Cities and the climate and ecological emergency: The Liverpool City Region response

Mark Boyle, Stephen Crone, Georgina Endfield, Susan Jarvis and Andrew G. Mcclelland
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Mark Boyle: Heseltine Institute of Public Policy, UK
Stephen Crone: Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool, UK
Georgina Endfield: University of Liverpool, UK
Susan Jarvis: Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, UK
Andrew G. Mcclelland: Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool, UK

Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 2020, vol. 13, issue 4, 365-379

Abstract: In May 2019, Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram declared a ‘climate emergency’ and affirmed his commitment to undertaking proportionate remediating actions. The Metro Mayor has set his sights on LCR becoming net zero-carbon by 2040; local authorities and anchor institutions from the public, private and third sectors have likewise set net zero-carbon targets by or before 2040. The 2040 target will undoubtedly prove difficult to meet. This paper locates the LCR response within the context of the wider global climate and ecological crisis and national UK environmental policy and reflects upon achievements to date and actions which will need to be taken in future. Clearly, ‘business as usual’ will be insufficient and a new politico-institutional dispensation will be required if the net zero-carbon target is to be reached by 2040. An opportunity to undertake deep structural change exists: the COVID-19 pandemic has opened a a global debate on how best to Build Back Better. But what any new social contract for sustainability and a just transition might look like remains unclear. This paper concludes by venturing some thoughts on what such a contract might mean for the LCR and its civic leaders.1

Keywords: Liverpool City Region (LCR); climate and ecological emergency; net zero-carbon; UK; environmental policy; sustainability transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R00 Z33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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