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European Policies for Urban Climate Justice

The Role of Institutions and Citizens

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book brings together urbanisation, climate justice, and equity within a single interpretive framework, showing how the climate crisis and urban policy co-produce impacts and effects in urban contexts.Drawing on planetary urbanisation theory and the frameworks of climate justice and just transition, European Policies for Urban Climate Justice interrogates the political, institutional, and socio-spatial dimensions of municipal climate strategies in Europe. The book offers a comprehensive theoretical and empirical analysis, spanning a critique of EU climate governance architecture to fieldwork-based case studies of Amsterdam, Bilbao, Freiburg, and Lisbon. It advances a conceptual triptych of climate justice, just transition, and equity: climate justice as a moral-political framing of unequal climate burdens and responses; just transition as a governance and policy project linking decarbonisation with social justice; and equity as the imperative to approach the climate crisis with the explicit aim of converging towards a more equitable society. Building on this, the book develops ecological conversion as a way of characterising the depth and direction of transition itself.This volume will be of interest to researchers and students in urban studies, political sociology, political ecology, human geography, and environmental policy. It will also appeal to planners, policymakers, and civil-society practitioners working on urban climate strategies across European institutions and municipalities.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-06
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Environmental Policy
Antal sidor220
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041305484

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Marco Palma is a researcher at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), working on climate strategies, urban processes, climate justice, just transition, and planetary urbanisation. His research engages critically with the social and political dimensions of climate governance, with particular attention to urban inequalities, institutional change, and the territorial effects of sustainability transitions. He is especially interested in how climate action is shaped by uneven power relations and how justice-oriented frameworks can inform more inclusive urban and regional policies. He brings over ten years of experience in local governance and international projects on sustainability and social inclusion, gained through positions in local administrations and universities. This combined academic and professional background informs his research on urbanisation, climate justice, and low‑carbon transitions, with a specific interest in the design and implementation of just transition policies.

List of tablesAcknowledgements List of acronyms and abbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1 - Climate Crisis in an Urbanised PlanetChapter 2 - European policies and funding programmes on climate crisisEuropean policies and funding programmes on climate crisisChapter 3 - Urban fabric and Climate Crisis in the European FrameworkChapter 4 - AmsteramChapter 5 - BilbaoChapter 6 - Freiburg im BreisgauChapter 7 - LisbonChapter 8 - Climate action, equity and convertionChapter 9 - ConclusionsIndex