How to green your city? Boundary challenges and net zero place leadership

Grant Allan, Graeme Roy and David Waite

Regional Studies, 2025, vol. 59, issue 1, 2546970

Abstract: Urban leaders are increasingly seeking to navigate to net zero emissions whilst balancing wider economic and social priorities. Facing the leaders tasked with delivering these ambitions are a set of boundary challenges, including in relation to time, geography, governance and policy. We explore the practical steps leaders are taking to manage these challenges in Scotland’s four largest cities – Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Our contribution identifies that visible city leaders are: driving actions through a fragmented institutional landscape in the absence of formal arrangements; balancing practical with strategic challenges in embedding long-term thinking; and, leveraging external sources, including the use of data, to inform change.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2546970

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