Navigating Transformations Under Climate Change in Cities: Features and Lock-ins of Urban Climate Governance

Hölscher, Katharina; Frantzeskaki, Niki

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49040-9_4

Cited by 6 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 155 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A series of examples are provided in Appendix B (noting that the list is not intended to be comprehensive or complete as projects are constantly being added to these platforms, but refers specifically to the 2012-2020 timeframe). Nevertheless, expanding NBS innovations beyond their experimental sites requires a dedication of time and resources to identify, evaluate and translate experiences and lessons from specific innovations, given the heterogeneous social/cultural context and needs amongst different cities and regions (Hölscher and Frantzeskaki, 2020;Toxopeus et al, 2020aToxopeus et al, , 2020bSchröter et al, 2021). Thus replicability, scalability (upwards and/or downwards), and transferability need to be carefully examined to streamline NBS knowledge and best practice models into actions on the ground (Frantzeskaki et al, 2020;Kumar et al, 2020).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review

Davies

Chen

Sanesi

et al. 2021

Environmental Science & Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present paper traces a chronological history, or roadmap, of the documentation produced by the European Union (EU) to promote and implement nature-based solutions (NBS) as an innovation action aiming to establish a socially inclusive, economically vibrant and ecologically resilient society. The EU's ambition is to position Europe as the world leader in NBS Research (via scientific research aiming at generating knowledge and theories) and Innovation (NBS implementation via identifying innovative approaches and best practices), as well as in a global market (for sharing, communicating, collaborating and promoting NBS). Considerable efforts have been made by the European Commission (the executive branch of the EU) as featured in a number of documents, funding programmes and Horizon 2020 (Research and Innovation) projects that span the period from 2012 to 2020. While the European Commission's commitment to promoting NBS within its Member States and beyond is still an ongoing process, we aim to review the efforts undertaken, knowledge gained, and practices accomplished. This roadmap intends to provide interested practitioners, policymakers, researchers, as well as civil organisations with an updated understanding of the leading role of the EU in NBS conceptualisation and operationalisation. This can inform future directions of NBS Research and Innovation actions, which in turn address environmental and societal challenges prompted by urbanisation/re-urbanisation, globalisation/de-globalisation, climate change and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review

Davies

Chen

Sanesi

et al. 2021

Environmental Science & Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Recent gures suggest the world has less than 5 years to substantially reduce emissions before 1.5 degrees of warming is locked in (Damon Matthews et al, 2021), and while emissions reductions from buildings and energy have been substantial in the UK, reductions from transport and industry have been modest (CCC 2021). The necessity of systemic transformation for cities to realise net zero is raised by a number of recent publications (Seto et al, 2021) and a complementary literature explore the nature and extent of transformative capacity (Castán Broto et al, 2019;Hölscher & Frantzeskaki, 2020;Wolfram, 2016). Across these literature, political leadership, access to nance, technical skills and knowledge, social licence, and buy-in from stakeholders are recognised as elements of transformative capacity.…”

Section: Declaring Targets Versus Delivering Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Missing the target: Are local climate targets aligned with national net zero ambitions?

Sudmant

Howarth

Lane

2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Climate emergency declarations made by local governments often include targets to reach net zero emissions, but it is unclear how these targets contribute to national commitments to reduce emissions or whether these targets are achievable. At the national level, the UK has set the ambitious target to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035, however, the UK is currently not on track to reach its 4th and 5th Carbon budgets, let alone the 6th Carbon budget. Using a bottom-up emission reduction pathway based on local authority (LA) emissions reduction targets we find that the UK would achieve its 6th Carbon Budget and its 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution if local emissions targets are achieved. More importantly, the targets set by local authorities could be missed by 39% in 2030 and 18% in 2037 and the UK as a whole would still be able to meet its climate targets. We discuss these results in the context of the current division of responsibilities between the national and local governments, the potential for, and consequences of, a gap emerging between the emissions of different local authorities, the capacity of local governments to meet net zero targets and the absence of regional government in the UK. We conclude that polycentric modes of climate governance, as are emerging from Climate Commissions developed in Leeds, Belfast, Edinburgh and 16 other local authorities across the UK, may play a key role helping to fill capacity gaps at the local and regional levels.

show abstract

“…As scholars have suggested, the proliferation of such organizations represents the emergence of a novel, ambiguous, and complex landscape of urban climate governance (Chan, Falkner, Goldberg, & Van Asselt, 2018;Chaudhury, 2020;Gordon & Johnson, 2017). Numerous scholars have created frameworks that attempt to distinguish among different modes of 'climate governance orchestration' and their democratic legitimacy, efficacy, and underlying politics and power structures (see for instance, Abbott, 2017;Bäckstrand et al, 2018;Gordon & Johnson, 2017;Hölscher & Frantzeskaki, 2020;Kuyper, Linnér, & Schroeder, 2018). Yet each of these studies struggles to portray a clear and comprehensive picture of the architecture of this orchestration, and furthermore, many of these works express concerns about equity, justice, and democratic legitimacy in climate governance.…”

Section: Orchestrating Crisis: Old and New Actors In Urban Climate Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Crisis Capitalism and Climate Finance: The Framing, Monetizing, and Orchestration of Resilience-Amidst-Crisis

Long

2021

PaG

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Throughout the development sector there has been a pronounced call for new funding mechanisms to address the climate crisis, and much of this is focused on attracting private sources of capital to fund ‘bankable’ projects in climate-vulnerable cities throughout the world. Enacted amidst a 21st century landscape of interlocking financial, epidemiological, and ecological crises, this call features an urgent narrative of ‘resilience-amidst-crisis’ that promotes large-scale, profitable investments as a form of green growth through debt-financing. The political orchestration and administration of new funding mechanisms (particularly green bonds and sustainable bonds) requires a new form of climate governance focused on the channeling of enormous sums of private capital through an assemblage of intermediaries toward profitable climate projects. This article interrogates this trend in climate finance, revealing that the framing, monetization, and orchestration of climate projects is dependent on a narrative of crisis capitalism deeply rooted in a colonial mindset of exploitation and profit. A key aim of this article is to deconstruct the contemporary dominance of crisis-oriented development and suggest the goal of decolonizing and democratizing the climate finance system.

show abstract

Navigating Transformations Under Climate Change in Cities: Features and Lock-ins of Urban Climate Governance

Cited by 6 publications

References 155 publications

The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review

The European Union roadmap for implementing nature-based solutions: A review

Missing the target: Are local climate targets aligned with national net zero ambitions?

Crisis Capitalism and Climate Finance: The Framing, Monetizing, and Orchestration of Resilience-Amidst-Crisis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About