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Global interdependence and loss of trust in the state are challenging the state-based authority that has traditionally governed environmental protection. This is evidenced by the limited institutional capacity and legitimacy such authority offers in providing effective global climate change solutions. However, diverse and adaptive systems of climate governance are emerging and gaining the authority to create policy through state-based (public), market-based (private), and people-based (moral) actors networking transnationally.
The study will focus on two aspects of the urban interactive governance that re-lates to the political and institutional constraints imposed on cities:
- the role of urban areas within complex transnational Networks
- the importance of vertical interaction through āmultilevel governanceā.
There will be three different levels of analysis identified for the case studies, comprising:
- cities
- policy sectors
- network organizations.
The results of the project will provide the basis for a set of recommendations for policy makers on the urban, regional and global level in regard to improved systems of climate policy.