A Main theme from Niel Brenner's, Global cities, glocal states: Global City Formation...in Contemporary Europe.
Glocal is messy and contradictory- Who takes care of environment and at what scales?
Similar to Sister cities program, in NYS, a state-level Climate Smart Communities program lets decision makers commit to a pledge of reducing GHG and climate adaptation measures at the city level. Combining power and knowledge of climate action plans create a larger network for cities to collaborate and harness new initiatives on climate change adaptation and city resilience. I believe this is a step in the right direction because it starts a discussion among cities, creating a scalar effect which is similar to the rescaling from large national to supernational in capital investments or the reduction of global to local, the city level becomes a necessary heartbeat to reducing the scale and giving responsibility at the city level to build knowledge on climate change and establishing a normative approach to planning for mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Glocal is messy and contradictory- Who takes care of environment and at what scales?
Similar to Sister cities program, in NYS, a state-level Climate Smart Communities program lets decision makers commit to a pledge of reducing GHG and climate adaptation measures at the city level. Combining power and knowledge of climate action plans create a larger network for cities to collaborate and harness new initiatives on climate change adaptation and city resilience. I believe this is a step in the right direction because it starts a discussion among cities, creating a scalar effect which is similar to the rescaling from large national to supernational in capital investments or the reduction of global to local, the city level becomes a necessary heartbeat to reducing the scale and giving responsibility at the city level to build knowledge on climate change and establishing a normative approach to planning for mitigation and adaptation strategies.
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