field, but future studies should understand its limits and examine the complexities of CN operational status and cooperation in other situations to increase knowledge.

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Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice

Cited by 132 publications

References 64 publications

Factors Affecting Manufacturing Enterprises’ Sustainable Development Performance – Based on the fsQCA Method

Factors Affecting Manufacturing Enterprises’ Sustainable Development Performance – Based on the fsQCA Method

Canadian cities: climate change action and plans

Business strategies for achieving carbon neutrality goals in collaborative ecosystems: Bridging gaps in achieving operational status

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