Walking the Talk: Why Cities Adopt Ambitious Climate Action Plans

Author:

Bery Sanya1,Haddad Mary Alice1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA

Abstract

Why do some municipalities adopt ambitious climate action plans and others do not? This study examines United States cities that have signed the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, to identify the factors that have led some of them (37 percent, 63 cities) to adopt ambitious (Net Zero) climate action plans. It finds that two factors make the most difference: (a) whether the city has a paid city employee (or department) dedicated to environmental/energy management and (b) whether the city has a university. Other factors, such as per capita income, city revenue, state funding, size, partisan orientation, and membership in international climate networks, did not significantly influence how ambitious a city's climate action plan was. This study combines a statistical analysis of the signatory cities with a qualitative study Middletown Connecticut to explain why city energy managers and universities can have such a positive effect on city climate action.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Urban Studies,Sociology and Political Science

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