Accountability and data-driven urban climate governance

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