The article written by Lena Neij and Eva Heiskanen presents a comprehensive review on cities’ experience in climate mitigation policy and policy learning, focusing on research published in research journal articles. It provides observations from the research literature on municipal experience in policy practice and on how local governments manage learning in urban mitigation policy. The review provides valuable examples and reflections on individual policy initiatives, both in terms of policy framing and policy instruments, but finds sporadic evidence on systematically successful policy learning and capacity building processes in the scientific literature.

Highlights

• Cities apply climate mitigation policy instruments with variable success.
• Limited scientific precedent is found for improving policy learning.
• Literature on policy learning lacks a focus on context.
• Evidence is emerging on institutional capacity building.

Read the full article in Science Direct