Accelerating climate research and action in cities through advanced science-policy-practice partnerships

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2021-02-23

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RMIT University

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While cities and urban areas have begun to be recognized within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a multi-level climate action is urgent with cities playing a central role in mobilization. This assessment defines some conceptual and operational gaps faced by the science-policy-practice community; how partnerships are structured; the research and action agenda that underpins them; how this agenda is being articulated and implemented; and how climate change can be addressed in cities. The paper concludes with a series of strategies and recommendations for targeted policy adjustments that support actionable knowledge.

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PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, GLOBAL WARMING, SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, CLIMATE POLICY, UNFCCC, CITIES, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, URBAN ENVIRONMENT, LANGUAGES, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, BUREAUCRACY, KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION, RESEARCH TO POLICY, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, GLOBAL

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