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GOOD CLIMATE GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE Mainstreaming climate action: case studies from leading cities DELHI GOOD CLIMATE GOVERNANCE | 3 The latest climate science from the IPCC’s SR1.5 report is unequivocal in its message: Allowing global temperature increases to exceed 1.5°C will disrupt basic social and economic activities. Cities and urban areas can accelerate and upscale climate action, but this will require major transitions in how cities deliver infrastructure and basic services to rapidly reduce emissions as well as enhance climate resilience. Cities have an important role in the global movement to achieve the ambitions outlined in the Paris Agreement. C40 CITIES CLIMATE LEADERSHIP RICARDO ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT GROUP (C40) TEAM The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, now in its 14th Ellie Kilroy year, connects 90+ of the world’s greatest cities which Rose Bailey have committed to tackling climate change. We bring Flavia Carloni mayors from around the world together to learn from each Tianlin Niu Cities are increasing their commitment and low emissions goals and targets across all city service other in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating Dominic Sheldon and capabilities for accelerated delivery of delivery activities and decision-making processes, cities resilient, sustainable and inclusive cities. C40 cities John Marsh achieve far less than they otherwise could. represent more than 700 million urban citizens and their Lewis Irons ambitious, transformative climate actions. economies account for 25% of global GDP. Our ‘Deadline Trevor Glue Fortunately, mayors of the world’s leading In order to best support cities to implement accelerated 2020’1 report sets out the critical role that the world’s Les Harding cities have emerged as strong and inspiring climate action, C40 established the Good Governance major cities have to play in delivering the historic Paris James Sharp Working Group to explore the various approaches that Agreement to prevent catastrophic climate change. Lara Turtle champions of the kind of ambitious climate cities are taking to advance climate governance. Ricardo action the world needs. Through C40’s Energy & Environment worked with C40 to develop this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS C40 GOOD GOVERNANCE WORKING technical assistance programmes and Good Climate Governance Case Study booklet that, following a series of interviews as well as desk-based This publication was made possible with the support from GROUP networks, these cities can enhance their research, showcases climate governance best practices the UK Government. Giulia Pivetti technical skills to keep delivering bold from across the globe. The nine featured cities have Jacqueline Lam climate targets, goals and actions. displayed exemplary climate leadership by enhancing Joselito Guevarra their climate governance to support their transformation C40 TEAM Lia Nicholson Nadia Shah towards a climate resilient carbon neutral future. Delhi, Lu Sun Central to cities delivering ambitious, transformative Michael Doust Durban, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Lima, Oslo, Markus Berensson climate action, is a strong climate governance structure Indra Levite Rio de Janeiro and Qingdao share their success stories; Mehrnaz Ghojeh within the city. However, for many cities, this structure and Isabel Fernández its accompanying systems are still evolving or are not in the approaches they took, the challenges they faced, the Milag San Jose-Ballesteros lessons learnt and the outcomes achieved. They offer Nathalie Badaoui Choumar an optimal state for mainstreaming climate action across sectors. Despite the commitments of City Mayor’s and valuable insights to other cities interested in replicating Paul Jorgensen their best practices. Ricardo Cepeda-Márquez increased levels of technical skills, cities may still struggle to deliver large or complex climate actions, and those that require transversal working. Without embedding resilience CONTACT FOR THIS REPORT Michael Doust 1 https://resourcecentre.c40.org/join-deadline-2020 [email protected] GOOD CLIMATE GOVERNANCE | 5 The 10 key categories for good Vertical integration Budgetary The vertical integration category looks for examples of city mainstreaming climate action and ambition that is integrated or aligned The budgetary mainstreaming category considers to climate governance with both higher and lower levels of government. This, what extent the approaches being taken by a city to for instance, will look at whether city-level ambition and mainstream the consideration for climate priorities action is reflected in the ambition of the state, regional across the wider city budget and general financial C40’s Good Governance Working Group has identified 10 key categories that and national level, as well as at a lower level such as the management. This category also considers whether the district level. It is important that the city’s ambition flows to city has undertaken or launched any innovative funding describe the varied approaches taken by cities to strengthen their climate governance: these levels of government, and in the case of lower levels models such as public private partnerships (PPPs) in of government, that other aspects are integrated such as order to deliver aspects of the city’s climate action plan. the sharing of data. Institutional Legal frameworks to External Monitoring and arrangements support climate action governance transparent reporting The institutional arrangements category refers to the This category covers the extent to which the city’s This category considers any structures or external bodies In order to maintain the credibility of a climate action plan, design of institutional structures within a city, and legal framework underpins or supports governance that have been set up to facilitate engagement between there needs to be a system of monitoring, reporting and the allocation of roles and responsibilities within that and implementation of the city’s climate action plan. It the city government, civil society, academia, the private verifying the city climate actions that are taking place, as structure. Optimising the design and allocation of these considers the forms of legal measures being used, such sector and other stakeholders. This can take the form well as any greenhouse gases that are being measured. For responsibilities across a city’s institutions is important as acts, bylaws, and legally binding aspects of the city’s of committees comprising representatives from many instance, the use of climate change indicators and metrics, in creating a coordinated, collaborative and committed strategies, as well as the extent to which the horizontal different parts of the community. It is intended that these as well as wider city key performance indicators (KPIs), can working environment to carry out the city’s climate and vertical legal framework support climate action. external governance structures uphold good practices be used as a means to monitor the climate action plan. action plan. This category also considers the level of within the city’s workings, that transcend the political The transparency of such a system is important, as are transparency behind the decisions taken in allocating climate and election calendar. It can also provide a vehicle considerations to plan and improve the system. Without these roles and responsibilities, the extent to which they for devolving actions and defining new responsibilities to a high level of transparency to the system, it is difficult to have been implemented, and any changes following these parts of the community. understand whether any progress to implement the climate implementation to result in more effective working. action plan is being made, which can also undermine the plan’s credibility. Mainstreaming climate policy Cross-departmental Communications Capacity and The mainstreaming climate policy category refers to the arrangements and action and engagement resource challenges city’s efforts to mainstream climate policy across the city. The cross-departmental arrangements and action The communications and engagement category considers This final category on innovative solutions takes into This has the objective of ensuring that any actions taken category looks for examples of the effective the level of engagement between the city government, civil consideration whether any novel approaches are being by the city’s departments and districts, as well as their implementation of multi-department city-wide actions. society and other stakeholders such as the private sector, taken within the city to overcome challenges to staff staff and procured partners, consider climate policy within A focus of this category is on transformative actions (i.e. looking particularly at whether new approaches have been capacity and resourcing. This can include activities the climate action plan and work towards achieving it. This strategic, systems change, multi-sector) that happen as a created to improve engagement. Developing a stakeholder such as capacity building to enhance governance and applies to all city regulations, legislation and actions, as result of several departments working together, such as communications and engagement plan can help a city to implementation, as well as resourcing climate action well as planning and budgetary decisions. It can include through the establishment of committees whose remit is identify and characterise key stakeholder groups within the responsibilities within and between departments through specific actions such as changes

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