Abstract The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21)
highlighted the importance of cities to climate action, as well as the unjust burdens borne by …

This article consists of a critical review of the conceptual scholarship on the governance of
climate finance and includes an overview of the institutional arrangements and governance …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

The success of local climate governance in Europe depends not only on leading cities but
also on the dynamics between leaders, followers, and laggards. Upscaling local …

Policy entrepreneurs are energetic actors who engage in collaborative efforts in and around
government to promote policy innovations. Given the enormous challenges now facing …

Climate mitigation and climate adaptation are crucial tasks for urban areas and can involve
synergies as well as trade-offs. However, few studies have examined how mitigation and …

Cities are formalising collaborations across borders at an unprecedented rate:'city networks'
now form a wide ecosystem of global partnerships between local authorities that is often …

The significant shifts in climate variables projected for the 21st century, coupled with the
observed impacts of ongoing extreme weather and climate events, ensures that adaptation …

Cities are key sites where climate change is being addressed. Previous research has largely
overlooked the multiplicity of climate change responses emerging outside formal contexts of …

It is increasingly clear that the world of climate politics is no longer confined to the activities
of national governments and international negotiations. Critical to this transformation of the …