Action pathways for transforming cities

摘要

Transformation is required for cities to fulfil their leadership potential on climate change. Five action pathways can guide them: integrate mitigation and adaptation; coordinate risk reduction and climate adaptation; cogenerate risk information; focus on disadvantaged populations; and improve governance and knowledge networks.The term ‘transformation’ is invoked to describe what cities must do to simultaneously improve climate resiliency and achieve the positive effects of low-carbon sustainable development. It is used by climate change science-practice-policymaker communities to motivate the rapid mitigation of GHG emissions, as well as to herald large and disruptive changes in the structure and function of urban physical, ecological and socialsystems1-3. Cities simply will not be able to confront these challenges and lead the way in mitigating climate change without transformation.