Influence of multilevel and polycentric governance structures on climate change mitigation and adaptation in 209 German municipalities
209のドイツ自治体における気候変動緩和と適応に対する多層・多中心ガバナンス構造の影響 (AI 翻訳)
Antje Otto, Wolfgang Haupt, Peter Eckersley, Kristine Kern, Annegret H. Thieken
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
本研究は、ドイツの209自治体の気候変動緩和・適応への取り組みを評価し、連邦州、郡、中心地システムなどの多層ガバナンス構造が自治体の気候行動に与える影響を分析した。結果、連邦州の所属は正負両方の影響を与え、郡への所属は適応策に負の影響を与える一方、中心地システムの影響は小さいことが分かった。より調整された多層ガバナンスが自治体の気候行動を促進する可能性が示唆された。
English
This study evaluates the climate mitigation and adaptation efforts of 209 German municipalities and analyzes how multilevel governance structures (federal states, counties, central places) affect their performance. Results show that federal state membership has both positive and negative effects, county membership negatively impacts adaptation, and the central places system has little influence. The authors suggest that more coordinated multilevel governance is more likely to trigger local climate action.
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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、自治体の気候変動対策は国主導で進められるが、本研究の多層ガバナンス分析は、都道府県と市区町村の役割分担や連携の重要性を示唆する。日本の自治体の気候行動を評価する枠組みとして参考になる。
In the global GX context
This study contributes to global understanding of how subnational governance structures influence climate action, relevant for countries with federal or decentralized systems. It provides empirical evidence on the effectiveness of coordinated multilevel governance versus fragmented polycentric arrangements, informing policy design for climate mitigation and adaptation at the local level.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides empirical evidence on how multilevel governance structures affect municipal climate action, useful for comparative governance research.
🏢実務担当者:Offers insights for local governments on how their position within governance structures may influence their climate performance.
🏛政策担当者:Highlights the importance of coordinated multilevel governance and suggests targeted support for municipalities to enhance climate action.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Studies have identified municipalities as key actors in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change. However, the level of municipal engagement in these policy areas varies widely, and little is known about how different multilevel and polycentric governance structures affect their performance. To address this gap, we examined the mitigation and adaptation commitments, plans and ambitions of 209 German municipalities until the end of 2022 and scored them using an updated and revised assessment framework. We then used one-factor ANOVAs and linear regressions to analyse how their scores relate to a municipality's location in a federal state, its belonging to a county, and its function in Germany's ‘central places’ system. Our results show that belonging to certain federal states can have both positive and negative effects, and belonging to a county is a significant negative factor for local adaptation, while the central places system exerts very little influence. Based on these findings, we suggest that more coordinated multilevel governance structures—as opposed to more fragmented polycentric arrangements—are more likely to trigger local climate action. As such, we call for further and more targeted support for municipalities, and a (more) active role for the federal states in supporting municipal policymaking.
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- openalex https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2026.107330first seen 2026-07-31 05:07:09
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