Jenny Palm
Head of department
A call for action on sustainable urban transformation: How to govern missions towards climate neutral cities?
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Summary, in English
The transitions to a low carbon and sustainable society are urgent, but at the current level and pace of action there is a significant risk we will escalate and exceed the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and fail to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. By engaging cities, we can build momentum around bottom-up interconnected actions and accelerate societal and technological transitions.
But the current focus is on large, global cities with minimal attention on small cities, villages, and urban nodes. Current actions are often based on top-down “urban optimism”. Current practice is fragmented and often focused on fixing failures. Current action emerges as isolated projects with limited systematic learning. The need for game changing efforts in cities is more critical than ever.
But the current focus is on large, global cities with minimal attention on small cities, villages, and urban nodes. Current actions are often based on top-down “urban optimism”. Current practice is fragmented and often focused on fixing failures. Current action emerges as isolated projects with limited systematic learning. The need for game changing efforts in cities is more critical than ever.
Department/s
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2020
Language
English
Full text
Document type
Report
Publisher
Lund University
Topic
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Keywords
- cities
- sustainablity
- climate
- missions
- innovation
Conference name
City Futures Online Summit, 2020
Conference date
2020-10-08 - 2020-10-08
Conference place
Lund, Sweden
Status
Published