Urban sustainability experiments in their socio-economic milieux: A quantitative approach

Håkansson, Irene

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.095

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“…Climate Commissions, partnerships for supporting local climate action that have been developed recently in Leeds, Edinburgh, Belfast and 16 other UK local authorities, may have a signi cant role in this context. Bringing together public, private, community and third sector actors, Climate Commissions offer avenues for collaborative climate action, and respond to the needs for place-based action (Creasy et al, 2021) and experimental governance (Håkansson, 2019;Kivimaa et al, 2017). Climate Commissions may also be able to realise unrecognised capacities and demand for action.…”

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Missing the target: Are local climate targets aligned with national net zero ambitions?

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Lane

2022

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Climate emergency declarations made by local governments often include targets to reach net zero emissions, but it is unclear how these targets contribute to national commitments to reduce emissions or whether these targets are achievable. At the national level, the UK has set the ambitious target to reduce emissions by 78% by 2035, however, the UK is currently not on track to reach its 4th and 5th Carbon budgets, let alone the 6th Carbon budget. Using a bottom-up emission reduction pathway based on local authority (LA) emissions reduction targets we find that the UK would achieve its 6th Carbon Budget and its 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution if local emissions targets are achieved. More importantly, the targets set by local authorities could be missed by 39% in 2030 and 18% in 2037 and the UK as a whole would still be able to meet its climate targets. We discuss these results in the context of the current division of responsibilities between the national and local governments, the potential for, and consequences of, a gap emerging between the emissions of different local authorities, the capacity of local governments to meet net zero targets and the absence of regional government in the UK. We conclude that polycentric modes of climate governance, as are emerging from Climate Commissions developed in Leeds, Belfast, Edinburgh and 16 other local authorities across the UK, may play a key role helping to fill capacity gaps at the local and regional levels.

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Missing the target: Are local climate targets aligned with national net zero ambitions?

Sudmant

Howarth

Lane

2022

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“…In quantitative studies, the most important spatial context conditions found are the membership of transnational city networks (Castan Broto and Bulkeley, 2013;Davies et al 2017), the relationship with university towns (Davies et al (2017), a supportive government (Davies et al 2017;Feola and Butt, 2017), gentrifying and incomedeprived neighbourhoods (Håkansson, 2019) and vibrant environments such as fairs and conferences (Feola and Butt, 2017). Irvine and Bai (2019) analysed a frontrunner city, which they define as a city engaged with ongoing sustainability experimentation and often becoming a beacon for others to follow.…”

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“…3. The geography of transitions literature indicates that there are various spatial context conditions that enable experimentation and diffusion, such as the membership of transnational city networks (Castan Broto and Bulkeley, 2013;Davies et al 2017), the relationship with university towns (Davies et al (2017), a supportive government (Davies et al 2017;Feola and Butt, 2017), gentrifying and income-deprived neighbourhoods (Håkansson, 2019) and vibrant environments such as fairs and conferences (Feola and Butt, 2017). The hypothesis is put forward that frontrunner regions for sustainability experimentation and diffusion host a countercultural milieu, a high number of network connections (supported by a culture of openness, trust, and shared sustainability values), a vibrant environment and the presence of a few distinct actors (will be tested in Chapter 5).…”

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“…In these villages and cities, countercultural movements play an important role in shaping a beneficial context for experimentation through alternative ideas and lifestyles . In quantitative studies, the most important enabling factors found are the membership of transnational city networks (Castan Broto and Bulkeley, 2013;Davies et al, 2017), the relationship with university towns (Davies et al, 2017), a supportive government (Davies et al, 2017;Feola and Butt, 2017), gentrifying and incomedeprived neighbourhoods (Håkansson, 2019) and vibrant environments such as fairs and conferences (Feola and Butt, 2017).…”

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“…The presence of Hipster groups is seen by some scholars as an indication of the presence of an innovative urban milieu (Håkansson, 2019). Hipster movements oppose mainstream consumerism (Hubbard, 2016), and they are also associated with biological food and a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle (Maly and Varis, 2015).…”

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In the original papers from Chapter 2 and 3, the term 'upscaling' was used, instead of diffusion. However, in this dissertation we use the framework from Turnheim et al. (2018), which was published after the publication of Chapter 2 and 3. Upscaling in Chapter 2 and 3 covers the diffusion mechanisms 'upscaling' and 'replication' in the framework of Turnheim et al.Author Contributions: Harm van den Heiligenberg proposed the research, carried out the data collection and the analysis and wrote the Chapter. Jifke Sol helped with the data collection. Gaston Heimeriks helped with the methodology. Gaston Heimeriks, Marko Hekkert, Rob Raven and Jifke Sol helped to streamline the argument.

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Urban sustainability experiments in their socio-economic milieux: A quantitative approach

Cited by 14 publications

References 63 publications

Missing the target: Are local climate targets aligned with national net zero ambitions?

Missing the target: Are local climate targets aligned with national net zero ambitions?

Habitats and harbours for sustainability experimentation in the regions of Europe

Urban Agriculture and the Neighborhood Context: A Geodemographic Approach to the City of Toronto

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