Local Action on Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints

Description

There is growing interest in analysing the role and effectiveness of the local scale in responding to the global challenge of climate change. However, while accounts of urban climate change governance are growing, there is now a real need for further conceptual and empirical work to better understand processes of change and uptake across a range of climate change actions. Local Action on Climate Change examines how local climate change responses are emerging, being operationalized and evaluated within a range of geographical and socio-political contexts across the globe. Focussing on the role and potential of local governments, non-government organisations and community groups in driving transformative change, the authors analyse how local climate change responses have emerged and explore the extent to which they are or have the potential to be innovative or transformative in terms of governance, policy and practice change. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies, including examples from Vanuatu, Japan, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, the USA and India, this volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of climate change, environmental policy and governance, and sustainability. Contents List of tables List of figures Contributor biographies 1 Climate change responses from the global to local scale: an overview • Susie Moloney, Hartmut Fünfgeld and Mikael Granberg 2 Using collaborative governing to catalyse climate change action in Australian municipalities • Hartmut Fünfgeld and Susie Moloney 3 Governance and agency beyond boundaries: climate resilience in Port Vila’s peri-urban settlements • Alexei Trundle 4 ‘Learning by Doing’: lessons from the co-production of three South African municipal climate change adaptation plans • Julia Davies and Gina Ziervogel 5 Towns in transition – regional and ideological diversity among local climate protection projects and regional revitalisation efforts in rural Japan • Christian Dimmer and Daniel Kremers 6 Multi-level climate change planning: scale, capacity and the ability for local action • Neha Sami 7 Climate change adaptation, city competitiveness and urban planning in the city of Karlstad, Sweden • Mikael Granberg and Lars Nyberg 8 From engagement to empowerment: climate change and resilience planning in Baltimore City • Kristin Baja and Mikael Granberg 9 Towards transformative action: learning from local experiences and contexts • Susie Moloney, Hartmut Fünfgeld and Mikael Granberg Index