Promoting Urban Net Zero Transitions Through Multi-Level Governance: The Intermediary Role of Systemic Collaborative Platforms

Jaime Moreno-Serna, Teresa Sánchez-Chaparro (), Wendy M. Purcell, Olga Kordas, Julio Lumbreras, Carlos Mataix, Leda Stott, Miguel Soberón and John D. Spengler
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Jaime Moreno-Serna: Centro de Innovación en Tecnología para el Desarrollo Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (itdUPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Teresa Sánchez-Chaparro: Centro de Innovación en Tecnología para el Desarrollo Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (itdUPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Wendy M. Purcell: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Olga Kordas: Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 11428 Stockholm, Sweden
Julio Lumbreras: Centro de Innovación en Tecnología para el Desarrollo Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (itdUPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Carlos Mataix: Centro de Innovación en Tecnología para el Desarrollo Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (itdUPM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
Leda Stott: Fundación Atelier itd, 28015 Madrid, Spain
Miguel Soberón: Fundación Atelier itd, 28015 Madrid, Spain
John D. Spengler: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02215, USA

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-24

Abstract: In the fields of partnership research and social innovation, there has been an increasing number of calls for evidence regarding the kind of collaborative multi-level governance structures that might support large-scale transformation processes, especially in regard to climate-neutral cities. This paper conceptualizes a new type of intermediary actor, the Systemic Collaborative Platform (SCP). Using the example of a multi-stakeholder arrangement set up to design and implement Madrid’s Climate Neutrality Roadmap, the key features of an SCP include a focus on multi-stakeholder and cross-sectoral collaboration for public policy development, in this case operating at both a systemic level and a city scale, and a strong link to a key actor within this regime (a city council). Our study reveals how an SCP can contribute to articulation of a shared mandate among city actors and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of a targeted transition by attracting, aligning and managing a wide and diverse organizational ecosystem through distributed facilitation, collaborative leadership, and continuous learning.

Keywords: climate urban neutrality; multi-stakeholder policy design; cross-sector partnerships; transition intermediary organizations; higher education institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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