The Multiple Roles of ICLEI: Intermediating to Innovate Urban Biodiversity Governance

Frantzeskaki, Niki; Buchel, Sophie; Spork, Charlie; Ludwig, Kathrin; Kok, Marcel

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.06.005

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“…The URIPs' relevant activities were coordinated by ICLEI, the global network of local governments for sustainability, a boundary organization that supports local governments' sustainable development capacities (Frantzeskaki et al, 2019). The most important among these activities consisted of a set of thematic events on NBS focused on their assessment and implementation in local urban plans.…”

Section: The Challenge Of Building Transdisciplinary Capacities In Large European Union Projects: Nature-based Urban Innovation Methodolomentioning

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Inclusiveness, Equity, Consistency, and Flexibility as Guiding Criteria for Enabling Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons From a European Project on Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Innovation

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The structural research programmes of the European Union dedicated to advance the sustainability sciences are increasingly permeated by the notion of transdisciplinarity (TD). A growing body of literature residing at the intersection of research methodology and sustainability studies can guide researchers to adopt appropriate research approaches in their projects. However, how to implement the transdisciplinary approach in multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder projects that develop in different countries for several years is still relatively undocumented. This study seeks to fill this gap by sharing the experience of a group of researchers and stakeholders involved in the Horizon 2020 research and innovation project Nature-Based Urban Innovation (NATURVATION). The article discusses the monitoring and evaluation strategy that employed four criteria of transdisciplinary research quality as “reflexive devices” to enable a systematic reporting on the project's most important collaborative activities. By examining how the four criteria captured transdisciplinary quality, new insights were produced for improving this monitoring and evaluation strategy for future transdisciplinary research, allowing a number of concrete recommendations to be formulated.

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Section: The Challenge Of Building Transdisciplinary Capacities In Large European Union Projects: Nature-based Urban Innovation Methodolomentioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusiveness, Equity, Consistency, and Flexibility as Guiding Criteria for Enabling Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons From a European Project on Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Innovation

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“…A key mechanism for urban practitioners is to strengthen policy knowledge exchange across frontrunning cities (Hölscher et al 2019a). Transnational city networks such as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), C40 and 100 Resilient Cities facilitate knowledge exchange and inter-city learning, foster the creation of collective goals, lobby for international attention, and enable the transplantation of innovative, sustainable and resilient policy and planning approaches (Acuto et al 2017;Lee 2018;Mejía-Dugand et al 2016;Frantzeskaki et al 2019;Davidson et al 2019).…”

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Perspectives on urban transformation research: transformations in, of, and by cities

Hölscher

Frantzeskaki

2021

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The narrative of ‘urban transformations’ epitomises the hope that cities provide rich opportunities for contributing to local and global sustainability and resilience. Urban transformation research is developing a rich yet consistent research agenda, offering opportunities for integrating multiple perspectives and disciplines concerned with radical change towards desirable urban systems. We outline three perspectives on urban transformations in, of and by cities as a structuring approach for integrating knowledge about urban transformations. We illustrate how each perspective helps detangle different questions about urban transformations while also raising awareness about their limitations. Each perspective brings distinct insights about urban transformations to ultimately support research and practice on transformations for sustainability and resilience. Future research should endeavour to bridge across the three perspectives to address their respective limitations.

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“…Geographical proximity is helpful, and governments should mandate that neighbouring cities develop joint disaster-and risk-prevention mechanisms. International coalitions of cities such as ICLEI (a global network of local governments committed to sustainable development), C40 (a coalition of the world's megacities, focused on combating climate change) and 'sister cities' should encourage their members to do likewise, and stretch beyond their current focus of sharing information and learning 10,11 . The United Nations should take a lead in promoting such collaboration.…”

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Cities: build networks and share plans to emerge stronger from COVID-19

Bai

Nagendra

Shi

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Nature

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C ities are epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic. From Wuhan to Madrid to São Paulo, the scenes have been grim-wards bursting with patients, queues of refrigerated lorries acting as temporary mortuaries, food-bank lines snaking around empty streets. At the same time, people and animals have thronged streets and parks, while carbon emissions and smog levels have plummeted from New Mexico to Delhi. COVID-19 is still running its course. The immediate aftershocks-job losses, poverty, food scarcity-need addressing urgently. But much has been learnt. The experience is already motivating change. In May, mayors from 38 of the world's largest cities-including Hong Kong, Los Angeles in California and Durban in South Africaannounced a set of principles for redesigning their metropolises to be more sustainable and equitable. Combating climate change is one priority of the Global Mayors COVID-19 Recovery Task Force. Milan, Paris, Bogota Responses to the pandemic in India's slums, Brazil's favelas and Africa's marketplaces show that networks play a crucial part in making cities more resilient. Let's enhance and empower them. Health workers check the temperatures of people in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, as part of coronavirus screening.

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The Multiple Roles of ICLEI: Intermediating to Innovate Urban Biodiversity Governance

Cited by 61 publications

References 53 publications

Inclusiveness, Equity, Consistency, and Flexibility as Guiding Criteria for Enabling Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons From a European Project on Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Innovation

Inclusiveness, Equity, Consistency, and Flexibility as Guiding Criteria for Enabling Transdisciplinary Collaboration: Lessons From a European Project on Nature-Based Solutions and Urban Innovation

Perspectives on urban transformation research: transformations in, of, and by cities

Cities: build networks and share plans to emerge stronger from COVID-19

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