Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, University of Pannonia, Egyetem str. 10, Veszprém, H-8200, Hungary.
Sustainability Solutions Research Lab, University of Pannonia, Egyetem str. 10, Veszprém, H-8200, Hungary.
J Environ Manage. 2024 Nov;370:122648. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122648. Epub 2024 Oct 8.
To effectively protect against the increasingly pervasive effects of climate change, countries and cities around the world are tasked with formulating and implementing climate actions that effectively respond to the challenges ahead. However, choosing the optimal climate actions is complex, since it is necessary to consider many external impacts as early on as the planning phase. Our novel methodology uncovers and integrates into first-of-its-kind decision support framework the identified climate actions of 443 European cities (from 32 countries) and the city structure-related features that influence the basic success of strategy creation into a first-of-its-kind decision support framework. Depending on their budget, population density, development and energy consumption portfolio, the results highlight that the analyzed European cities need to adopt a different way of thinking. The research results lay the foundation for the decision support of evidence-based climate action planning and contribute towards strengthening the role of cities worldwide in the fight against climate change in the future.
为了有效应对气候变化日益普遍的影响，世界各国和城市都面临着制定和实施应对未来挑战的气候行动的任务。然而，选择最佳的气候行动是复杂的，因为有必要在规划阶段尽早考虑许多外部影响。我们的新方法揭示并整合了 443 个欧洲城市（来自 32 个国家）的已确定的气候行动以及影响战略制定基本成功的与城市结构相关的特征，将其纳入到首个决策支持框架中。根据其预算、人口密度、发展和能源消耗组合，结果表明，分析中的欧洲城市需要采用不同的思维方式。研究结果为基于证据的气候行动规划的决策支持奠定了基础，并有助于加强全球城市在未来应对气候变化中的作用。
