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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102439
	Many roads to Paris: Explaining urban climate action in 885 European cities
	Eisenack K.; Roggero M.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	72
英文摘要	Research on urban climate action has identified a broad range of potential factors explaining why and how local governments decide to tackle climate change. However, empirical evidence linking such factors in order to explain actual urban climate action has so far been mixed. To address this roadblock, our paper relies on a novel approach, postulating that different configurations of factors may lead to the same outcome (“equifinality”), through a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). It is based on an available data set of local climate mitigation plans in 885 European cities. We find that urban climate action is systematically associated with four qualitatively different configurations of factors, each with its own consistent narrative (“networker cities”, “green cities”, “lighthouse cities”, “fundraising cities”). Crucially, some factors play a positive role in some configurations, a negative in others, and no role in further configurations (e.g., whether a city is located in a country with supportive national climate policies). This confirms that there is no single explanation for urban climate action. Achieving greater robustness in empirical research about urban climate action may thus require a shift, both conceptual and methodological, to the interactions between factors, allowing for different explanations in different contexts. © 2021
关键词	Climate plan Co-benefits Equifinality Mitigation Qualitative comparative analysis Transnational municipal networks
语种	英语
scopus关键词	local government; mitigation; urban area; urban climate; Europe
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/249533
作者单位	Resource Economics Group, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Eisenack K.,Roggero M.. Many roads to Paris: Explaining urban climate action in 885 European cities[J],2022,72.
APA	Eisenack K.,&Roggero M..(2022).Many roads to Paris: Explaining urban climate action in 885 European cities.Global Environmental Change,72.
MLA	Eisenack K.,et al."Many roads to Paris: Explaining urban climate action in 885 European cities".Global Environmental Change 72(2022).