Moving from high-level words to local action—governance for urban sustainability in municipalities
P Fenton, S Gustafsson - Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Municipalities and local actors play a key role when operationalizing the
SDGs.•Local actors' roles and responsibilities need to be clarified.•Experiences from past …
SDGs.•Local actors' roles and responsibilities need to be clarified.•Experiences from past …
Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
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 …
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …
[HTML][HTML] Stakeholder involvement in strategic adaptation planning: Transdisciplinarity and co-production at stake?
C Wamsler - Environmental Science & Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
To address increasing climatic variability and extremes, cities are gradually forced to
develop climate change adaptation strategies that can ensure a continuous and …
develop climate change adaptation strategies that can ensure a continuous and …
Operationalizing resilience: A content analysis of flood disaster planning in two coastal cities in Central Java, Indonesia
Global concern has sought to connect resilience with the field of disaster risk reduction,
which was prominent in the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015) and updated in the …
which was prominent in the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015) and updated in the …
Intermediating climate change: the evolving strategies, interactions and impacts of neglected “climate intermediaries”
Climate change governance systems comprise a wide variety of actors. Here, we introduce
“climate intermediaries” as one potentially influential yet often neglected type of actor …
“climate intermediaries” as one potentially influential yet often neglected type of actor …
Looking under the hood of local adaptation plans: shedding light on the actions prioritized to build local resilience to climate change
M Stults, SC Woodruff - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global …, 2017 - Springer
In the face of a changing climate, many United States (US) local governments are creating
plans to prepare. These plans layout how a community is vulnerable to existing and future …
plans to prepare. These plans layout how a community is vulnerable to existing and future …
Climate change responses from the global to local scale: An overview
This chapter examines how climate change is framed and embedded in both discourse and
action, and discusses how it can leverage innovations across different policy, social and …
action, and discusses how it can leverage innovations across different policy, social and …
Formal local government coordination to mitigate climate change
JH Armstrong - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of municipal climate change mitigation policies depends partly on local
governments' ability to coordinate with each other regionally. Yet coordination on climate …
governments' ability to coordinate with each other regionally. Yet coordination on climate …
When exposure to climate change is not enough: Exploring heatwave adaptive capacity of a multi-ethnic, low-income urban community in Australia
C Zografos, I Anguelovski, M Grigorova - Urban Climate, 2016 - Elsevier
Research on climate change adaptive capacity has yet to explore how the increasing
frequency and severity of climate change induced events are impacting the ability of …
frequency and severity of climate change induced events are impacting the ability of …