气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): The role of UK local government in delivering on net zero carbon commitments: You've declared a Climate Emergency, so what's the plan?

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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112245
	The role of UK local government in delivering on net zero carbon commitments: You've declared a Climate Emergency, so what's the plan?
	Gudde P.; Oakes J.; Cochrane P.; Caldwell N.; Bury N.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	03014215
卷号	154
英文摘要	Local authorities in the United Kingdom are recognised by central government as key agents to achieving the national net zero target aimed at stabilising global temperatures at or below 1.5 degrees in line with the Paris Climate Agreement. Since 2018, over 75% of local authorities have declared climate emergencies committing to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions. This paper presents the findings of a review of official public records published by 308 local authorities, City Regions and Combined Authorities declaring climate emergencies. Significant variability and ambiguity were found in their scope of commitment, delivery planning arrangements and funding plans. Few local authorities have embraced the concept of Citizens’ Climate Assemblies as a way of engaging civil society. A follow-up review showed that although there is near uniformity of political desire to tackle climate change, action planning is very much work in progress with tight delivery timelines for the majority, significant divergence in approaches, and an unclear role for the citizen. The research concludes that without a local-authority specific Net Zero duty and well-designed and financed delivery models, local authorities will choose their own routes and finishing lines shaped by a complex ecosystem of internal and external factors. A governance framework is proposed based on the concept of local area climate contracts to bring together national and local Net Zero ambitions. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	citizen engagement Climate emergency local government
英文关键词	Carbon; Climate change; Greenhouse gases; Central government; Citizen engagements; Climate agreement; Climate emergency; Global temperatures; Greenhouse gas emissions; Local authorities; Local government; United kingdom; Zero carbons; Gas emissions; action plan; carbon emission; civil society; climate change; conceptual framework; emission control; governance approach; international agreement; local government; local participation; planning process; United Kingdom
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205117
作者单位	School of Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1QJ, United Kingdom; Suffolk Sustainability Institute, University of Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Neptune Quay, Ipswich, IP4 1QJ, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gudde P.,Oakes J.,Cochrane P.,et al. The role of UK local government in delivering on net zero carbon commitments: You've declared a Climate Emergency, so what's the plan?[J],2021,154.
APA	Gudde P.,Oakes J.,Cochrane P.,Caldwell N.,&Bury N..(2021).The role of UK local government in delivering on net zero carbon commitments: You've declared a Climate Emergency, so what's the plan?.Energy Policy,154.
MLA	Gudde P.,et al."The role of UK local government in delivering on net zero carbon commitments: You've declared a Climate Emergency, so what's the plan?".Energy Policy 154(2021).