Delivering ‘Thriving Net Zero Communities in the West Midlands’—Insights from a Participatory Systems Mapping Process for Local Authorities
ウェスト・ミッドランズにおける「繁栄するネットゼロコミュニティ」の実現—地方自治体のための参加型システムマッピングプロセスからの洞察 (AI 翻訳)
Naomi Bennett-Steele, Sophie Morris, Sarah J. Moller, James Hall, Jenny Stocker, Xinfang Wang, Suzanne Bartington, Zongbo Shi, Alexandra Penn
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
本研究は、英国ウェスト・ミッドランズを事例に、参加型システムマッピングを用いて地方自治体によるネットゼロ達成のための全体システムアプローチを探求。ワークショップとオンラインセッションを通じて構築されたシステムマップから、貧困サイクルの打破、住宅品質向上、雇用支援などが重要な機会として特定された。また、自治体内での部門横断的な協働の必要性が示された。
English
This study uses participatory systems mapping with the West Midlands as a case study to explore how local authorities can adopt a whole-systems approach for net-zero. The system map identified opportunities to disrupt poverty cycles, improve housing quality, and enhance skills and employment support. It also highlights the need for cross-team collaboration within local government.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本では、自治体の脱炭素計画（ゼロカーボンシティ）策定が進むが、部門間連携や住民参加の手法は未発達。本論文の参加型システムマッピングは、複雑な社会課題と気候対策を統合する実践的枠組みを提供する。
In the global GX context
Globally, local governments struggle with integrating net-zero across siloed departments. This paper offers a replicable participatory systems mapping method that can help authorities identify co-benefits and address wicked problems like poverty and climate resilience simultaneously.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides a practical methodology for applying systems thinking to local climate action planning, including workshop design and analysis of causal loop diagrams.
🏢実務担当者:Local authority sustainability officers can adopt the participatory mapping process to align cross-departmental goals and identify high-impact interventions for net-zero.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the need for national policy to support local systems-based approaches and cross-sector collaboration for net-zero delivery.
📄 Abstract（原文）
The UK has a legally binding commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and multiple statutory responsibilities related to mitigation actions are held at local or regional authority levels. However, local authorities face multiple political, financial and service pressures. Adopting a “whole-systems approach” which addresses complexity across interrelated sectors is necessary to achieve significant progress and to optimise co-benefits, but systems thinking is not currently formally embedded in local government. Using the West Midlands’ journey to net zero as a case study, this research explores the use of participatory systems mapping with local and regional authority officers to examine the system that would enable ‘thriving, net zero communities in the West Midlands’. Analysis of the systems map, constructed across a workshop and online follow-up sessions, identified opportunities for local and regional authorities to create local benefit whilst delivering on both statutory functions and net zero, by disrupting reinforcing poverty cycles, improving the quality of housing, and increasing skills and employment support. This whole-system approach also highlights the need for different ways of working in local government to facilitate greater cross-team collaboration to address ‘wicked’ problems such as poverty, climate adaptation and resilience.
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- crossref https://doi.org/10.3390/systems14050518first seen 2026-05-14 22:33:48
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