Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215422 
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2019
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[Journal:] Environmental Politics [ISSN:] 1743-8934 [Volume:] 28 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Taylor & Francis [Place:] London [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 125-145
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Taylor & Francis, London
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The success of local climate governance in Europe depends not only on leading cities but also on the dynamics between leaders, followers, and laggards. Upscaling local experiments helps to close the gap between these actors. This process is driven by the increasing embeddedness of cities and their networks in EU multilevel governance. Embedded upscaling combines horizontal upscaling between leading cities with vertical upscaling between leaders and followers that is mediated by higher levels of government, and hierarchical upscaling that even reaches the laggards. Various types of upscaling, their combinations, and their impacts are analyzed. Networks have become denser and networking has intensified. City networks and their member cities have become embedded in national and EU governance, lost authority and depend more and more on regional, national, and European authorities.
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European Union climate governance
Cities
Regions
Upscaling
Experimentation
Covenant of Mayors
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