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The Century of Global Cities
Cities are gaining importance and influence worldwide. They sustain the global economy, set cultural trends, produce greenhouse gas emissions and consume energy; they attract migration flows and foster new political waves. While cities were supposed to be declining back in the 1980s, the globalised economy has established them as crucial world hubs leading billions of people on every continent, both at the top and the bottom of the social ladder, to move to cities. Today, global cities cry out for a more prominent role. But why and to what extent do they matter? Can they really stand alone in the global arena? How are they interacting with governments and multilateral organisations? From climate change to connectivity, from inequalities to migration: what is their contribution to key global challenges?
Urban Energy Landscapes
Research volume on urban energy transition that will have wide interdisciplinary appeal to researchers in energy, urban and environmental studies.
National Climate Change Acts
Introduction / Thomas L Muinzer -- What do we mean when we talk about national 'climate change acts' and how important are they in the context of international climate law ? / Thomas L Muinzer -- 'Paris compatible' climate change acts? national framework legislation in an international world / Matthias Duwe and Ralph Bodle --The UK's Climate Change Act / Richard Macrory and Thomas L Muinzer -- Mexico's framework legislation on climate change : key features, achievements and challenges ahead / Alina Averchenkova -- Denmark's Climate Change Act(s) / Sarah Louise Nash -- Ireland's Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 : symbolic legislation, trojan horse, stepping stone? / Andrew Jackson -- The Swedish climate policy framework including the climate act / Åsa Romson and Kristina Forsbacka -- The Dutch response to climate change : evaluating the Netherlands' Climate Act and associated issues of importance / Otto Spijkers and Sofie Oosterhuis -- The New Zealand legislation : pursuing the 1.5 °C target using a net zero approach / Prue Taylor -- Conceptualising and formulating national climate change acts / Thomas L Muinzer.
Informed Cities
The role of research (academic and policy-related) in the monitoring of local sustainable development across Europe is key in providing the evidence-based policy making that local governments are increasingly required to deliver. Yet the opportunities and mechanisms for collaboration between policymakers and researchers at local level, within a multi-level governance structure, have to date been somewhat overlooked in both theoretical and empirical debates. This book provides an evaluation of the delivery of sustainable development policies, and governance processes to support these, in local governments across Europe, focusing particularly on European tools that have specifically been designed to monitor local sustainability progress. This is particularly timely given the forthcoming Rio 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the key role of local governments in delivering sustainable development policies.
