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Lena Neij

Lena Neij

Professor

Lena Neij

Cities and climate change: The great decarbonisation challenge

Author

  • Lena Neij
  • Harriet Bulkeley
  • Kes McCormick

Summary, in English

We are in the midst of “the critical decade”. It is now that our decisions and actions in relation to mitigation of and adaptation to climate change will determine the success or failure of decarbonisation transitions needed to avoid severe impacts of climate change. This is not solely a technological, social, economic or governance issue. Addressing climate change demands fundamentally different practices in all these areas combined. Cities and urban areas are expected to play a significant role in the great decarbonisation challenge.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2015-11-17

Language

English

Pages

1-4

Publication/Series

Climate in Focus

Document type

Newspaper article

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • cities
  • climate change
  • decarbonisation
  • experiments

Status

Published