Mapping city-to-city networks for climate change action: Geographic bases, link modalities, functions, and activity

Lee, Taedong; Jung, Ha Yoon

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.034

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“…As the focus of our analysis was on functions rather than the institutional designs of the networks, the case selection put forward by [17] seemed justified for the sake of our argument. We limited ourselves to those networks that demonstrated activity in 2018; this was determined by the presence or absence of an up-to-date website (see Table 1).…”

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“…The descriptive nature of the analysis resulted from a very small number of cases and the limited availability of comparative data. More precisely, we analyzed 17 of 24 networks identified by Lee and Jung, which defined transnational city networks for climate change as institution-led or decentralized and multilateral platforms that enable cities and local entities to promote local climate action by performing at least one of the following functions: information sharing, networking, research, target setting, funding, lobbying, planning, and monitoring [17]. In doing so, we applied a broad definition of transnational city networks.…”

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“…The first dimension refers to the literature on the role of cities in climate governance [8,[12][13][14][15][16][17]36]. The dual role of cities as the actors both causing and being affected by climate change puts them in a position, whereby they will push for designing and implementing effective means of dealing with climate change when they are participating in transnational networks.…”

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“…On the other hand, cities are also affected considerably by climate change and must spend vast amounts on implementing the necessary adaptation and/or prevention measures [12]. The policy competences of cities also put them in a position, whereby they can engage in policy experiments and design climate policy inventions [13][14][15][16][17], which are likely to produce even better policy outcomes if they are coordinated with the national governments [18].…”

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Aligning Climate Governance with Urban Water Management: Insights from Transnational City Networks

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A growing number of cities in different world regions are forming transnational networks in order to mitigate and adapt to climate change. In this study, we are interested in the nexus between climate change and urban water management. How do transnational city networks for climate action perceive urban water management? What kind of activities do they adopt for improving urban water management? How effective are these in practice? This study maps 17 transnational city networks that primarily work on climate governance, assesses whether they formally embrace urban water management as a field of activity, and analyzes the extent to which they influence local climate action regarding water-related issues. Our descriptive analysis reveals that the great majority of transnational city networks has embraced goals related to urban water management, mostly framed from the perspective of adaptation to climate change. However, our in-depth analysis of two frontrunner cities in Germany shows that membership in ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) has only limited influence on the initiation and implementation of water-related policy measures.

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“…Research has drawn attention to the activities of transnational professional networks in creating 'circuits of knowledge' through which ideas, policies, and ensembles of practice are created, legitimated, and diffused across geographic space (Goldman, 2007;Healey, 2013;Legrand, 2012, McCann, 2008Stone, 2004;True and Mintrom, 2001). Within the context of transnational governance initiatives, studies have demonstrated that transnational municipal networks (TMNs) facilitate policy learning through information sharing, demonstrating 'best practice', and lesson-drawing (Bernstein and Hoffmann, 2018;Busch, 2015;Gore, 2010;Hakelberg, 2014;Lee and Jung, 2018), as well as re-shaping discursive framings of the problem of urban sustainability amongst participants (Betsill and Bulkeley, 2004). What limited research has been undertaken into IPIs has also provided evidence that they facilitate learning.…”

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‘A very human business’—Transnational networking initiatives and domestic climate action

Perkins

Nachmany

2019

Global Environmental Change

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We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments. We would also like to thank the interviewees who participated in this research for their time and valuable insights. Declaration of interest: Michal Nachmany was employed by GLOBE International between March-July 2013, and was the lead author of the climate legislation study produced at the time in collaboration between GLOBE International and LSE. All the main primary data collection (interviews) and analysis were conducted after the author's employment with GLOBE had finished.

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Is corporate environmental responsibility synergistic with governmental environmental responsibility? Evidence from China

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Local governments and enterprises are two important actors in China's environmental governance system. A better understanding of the interaction between corporate environmental responsibility (CER) and governmental environmental responsibility (GER) will help to enhance the collaboration between corporations and the government, craft a good environmental governance system, and achieve coordinated development of economic development and environmental protection. This paper divides GER into three types: policymaking responsibility, implementation responsibility, and supervisory responsibility. Based on panel data on Chinese manufacturing companies listed during the period 2012-2017, this paper analyzes the relationship between GER and CER and explores the impact of the collaboration between the two on regional environmental pollution. The research results show the following: (1) in China, policymaking responsibility significantly promotes CER, whereas implementation responsibility has a significant negative impact on CER, and supervisory responsibility has no significant influence. (2) The collaboration between GER and CER effectively reduces solid waste discharge in a region but does not significantly reduce SO 2 emissions or wastewater discharge.

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Mapping city-to-city networks for climate change action: Geographic bases, link modalities, functions, and activity

Cited by 54 publications

References 18 publications

Aligning Climate Governance with Urban Water Management: Insights from Transnational City Networks

Aligning Climate Governance with Urban Water Management: Insights from Transnational City Networks

‘A very human business’—Transnational networking initiatives and domestic climate action

Is corporate environmental responsibility synergistic with governmental environmental responsibility? Evidence from China

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