Global temperatures have continued to rise for decades, partly due to human-caused
greenhouse gas emissions and subsequent urban heat island (UHI) effects. This current …

As recognized by the Paris Climate Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), local and subnational regions are crucial actors to achieve …

Climate change is one of the most important ethical issues of our time. Urban scholars and
policymakers now recognise the need to address justice concerns associated with cities' …

The assessment of public adaptation policies, strategies and plans to evaluate progress,
effectiveness and long-term sustainability is challenging. The potential to develop an ex-post …

Defining and measuring progress in adaptation are important questions for climate
adaptation science, policy, and practice. Here, we assess the progress of urban adaptation …

Research on urban climate action has identified a broad range of potential factors
explaining why and how local governments decide to tackle climate change. However …

Cities in the Global South are quintessential sites for climate adaptation; many are rapidly
expanding, struggle with increasing inequalities and experience unprecedented harm from …

This paper sheds light on the importance of evaluating climate justice concerns when
forging climate-neutral strategies at the city level. Climate justice can be a useful policy lever …

Climate policy co-production represents an emerging institutional arrangement promising to
better and fairly involve societal actors in resilience policy-making. Little evidence exists …

A bstract Cities can be severely affected by climate change. Hence, many of them have
started to develop climate adaptation strategies or implement measures to help prepare for …