DOES MORE MEAN BETTER? THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CITY NETWORKS ON EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACTIVITY

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  • Killian, Bridget
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science
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  • Cities are increasingly important to environmental governance because of their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions and the threats they face due to the climate crisis. City networks provide members with improved communication and resources to address these issues. This research evaluates the effectiveness of these networks using a regression analysis of emissions reduction actions on membership in the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group. This is supplemented by a comparative analysis of the problem-solving capacity, scalability, durability, and influence of city networks of the actions taken by two Portuguese cities, Sintra and Lisbon. While C40 membership has a statistically significant effect on the number of actions taken, the network’s influence on Lisbon’s actions is relatively absent in a comparative analysis. Finding evidence of influence from other city networks, I conclude that it remains possible that city networks influence the quality of the emissions reduction activity of members.
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  • Marks, Gary
  • Hooghe, Liesbet
  • Searing, Donald
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  • Master of Arts
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
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  • 2021
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