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Accountability and data-driven urban climate governance

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  • Sara Hughes

    (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)

  • Sarah Giest

    (Leiden University)

  • Laura Tozer

    (University of Toronto)

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The use of increasingly large and diverse datasets to guide urban climate action has implications for how, and by whom, local governments are held accountable. This Review focuses on emerging dynamics of accountability in data-driven urban climate change governance. Current understandings of the implications for accountability are examined based on three common rationales for prioritizing data-driven decision-making: standardization, transparency and capacity building. We conclude that the trend toward data-driven urban climate governance can incentivize city governments to prioritize narrowed metrics and external interests, inhibiting the broader transformations required to realize climate change goals. We offer priorities for research at the intersection of data-driven climate governance and the accountability of city governments.

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  • Sara Hughes & Sarah Giest & Laura Tozer, 2020. "Accountability and data-driven urban climate governance," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 10(12), pages 1085-1090, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:10:y:2020:i:12:d:10.1038_s41558-020-00953-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-020-00953-z
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    1. Mehryar, Sara & Sasson, Idan & Surminski, Swenja, 2022. "Supporting urban adaptation to climate change: what role can resilience measurement tools play?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 113367, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Samantha Linton & Amelia Clarke & Laura Tozer, 2020. "Strategies and Governance for Implementing Deep Decarbonization Plans at the Local Level," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-21, December.
    3. Mehryar, Sara & Sasson, Idan & Surminski, Swenja, 2021. "Supporting urban adaptation to climate change: what role can resilience measurement tools play?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 111057, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    4. Yu-Ling Sun & Chun-Hua Zhang & Ying-Jie Lian & Jia-Min Zhao, 2022. "Exploring the Global Research Trends of Cities and Climate Change Based on a Bibliometric Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-19, September.

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