Various forms of horizontal and vertical collaboration are relevant to the success of urban
climate governance beyond the local level. Horizontal collaboration includes climate …

What has happened globally on the climate change issue? How have countries' positions
differed over time, and why? How are problems and politics develo** on an increasingly …

Globally, it is smaller urban settlements that are growing most rapidly, are most constrained
in terms of adaptive capacity but increasingly looked to for delivering local urban resilience …

As urban resilience has become a public policy objective and has been increasingly present
and at the forefront of the urban political agenda, local authorities are recognized as key …

Although Dutch cities were among the forerunners in local climate policy, a systematic
overview on climate mitigation and adaptation policy is still missing. This study aims to fill …

As cities expand and environmental challenges multiply, linear relations between resource
consumption and waste need to be broken, with outputs cycled back as inputs. Twenty years …

European countries have developed strikingly different responses to shale gas and fracking.
Some have imposed outright bans, while others have issued permits and even awarded …

Many US municipalities are engaged in climate mitigation planning, or efforts to reduce their
communities' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through land-use, transportation, and …

Mitigation of climate change requires action at all the different levels, from the international
to the national and the local levels. This contribution presents a case study of the city of …

Cities are key drivers of global climate change, with the majority of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions being tied to urban life. Local actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change are …