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Opportunities and constraints for local and subnational climate change policy in urban areas: insights from diverse contexts

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  • Rafael D'Almeida Martins
  • Leila Da Costa Ferreira

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Climate change became the centre of public concern in the last years. Many cities and urban areas are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Local governments play an important role in implementing climate change policies. This paper explores the key factors shaping climate change policy in terms of both enabling conditions for action and the barriers that many urban centres face in taking on the challenge of mitigating and adapting to climate change. It goes beyond the analysis of single case study and captures the diversity of alternatives and contexts of cities involvement in climate action worldwide based on a meta-analysis of 38 cities worldwide. Enabling elements such as good governance, democratic and participatory institutions, and availability of different types of resources, knowledge and information on what and how to act together with the presence of a local champion often appear supporting climate change policy making.

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  • Rafael D'Almeida Martins & Leila Da Costa Ferreira, 2011. "Opportunities and constraints for local and subnational climate change policy in urban areas: insights from diverse contexts," International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(1), pages 37-53.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgenv:v:11:y:2011:i:1:p:37-53
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    1. Miren Gutiérrez & Guillermo Gutiérrez, 2019. "Climate Finance: Perspectives on Climate Finance from the Bottom Up," Development, Palgrave Macmillan;Society for International Deveopment, vol. 62(1), pages 136-146, December.
    2. Thomas Bausch & Karin Koziol, 2020. "New Policy Approaches for Increasing Response to Climate Change in Small Rural Municipalities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-17, March.
    3. Elisavet Thoidou, 2021. "Spatial Planning and Climate Adaptation: Challenges of Land Protection in a Peri-Urban Area of the Mediterranean City of Thessaloniki," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-15, April.
    4. Beau Warbroek & Thomas Hoppe, 2017. "Modes of Governing and Policy of Local and Regional Governments Supporting Local Low-Carbon Energy Initiatives; Exploring the Cases of the Dutch Regions of Overijssel and Fryslân," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-36, January.
    5. Issah Justice Musah-Surugu & Albert Ahenkan & Justcie Nyigmah Bawole, 2019. "Too weak to lead: motivation, agenda setting and constraints of local government to implement decentralized climate change adaptation policy in Ghana," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 587-607, April.

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