The increasing threat of climate change has created a pressing need for cities to lower their
carbon footprints. Urban laboratories are emerging in numerous cities around the world as a
strategy for local governments to partner with public and private property owners to reduce
carbon emissions, while simultaneously stimulating economic growth. In this article, we use
insights from laboratory studies to analyse the notion of urban laboratories as they relate to
experimental governance, the carbonization agenda and the transition to low‐carbon …

The increasing threat of climate change has created a pressing need for cities to lower their
carbon footprints. Urban laboratories are emerging in numerous cities around the world as a
strategy for local governments to partner with public and private property owners to reduce
carbon emissions while simultaneously stimulating economic growth. In this paper, we use
insights from laboratory studies to analyse the notion of urban laboratories as they relate to
experimental governance, the carbonization agenda, and the transition to low carbon …