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Localizing and Monitoring Climate Neutrality through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Framework: The Case of Madrid

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  • Andrea Ciambra

    (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, University of A Coruña, 15001 A Coruña, Spain)

  • Iraklis Stamos

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Fair and Sustainable Economy Unit, 41092 Seville, Spain)

  • Alice Siragusa

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Fair and Sustainable Economy Unit, 41092 Seville, Spain)

Abstract

Madrid’s Roadmap to Climate Neutrality by 2050 is the city’s strategy to attain a 65% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and decarbonisation in 2050. This paper analyses the Roadmap to extract a concept of neutrality, as defined from the perspective of a local or regional government (LRG). It then runs a semantic comparison between the Roadmap’s policy lines and indicators and the metrics used in a sample of other LRGs voluntary local reviews on the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It assesses the extent to which the roadmap’s policy priorities and goals fit with the idea of climate neutrality and decarbonisation that other LRGs are monitoring. The paper also links the Roadmap with the SDGs, studying to what extent certain goals resonate with the climate neutrality dimension monitored therein and the other reviews in the sample. The paper suggests that there is still significant diversity in the way LRGs approach climate neutrality, although carbon emissions and sustainable transport remain common priorities. A large majority of indicators monitoring climate neutrality still refer to key climate-related SDGs, such as SDG 7, 11, 12, and 13, even though there is growing evidence that LRGs are diversifying the concept of decarbonisation policy with which they are working.

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  • Andrea Ciambra & Iraklis Stamos & Alice Siragusa, 2023. "Localizing and Monitoring Climate Neutrality through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Framework: The Case of Madrid," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-17, March.
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