气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): The role of City Climate Networks in Promoting Citizen Participation in Municipalities: A Critical Multi-Case Analysis

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DOI	10.1186/s13705-023-00438-9
	The role of City Climate Networks in Promoting Citizen Participation in Municipalities: A Critical Multi-Case Analysis
	Arango, Mateo Zapata; Hoppe, Thomas; Itten, Anatol; Blok, Kornelis
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2192-0567
起始页码	14
结束页码	1
卷号	14 期号:1
英文摘要	BackgroundAt the COP21, cities were recognised as key actors in combatting climate change. In supporting cities, climate city networks such as transnational climate networks (TCNs) and national climate networks (NCNs) have emerged to enable cities in building capacities and formulating climate policy whilst also encouraging citizen engagement and participation in public decision-making. This paper addresses the question whether and how TCN or NCN membership enables municipalities to implement citizen participation in public decision-making. Six propositions are presented addressing: presumed influence of TCN membership on citizen participation, organization of citizen participation, initiator capacity, goal setting, involvement of stakeholders, participatory methods used, and planning processes. A multi-case study research design is used to verify these propositions, comprising of four medium-sized cities in the Netherlands and three in Belgium.ResultsResults of the analysis of four cities in The Netherlands show that municipalities having membership to climate city networks only to a low extent empower citizen participation via local climate agendas. Citizen participation emerges rather bottom-up via local initiatives or capacity building via EU framework programs-outside TCNs or NCNs-that better suit financial needs and provide more immediate benefits to municipalities. None of the six propositions were confirmed. A more positive image resulted from the Belgian cases that moderately confirmed four out of six propositions (i.e., organizing citizen participation, goal setting, selection of methods, and planning), and featured indirect empowerment via externally funded implementation projects following firm integration of participation in local climate policy through TCN influence.ConclusionsIn terms of citizen participation selected municipalities in the Netherlands having TCN and/or NCN membership only to a small extent differ from those not having membership. This is partly due to poor implementation of TCNs and NCNs-with Covenant of Mayors and 'Klimaatverbond' lacking support structure and capacity-having lost importance during the past years. However, there is reason to believe that context makes a difference as revealed by the cases from Belgium, which revealed more positive results.
英文关键词	Climate policy; Citizen participation; City climate network; Policy network; Implementation; Energy transition
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Energy & Fuels
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Energy & Fuels
WOS记录号	WOS:001140595900001
来源期刊	ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/304606
作者单位	Delft University of Technology
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Arango, Mateo Zapata,Hoppe, Thomas,Itten, Anatol,et al. The role of City Climate Networks in Promoting Citizen Participation in Municipalities: A Critical Multi-Case Analysis[J],2024,14(1).
APA	Arango, Mateo Zapata,Hoppe, Thomas,Itten, Anatol,&Blok, Kornelis.(2024).The role of City Climate Networks in Promoting Citizen Participation in Municipalities: A Critical Multi-Case Analysis.ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY,14(1).
MLA	Arango, Mateo Zapata,et al."The role of City Climate Networks in Promoting Citizen Participation in Municipalities: A Critical Multi-Case Analysis".ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY 14.1(2024).