Diezmartínez, C.V., Short Gianotti, A.G. US cities increasingly integrate justice into climate planning and create policy tools for climate justice. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Show that large cities across the US are increasingly incorporating justice into their climate action plans and developing policy tools to integrate justice and equity concerns into their climate mitigation policies

Case:

• Cities in the US

Methodology:

• Ordinal logistic regression

Data Source

• Socioeconomic
• Climate action plan

Findings:

• 69% cities are attentive to justice in their climate action

• The time of publication of the climate action plans is a significant determinant of cities’ level of engagement with justice

Coding Reference:

• Not applicable