Accountability and data-driven urban climate governance

Sara Hughes (), Sarah Giest and Laura Tozer
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Sara Hughes: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Sarah Giest: Leiden University
Laura Tozer: University of Toronto

Nature Climate Change, 2020, vol. 10, issue 12, 1085-1090

Abstract: Abstract The use of increasingly large and diverse datasets to guide urban climate action has implications for how, and by whom, local governments are held accountable. This Review focuses on emerging dynamics of accountability in data-driven urban climate change governance. Current understandings of the implications for accountability are examined based on three common rationales for prioritizing data-driven decision-making: standardization, transparency and capacity building. We conclude that the trend toward data-driven urban climate governance can incentivize city governments to prioritize narrowed metrics and external interests, inhibiting the broader transformations required to realize climate change goals. We offer priorities for research at the intersection of data-driven climate governance and the accountability of city governments.

Date: 2020
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