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Cities towards zero emissions: a reality check on the assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs
Urban climate change mitigation is an opportunity for cities to achieve a multipurpose agenda if they leverage co-benefits and trade-offs of greenhouse gas reduction. This study examines the approach of 353 cities committed to climate neutrality by 2030 within a common European framework - the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission - representing diverse geographical, economic, and demographic contexts. The analysis builds on a comprehensive questionnaire and uses a combination of statistical analyses (rankings, answer combinations, classifications) and content analysis. Less than half of the cities (171) assess co-impacts of actions to reduce emissions. Their assessment commonly covers environmental aspects (notably those related to resilience and green space), followed by social aspects, while health-related and economic dimensions receive less attention, on average. Larger cities and those with higher GDP per capita are more likely to conduct comprehensive assessments, indicating disparities in resources and institutional capacity. Almost 90 % of the cities assessing specific social impacts report implementing related measures, concentrating on energy efficiency, transport accessibility, and support for vulnerable populations. However, strategies remain generic and untargeted to specific vulnerabilities. Overall, the analysis reveals a need for integrated policy development, capacity-building, strategic partnerships, effective citizen engagement, robust monitoring setups, and dedicated communication strategies to fully harness the holistic and multifaceted potential of climate action.
期刊介绍:
Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) is an international journal that focuses on fundamental and applied research to promote environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities. The journal welcomes cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research in various areas, including:
1. Smart cities and resilient environments;
2. Alternative/clean energy sources, energy distribution, distributed energy generation, and energy demand reduction/management;
3. Monitoring and improving air quality in built environment and cities (e.g., healthy built environment and air quality management);
4. Energy efficient, low/zero carbon, and green buildings/communities;
5. Climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban environments;
6. Green infrastructure and BMPs;
7. Environmental Footprint accounting and management;
8. Urban agriculture and forestry;
9. ICT, smart grid and intelligent infrastructure;
10. Urban design/planning, regulations, legislation, certification, economics, and policy;
11. Social aspects, impacts and resiliency of cities;
12. Behavior monitoring, analysis and change within urban communities;
13. Health monitoring and improvement;
14. Nexus issues related to sustainable cities and societies;
15. Smart city governance;
16. Decision Support Systems for trade-off and uncertainty analysis for improved management of cities and society;
17. Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applications and case studies;
18. Critical infrastructure protection, including security, privacy, forensics, and reliability issues of cyber-physical systems.
19. Water footprint reduction and urban water distribution, harvesting, treatment, reuse and management;
20. Waste reduction and recycling;
21. Wastewater collection, treatment and recycling;
22. Smart, clean and healthy transportation systems and infrastructure;