Conveners
SS_09 GOVERNING THE “CARBON NEUTRAL CITY”: BARRIERS AND ENABLERS FOR AN INTEGRATED CLIMATE GOVERNANCE IN CITIES
- Eloise Deshayes (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)
- Eda Yucesoy (Istanbul Technical University)
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Eloise Deshayes (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)7/8/25, 2:00 PMSS 09 | Governing the “Carbon neutral city”: barriers and enablers for an integrated climate governance in citiesOral
As cities increasingly commit to achieving carbon neutrality, they engage in greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories to measure their emissions. These inventories are guided by international frameworks, such as the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC) and primarily rely on production-based carbon accounting (PBCA).
However, growing claims, both from the...
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1988. Exploring the feasibility of climate actions: what guides adaptation implementation in Europe?Mr Gerard Martínez Görbig (Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente)7/8/25, 2:10 PMSS 09 | Governing the “Carbon neutral city”: barriers and enablers for an integrated climate governance in citiesOral
European cities are reacting to the climate crisis. Climate planning has exponentially increased in recent years, but a gap remains between planning and implementing climate actions. While many cities and regions have outlined ambitious strategies, far fewer have turned these plans into tangible results. There is a need to act faster to keep global warming within 2ºC, addressing mitigation and...
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Dr Will Brown (University of Cambridge)7/8/25, 2:20 PMSS 09 | Governing the “Carbon neutral city”: barriers and enablers for an integrated climate governance in citiesOral
Cities across the globe are actively working to reduce their carbon footprint, with a common approach being the development of neighbourhood and district level pilots. However, whilst such interventions are well meaning and grounded in a will to reduce the city’s carbon impact, the data to validate and inform such approaches is often lacking. To this end, many cities rely upon city-wide carbon...
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Ms Elsen Aydin (ODTÜ-GÜNAM), Ms İlkim Canlı (ODTÜ-GÜNAM), Prof. İpek Gürsel Dino (METU)7/8/25, 2:30 PMSS 09 | Governing the “Carbon neutral city”: barriers and enablers for an integrated climate governance in citiesOral
This presentation focuses on how digital tools can support cities in achieving carbon neutrality by providing smarter decision-making frameworks. Using examples from the UP2030 project in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district, it highlights tools like “Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM) and Urban Building Transport Energy Modeling (UBTEM): AI-based Digital Decisionmaking Tool for Decarbonization”....
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