气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice

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DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130912
	Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice
	Huovila, Aapo; Siikavirta, Hanne; Rozado, Carmen Antuna; Rokman, Jyri; Tuominen, Pekka; Paiho, Satu; Hedman, Asa; Ylen, Peter
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0959-6526
EISSN	1879-1786
卷号	341
英文摘要	Carbon neutrality has become central in policy discourse and cities' climate actions are crucial to achieve this goal. Consequently, many cities have already published ambitious climate neutrality target years and are preparing for transition to climate neutrality. This study presents findings from the first ever literature review on the carbon-neutral city concept, covering definition, assessment approaches, and barriers and drivers for transition to carbon neutrality. These findings are combined with interviews with Finnish cities aiming at carbon neutrality to explore gaps between research and practice. More clarity is needed on the definition of carbon-neutral city concept and especially on the role of offsetting the emissions (a specific feature compared to other urban climate concepts). The lack of consistency in city carbon accounting methods and emission scopes making cities' carbon neutrality goals incomparable, thus calling for harmonization and guidance on common assessment methods. In addition to research, climate networks play an important role in the transition to carbon neutrality. Cities have set ambitious goals and need support to develop action plans, assess actions, come up with creative and innovative ideas and increase collaboration with various stakeholders. Development of ways to support cities that have taken on ambitious carbon neutrality targets would benefit from more systematic research on transition to carbon neutrality from different contexts capturing the lessons learned. There is a need for methods that are flexible enough to accommodate adjustments to local conditions and needs, but also consider broader system transition.
英文关键词	Carbon-neutral city; Local climate plan; Carbon accounting; Urban transition; Climate mitigation
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
WOS类目	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:000786403000006
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/280537
作者单位	VTT Technical Research Center Finland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huovila, Aapo,Siikavirta, Hanne,Rozado, Carmen Antuna,et al. Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice[J],2022,341.
APA	Huovila, Aapo.,Siikavirta, Hanne.,Rozado, Carmen Antuna.,Rokman, Jyri.,Tuominen, Pekka.,...&Ylen, Peter.(2022).Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice.JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,341.
MLA	Huovila, Aapo,et al."Carbon-neutral cities: Critical review of theory and practice".JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 341(2022).