Urban research at BC3: How climate change science can support urban policy making
PB [2016-04]
Urban research at BC3: How climate change science can support urban policy making
Marta Olazabal, Elisa Sainz de Murieta, Sébastien Foudi, Aline Chiabai, Ibon Galarraga, Stefano Balbi, Leif Vogel, Maria Victoria Román and Anil Markandya
http://www.bc3research.org/policybriefings/2016-04/EN.html
Key Points
-Cities are becoming key actors to successfully achieve climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives. .
-Science can play a crucial role in supporting local decision-makers by providing top level information and applying or developing ad-hoc methodologies .
-The case studies presented here show that there are many opportunities for science-policy collaboration at the city level .
-The urban scale allows a higher visibility of this collaboration and can contribute to strengthening this link at different scales .