The notion of 'transformations towards sustainability'takes an increasingly central position in
global sustainability research and policy discourse in recent years. Governance and politics …

Cities and urban areas are increasingly recognized as strategic arenas for climate change
action. Processes of urban governance addressing climate change reconfigure the politics …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

The sustainable development of cities is increasingly recognized as crucial to meeting
collectively agreed sustainability goals at local, regional and global scales, and more …

As rapid urbanization becomes a key topic within urban studies and planning particularly in
the Global South, it needs to be considered what radical implications to urban environment …

Calls for transformative adaptation to climate change require attention to the type of capacity
building that can support it. Community-level capacity building can help to ensure ownership …

The success of the campaign for a dedicated urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
reflected a consensus on the importance of “cities” in sustainable development. The …

The commitment to understanding the implications of a 1.5° C global temperature warming
limit has contributed to a growing realisation that transformative adaptation is necessary to …

As the vulnerability of cities to the effects of climate change increases, so does the urgency
of and interest in urban transformational adaptation. To date, however, research has not …

Increasing climate change impacts are a major threat to sustainable urban development,
and challenge current governance structures, including actors' responsibilities for dealing …