Cities and climate change

McCarney, Patricia L.; Blanco, Hilda; Carmin, JoAnn; Colley, Michelle

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511783142.015

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“…City networks have provided an avenue to represent urban interests enabling local governments some response to the avoid of a ‘democracy deficit’ between local, national and multilateral layers of governance. The democracy deficit has been cited as present in most centralised countries where the national government might be detached from its urban citizenry (McCarney et al, 2011). Scale jumps through city diplomacy to avoid national limitations has been seen as facilitating the construction of alternative pathways to policy-making between purely municipal management and constraining central-local relations.…”

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Reconfiguring urban governance in an age of rising city networks: A research agenda

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Networked urban governance is emerging as a major feature of metropolitan strategy and activity. The field of urban studies is yet to deeply engage in the debates on the new forms of cross national networking that are potentially framing and reframing urban governance and strategy. Yet this dimension of urban governance can no longer go unnoticed. In this article we draw together insights from the extant literature into a research agenda on reconfiguring urban governance. We propose a research agenda centred on three themes: the political economy of ‘new-gen’ networks, especially in relation to the role of economic power in determining participation and influence; the knowledge dynamics in city networks in understanding the socio-spatial configurations that are underpinning the decision-making processes and outcomes; and the implications of city networks for traditional institutions that have in the past shaped cities’ strategies, development and government. Our commentary considers and links these emergent themes, noting how these bear serious and urgent consideration for mainstream urban studies.

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Reconfiguring urban governance in an age of rising city networks: A research agenda

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“…However, the same network of interconnections that makes these synergies possible also creates significant governance challenges, as they can require traditionally siloized local government agencies to collaborate in an emerging policy domain where few have established capacities or tools (McCarney et al, 2011).…”

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“…The data discussed below was collected as part of the MIT-ICLEI Urban Climate Change Governance Survey (UCGS), which builds on Carmin's (2011) survey while incorporating some of the finer grained detail that also became the basis for the indicators matrix. This allows for a more detailed discussion of how local governments are institutionalizing adaptation planning and action and negotiating the multiple interconnections and constraints that affect local adaptive responses.…”

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Institutionalizing the urban governance of climate change adaptation: Results of an international survey

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a b s t r a c tThree hundred and fifty municipalities across five continents participated in the Urban Climate Change Governance Survey (UCGS). Conducted at MIT in partnership with ICLEI -Local Governments for Sustainability, the UCGS provides a first of its kind look at the governance networks that municipalities are creating to address climate change.Drawing from these results, this paper analyses the institutional governance structures that surround local government work on climate change adaptation. Results show an integration of adaptation and mitigation planning, and a mainstreaming of adaptation planning into other long-range and sectoral plans. Seventy-three percent of respondents stated that their local government's are engaging with both adaptation and mitigation, and 75% are integrating adaptation into long-range or sectoral plans. However, many critical municipal agencies -including those responsible for water, waste water, health, and building codes -remain on the margins of urban adaptation efforts.Internal institutional networks of governance are inextricably linked to efforts to address a problem like adaptation, which does not fit neatly into individual institutional silos. The results of the UCGS show where these networks have so far been made, how they have been created, and which local government actors have yet to be effectively engaged. Ó

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“…In a survey of over 300 world cities preparing climate action plans, Aylett found that most worked to break down sectoral silos through informal communication channels and formal institutions such as inter-departmental working groups [10]. McCarney et al found that shifting climate change out of environment departments where it has typically been housed was also a key local strategy [77]. However, of concern Aylett found that health was among several “marginalized” sectors which contributed least to broader city climate adaptation efforts [10].…”

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Integrating Public Health into Climate Change Policy and Planning: State of Practice Update

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Policy action in the coming decade will be crucial to achieving globally agreed upon goals to decarbonize the economy and build resilience to a warmer, more extreme climate. Public health has an essential role in climate planning and action: “Co-benefits” to health help underpin greenhouse gas reduction strategies, while safeguarding health—particularly of the most vulnerable—is a frontline local adaptation goal. Using the structure of the core functions and essential services (CFES), we reviewed the literature documenting the evolution of public health’s role in climate change action since the 2009 launch of the US CDC Climate and Health Program. We found that the public health response to climate change has been promising in the area of assessment (monitoring climate hazards, diagnosing health status, assessing vulnerability); mixed in the area of policy development (mobilizing partnerships, mitigation and adaptation activities); and relatively weak in assurance (communication, workforce development and evaluation). We suggest that the CFES model remains important, but is not aligned with three concepts—governance, implementation and adjustment—that have taken on increasing importance. Adding these concepts to the model can help ensure that public health fulfills its potential as a proactive partner fully integrated into climate policy planning and action in the coming decade.

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Cities and climate change

Cited by 31 publications

References 33 publications

Reconfiguring urban governance in an age of rising city networks: A research agenda

Reconfiguring urban governance in an age of rising city networks: A research agenda

Institutionalizing the urban governance of climate change adaptation: Results of an international survey

Integrating Public Health into Climate Change Policy and Planning: State of Practice Update

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