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Dear all,
José Manuel and I are drawing a panel proposal on the effectiveness of city-networks in global climate governance for the
2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance. We are looking for people to submit abstracts (up to 400 words) for this panel. See the proposal below and do not hesitate to contact us before February 25 if you are interested ([email protected] and [email protected]).
Best,
José Manuel Leal and Marielle Papin-Manjarrez
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Discussing the effectiveness of city networks in global climate governance
The participation of cities in climate governance is now undeniable, both at the local and the global level. For more than a decade, there has been scholarly interest in understanding how, through networks, cities have sought to address climate change in a relatively horizontal way. Moreover, the literature has looked at the multilevel governance context in which these networks have been able to emerge and gain visibility in the international realm. Studies in the field have also underlined the different types of resources these networks offer. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of city networks and their influence in urban climate politics need more discussing. This is obviously a crucial issue, since we need to understand whether these “new” climate governance structures actually help cities mitigate GHG emissions and prepare them to the changes implied by a 1.5+ degree Celsius increase in the global temperature.
Related to this is the need to think about the definition and conceptualization of effectiveness. Does this concept only consider a quantitative measure of the GHG emissions reduction? Or does it include the decrease of cities’ vulnerability? If so, how is it measured? Are these aspects sufficient to assess the advances of city networks towards a decarbonized world? Or should we consider other variables and goals? Is there a form of network that might be more effective and efficient to achieve such goals?
This panel invites theoretical and empirical contributions on these questions. It participates in the questionings of the Architecture and Agency stream, wondering whether city networks might be an effective structure of earth system governance. Likewise,
it draws on the Adaptiveness and Reflexivity stream, asking what kinds of governance attributes or processes are needed to enhance cities’ adaptiveness and, eventually, their capacity to govern climate change.
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