Unveiling urban governance diversity: Clustering cities based on mitigation actions.

ABSTRACT: Embracing a "more global" urban comparison in scientific assessments of climate actions by cities is essential to drive greater and more inclusive participation in global efforts to curb climate change. This comparison needs to engage cities irrespective of their size and status: when we do so, distinctive patterns of urban climate mitigation actions across a diverse range of cities emerge. Employing K-means clustering as a pattern recognition method, this study compares cities based on selected aspects of their reported mitigation actions to the Carbon Disclosure Project. It explores whether the identified clusters facilitate the comparison of a socio-spatially diverse range of cities. The study identifies five clusters within two themes, namely the nature and finance-implementation of ac

SUBMITTER: Mokhles S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11183020 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature