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SUMMARY:Cities in Action: Organizations\, Institutions\, and Urban Climate
  Strategies - Dr Christof Brandtner (Emlyon Business School)
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DESCRIPTION:As national governments and global institutions fail to addres
 s climate change\, an increasing number of cities have committed to major 
 sustainability and climate strategies. Why do some cities take bold action
  while others remain on the sidelines? \n\nChristof shows that city climat
 e action is not simply a matter of political will: it is an organizational
  problem. Cities do not act alone. They are embedded within both a broad i
 nstitutional superstructure of professional networks and peer cities as we
 ll as a deep organizational infrastructure of civil society organizations\
 , public agencies\, and socially responsible firms. This dual embeddedness
  shapes cities’ capacity to plan\, learn\, lead\, and scale sustainabili
 ty solutions.\n\nDrawing on comparative research spanning fifteen years an
 d thousands of cities around the world\, Christof traces how environmental
  strategies\, sustainability practices\, and green building initiatives em
 erge\, diffuse\, and take hold. He uncovers the structural conditions that
  enable and inhibit meaningful climate action\, revealing why it varies so
  widely across cities.\n\nBy combining lenses from urban theory and organi
 zational sociology\, Christof sheds light on how cities navigate their soc
 ial and institutional environments to meet the climate challenge in his bo
 ok Cities in Action. The book offers a novel perspective for scholars\, po
 licy makers\, and practitioners seeking not just to explain but also to em
 power city action.\n——————————————————
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 ——\n\nSpeaker bio: Christof Brandtner is Associate Professor of Social
  Innovation at EM Lyon Business School\, a Fellow in the Canadian Institut
 e for Advanced Research’s program on Innovation\, Equity\, and the Futur
 e of Prosperity\, and a co-founder of the Civic Life of Cities Lab. His wo
 rk investigates how mission-driven organizations contribute and respond to
  calls to make cities more socially\, economically\, and environmentally s
 ustainable. He holds a PhD in sociology from Stanford University.\n——
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 red for people outside of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention
  (DSPI). DSPI Members do not need to register.\nSpeakers:\nDr Christof Bra
 ndtner (Emlyon Business School)
LOCATION:32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House) (VBR Department of Social
  Policy and Intervention\, 32 Wellington Square OX1 2ER/ Microsoft Teams)\
 , 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER
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