Will climate mitigation ambitions lead to carbon neutrality? An analysis of the local-level plans of 327 cities in the EU

M Salvia, D Reckien, F Pietrapertosa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cities across the globe recognise their role in climate mitigation and are acting to reduce
carbon emissions. Knowing whether cities set ambitious climate and energy targets is critical …

[HTML][HTML] Is the 1.5 C target possible? Exploring the three spheres of transformation

K O'Brien - Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Decarbonization pathways and roadmaps treat climate change as a technical
problem.•Climate change is an adaptive challenge with practical, political and personal …

[PDF][PDF] Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development

J Birkmann, E Liwenga, R Pandey, E Boyd, R Djalante… - 2022 - orbi.uliege.be
Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

[HTML][HTML] Principles and criteria for assessing urban energy resilience: A literature review

A Sharifi, Y Yamagata - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Between 60% and 80% of global energy is consumed in urban areas and given the
projected increase in world׳ s urban population, this share is expected to further increase in …

[HTML][HTML] The theoretical foundations of sociotechnical systems change for sustainability: A systematic literature review

P Savaget, M Geissdoerfer, A Kharrazi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides a critical literature overview of the foundations of the concepts of
sustainability and sociotechnical systems change. This review covers the analysis of 182 …

[图书][B] Climate and society: Transforming the future

R Leichenko, K O'Brien - 2024 - books.google.com
This bold and passionate textbook has become a go-to introduction to current and emerging
thinking on the social dimensions of climate change, presenting key concepts and …

Analytical framework to evaluate the level of integration of climate adaptation and mitigation in cities

S Grafakos, K Trigg, M Landauer, L Chelleri, S Dhakal - Climatic change, 2019 - Springer
Reduction of carbon emissions and climate-resilience in cities are becoming important
objectives to be achieved in order to ensure sustainable urban development pathways …

Tales of transforming cities: Transformative climate governance capacities in New York City, US and Rotterdam, Netherlands

K Hölscher, N Frantzeskaki, T McPhearson… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change actions in cities worldwide are driving deep changes in urban governance.
We ask whether new capacities for transformative climate governance are emerging in two …

Meeting the climate change challenge: local government climate action in British Columbia, Canada

A Dale, J Robinson, L King, S Burch, R Newell… - Climate …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Local governments have a key role to play in implementing climate innovations as they have
jurisdiction over a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions. Meeting the Climate …

Steering transformations under climate change: capacities for transformative climate governance and the case of Rotterdam, the Netherlands

K Hölscher, N Frantzeskaki, D Loorbach - Regional Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
In light of the persistent failure to reduce emissions decisively, facilitate long-term resilience
against climate change and account for the connectedness of climate change with other …