The ICLEI Cities for Climate Protection programme: local government networks in urban climate governance

摘要: This chapter looks at the role of transnational local government (LG) networks in urban climate governance, where term includes cities, towns and other metropolitan municipalities. Local authorities are recognised as one nine major groups Agenda 21 included UN Commission Sustainable Development (UN 2009). LG was officially a governmental stakeholder 2010 COP 16 summit United Nations (UN) meetings now include interests global agreements. LGs have been actively engaged change policies since early 1990s. Cities municipal prepared action plans strategies addressing mitigation adaptation measures. Many authorities, particularly members national such International Council for Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), The Covenant Mayors (Europe), US Climate Protection Agreement (USA), C40 (global megacities). These focus on informing about best practice methods, learning issues representing municipalities national, continental international levels forums. Hence, ‘networking within across [and national] borders has become commonplace regional governance’ (Granberg Elander 2007: 545).