Local Climate Policy

Abstract

Subnational actors—particularly cities and municipalities—are the significant actors in climate and energy policy making, and implementation. This panel explores the diverse trajectories of the green transition across different political and geographical contexts, examining how local authorities navigate the tensions between institutional constraints, geopolitical crises, and shifting political landscapes. The panel considers contributions focusing on German municipalities and their approach to heat transitions, on the UK’s evolving regional climate policy and the effect of rising populist rhetoric and climate scepticism, and of municipal climate policy and capacity building during wartime in Ukraine. Also considered is how local climate adaptation plans align with climate risks, and how transnational city networks operate across different multilevel governance contexts.

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Governing Local Heat Transitions: Participation, Conflict, and Technology Choices in Municipal Case Studies in Germany	View Paper Details
Governing the Green Transition in Wartime: Exploring Municipal Environmental Capacity in Ukraine	View Paper Details
Risk and Response: Explaining the Risks and Measures in the Climate Adaptation Plans of 91 European Cities	View Paper Details
Explaining Variation in the Agency of Transnational City Networks: From Institutional Architecture to Embeddedness in EU and UN Climate Governance	View Paper Details
Evolving Disparity of Climate Policy Between English Regions: the Impact of Populist Politicians	View Paper Details