Urban partnerships in low-carbon development: Opportunities and challenges of an emerging trend in global climate politics

Hamburger Klimabericht – Wissen über Klima, Klimawandel und Auswirkungen in Hamburg und Norddeutschland

“…Dies bedeutet für städtische und regionale Akteure die Zusammenarbeit in wechselnden Konstellationen mit vielschichtigen Vernetzungsstrukturen und Entscheidungsprozessen (Knodt 2010). Städte bewegen sich daher an einer entscheidenden Schnittstelle: einerseits nah an den Bür-gerinnen und Bürgern, andererseits eingebunden in die Gesetzgebungen der höheren Ebenen Beermann 2014;Pasimeni et al 2014).…”

Low Carbon Governance in Multi‐level Structures: EU–India relations on energy and climate

“…Another increasingly important level, upon which bilateral and transnational collaboration can lead to climate initiation and learning, is represented by India's rapidly growing cities (Beermann, ). Although constrained by institutional, jurisdictional, fiscal and other factors, Indian cities are becoming involved in various intra‐city networks and are entering into bilateral collaborations.…”

Climate action in Indian cities: an emerging new research area

“…The number of studies on climate action in cities of the global south is increasing (e.g. Kousky and Schneider 2003;Dhakal 2009;revi 2008;Qi et al 2008;Aylett 2011;Hardoy and romero lankao 2011;Kithiia 2011;Beermann 2014), but is still limited in comparison to the large number of publications on urban climate action in the industrialized countries (e.g. Bulkeley and Betsill 2003;Kousky and Schneider 2003;Schreurs 2008Schreurs , 2009Bulkeley 2010;Krause 2011;Bulkeley and Betsill 2013).…”

“…Even if partners have access to central and state government institutions and receive consent for joint projects, the approval procedure is often associated with considerable time delays and budget constraints (Beermann 2014). …”