The Role of Cities: Linking Integrated Assessment Models to Urban Solutions
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Published:2023-03-08
Issue:6
Volume:15
Page:4766
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ISSN:2071-1050
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Container-title:Sustainability
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Sustainability
Author:
Callegari Camila1, Tanure Tarik2, Fiorini Ana Carolina Oliveira1, Haddad Eduardo3ORCID, Domingues Edson2, Magalhães Aline2, Perobelli Fernando4, Porsse Alexandre5, Lucena André F. P.1, Vasquez-Arroyo Eveline1, Império Mariana1ORCID, Baptista Luiz Bernardo1ORCID, Schaeffer Roberto1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Energy Planning Program, Graduate School of Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Centro de Tecnologia, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro 21941-914, Brazil 2. Center for Development and Regional Planning, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil 3. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Administration, Accounting and Actuarial Science, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, 908, FEA I, São Paulo 05508-900, Brazil 4. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Campus Universitário, Juiz de Fora 36036-330, Brazil 5. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Av. Prefeito Lothario Meissner, 632, Jardim Botânico, Curitiba 80060-000, Brazil
Abstract
Cities play a fundamental role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this context, public authorities need tools to help in identifying the best set of available solutions for the urban environment. Here, we developed an approach to help decision makers in evaluating sustainable solutions, considering aspects such as emission rate, economic attractiveness, job creation, and local competitiveness in an intersectoral fashion. To rank the best solutions, we developed a new methodology that links integrated assessment models (IAMs) to the available solutions at the Innovation Observatory for Sustainable Cities (OICS) database and applied it to Brazil. Our results show that the solutions with the greatest impact were often related to new technologies, for example, renewable energy, which depends on institutional and financial arrangements that are beyond the administrative capacity of the vast majority of municipalities. Despite these limitations, Brazilian cities can act as regulators or provide financial incentives and advocacy to promote sustainable solutions in the urban environment.
Funder
Global Environment Facility United Nations Environment Programme Center for Strategic Studies and Management Innovation Observatory for Sustainable Cities
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction
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