Exploring the Forms of City-to-City Exchange

The new article from the ISOCARP Institute’s knowledge library, written by Yoann Clouet and Marco Kjaer.

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With national governments failing to implement, or even disengaging from, the commitments of the Paris agreement in the late 2010s, cities became increasingly visible in international discussions on climate, and the multi-level governance of efforts against climate change. This municipal push proved again that subnational organisations are key actors in the fights against climate change. Arenas for exchange between cities have “emerged to enable cities in building capacities and formulating climate policy” (Zapata et al, 2024). Analysing these processes of exchange of knowledge between cities is an emerging field of research: understanding and evaluating how cities can learn from each other’s experiences and adopt successful strategies in different contexts is essential to promote the effectiveness and scalability of urban climate initiatives. With this paper we propose a systematic lens of analysis to describe these processes.

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