From commitment to action: a literature review on climate policy implementation at city level

Daniel Ryan ()

Climatic Change, 2015, vol. 131, issue 4, 519-529

Abstract: This article reviews the literature on factors and conditions shaping the development and implementation of climate policy at the city level, with a special focus in developing countries. It identifies and analyses three main sets of conditions that are critical for explaining the implementation of urban climate policy: the capacity of municipal governments, the way climate policies are linked (or not) to local issues, and the role of local political actors and factors. The article outlines that there is a tendency in the literature to fall into the ‘everything matters’ trap when analyzing policy implementation. Many reports usually conclude by making long lists of factors that are relevant for the development of local climate policy. In contrast, this review stresses the need for a more ‘configurational’ approach to the study of urban climate policy, which allows for identifying different and alternative configurations of conditions under which climate policies can be successfully advanced and implemented at city level. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1402-6

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