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标题：The role of goal-setting in urban climate governance
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作者：Hege Hofstad ; Marianne Millstein ; Anders Tønnesen 等
期刊名称：Earth System Governance
印刷版ISSN：2589-8116
出版年度：2021
卷号：7
页码：100088-100097
DOI：10.1016/j.esg.2020.100088
出版社：Elsevier BV
摘要：This article argues that goal-setting is an important, albeit understudied, part of urban climate governance scholarship. By using goal-setting theory, the article introduces concepts and perspectives capable of shedding new light on the political aspect of cities' climate strategic work. Climate goal-setting is studied within a wider urban governance context, as a way to activate a multitude of internal and external actors for shared goals and purposes. The article analyses levels of ambiguities of urban climate goals, and in light of different politico-institutional settings it explores possible contextual implications for cities’ climate governance. Through a comparative analysis of four cities – Copenhagen, Cape Town, Oslo and Gothenburg, the article identifies two distinct approaches. An inclusive approach containing ambiguous all-encompassing climate goals, consensus-oriented political decision-making, a broad administrative entity with weak mandate and close and long-term stakeholder collaboration. An efficiency-oriented approach including clear and problem focused climate goals, instrumental political decision-making, a special-purpose administrative entity with a wide and clear mandate and targeted and temporary stakeholder collaboration. The article concludes by posing some key questions that should guide further research on the exact relationship between these variables.
关键词：Urban climate governance ; Goal setting ; Institutionalization ; Cities ; Comparative method