The Climate Emergency and Place-Based Action: The Case of Climate Action Leeds, UK

Paul Chatterton () and Stella Darby
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Paul Chatterton: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Stella Darby: School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-19

Abstract: This paper is based on our engagement in a cross-sector network in Leeds, UK, taking local climate action. It draws on in-depth engagements with participants in this network, to explore how they negotiate being in, while at the same time wanting to push beyond, a climate emergency. We found three emergent trends: a reworked interpretation of the climate emergency through longer-term, holistic, historically grounded, and politicised definitions; novel forms of disruptive, collaborative place leadership that could help respond to this longer emergency; and a value-based focus on a reparative ethics of self-care, people-care, and Earth-care that foregrounds climate justice and accountability to frontline communities. We end by recommending that place-based actors can enhance the effectiveness of their collective action by broadening emergency definitions, developing politics and strategy, and supporting values-based climate justice and equity.

Keywords: climate emergency; climate justice; climate action; sustainable cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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