The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysis
Cities and networks play an important role in climate change mitigation. Various international, regional, and local networks seek to increase cooperation between cities or between cities and other stakeholders. However, we still have a poor understanding of how these formalised networks help cities...
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| description | Cities and networks play an important role in climate change mitigation. Various international, regional, and local networks seek to increase cooperation between cities or between cities and other stakeholders. However, we still have a poor understanding of how these formalised networks help cities to mitigate climate change at different levels of urban climate governance. Here, I analyse experiences of participation in formal climate change mitigation-related networks from the global to the local level in three European capital cities: Helsinki, Madrid, and Stockholm. As multilevel networking is a strategic tool for cities, different benefits are highlighted at different levels of governance. Some networks are more oriented towards politics and planning, while others are more practical. Formalised networking is also networking between individual people, which should be studied further. The results demonstrate both the advantages of networks and challenges in developing beneficial networking to support climate change mitigation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e28c82a56e7b42b98d31f9884028245a2023-09-21T15:28:40ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Urban Sustainable Development1946-31381946-31462022-12-0114111410.1080/19463138.2022.20361632036163The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysisMilja Heikkinen0Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (Helsus), University of HelsinkiCities and networks play an important role in climate change mitigation. Various international, regional, and local networks seek to increase cooperation between cities or between cities and other stakeholders. However, we still have a poor understanding of how these formalised networks help cities to mitigate climate change at different levels of urban climate governance. Here, I analyse experiences of participation in formal climate change mitigation-related networks from the global to the local level in three European capital cities: Helsinki, Madrid, and Stockholm. As multilevel networking is a strategic tool for cities, different benefits are highlighted at different levels of governance. Some networks are more oriented towards politics and planning, while others are more practical. Formalised networking is also networking between individual people, which should be studied further. The results demonstrate both the advantages of networks and challenges in developing beneficial networking to support climate change mitigation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2022.2036163citiesnetworksclimate change mitigationurban climate governancemultilevel networking |
| spellingShingle | Milja Heikkinen The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysis International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development cities networks climate change mitigation urban climate governance multilevel networking |
| title | The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysis |
| title_full | The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysis |
| title_fullStr | The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysis |
| title_short | The role of network participation in climate change mitigation: a city-level analysis |
| title_sort | role of network participation in climate change mitigation a city level analysis |
| topic | cities networks climate change mitigation urban climate governance multilevel networking |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2022.2036163 |
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