TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fuhr, Harald
A1  - Hickmann, Thomas
A1  - Kern, Kristine
T1  - The role of cities in multi-level climate governance
BT  - local climate policies and the 1.5 degrees C target
JF  - Current opinion in environmental sustainability
N2  - The past two decades have witnessed widespread scholarly interest in the role of cities in climate policy-making. This research has considerably improved our understanding of the local level in the global response to climate change. The present article synthesizes the literature on local climate policies with respect to the 1.5 degrees C target. While most studies have focused on pioneering cities and networks, we contend that the broader impacts of local climate actions and their relationship to regional, national, and international policy frameworks have not been studied in enough detail. Against this backdrop, we introduce the concept of upscaling and contend that local climate initiatives must go hand in hand with higher-level policies and be better integrated into the multi-level governance system.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.10.006
SN  - 1877-3435
SN  - 1877-3443
VL  - 30
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -