Voluntary Climate Initiatives and Effective City Climate Action

This co-creation workshop will focus on voluntary climate initiatives and urban governance—how city-led programmes set rules, mobilise participants, and drive implementation beyond formal regulation. We are discussing different design features of initiatives (membership rules, monitoring, knowledge sharing), policy linkages, and outcomes (e.g. renewable energy). The workshop is organised in the context of ACHIEVE, a Horizon Europe project that aims to strengthen and scale up high-integrity voluntary climate action towards achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century. 

    Agenda

• Welcome & Context (10 min)
• Presentation 1: General Landscape of Voluntary Subnational Climate Initiatives - Angel Hsu (10 min)
• Presentation 2: Effectiveness and Impact on Cities - Lauri Peterson (10 min)
• Presentation 3: Voluntary Climate Initiatives and City Offsets - Ellen Chappell (10 min)
• Group Discussions with 5–6 Participants per Group (35 min)

• Plenary Summary & Closing (15 min)

  Speakers
  Angel Hsu, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Lauri Peterson, Senior Researcher, University of Eastern Finland, Radboud University
  Ellen Chappell, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science
  
  Thursday, 22 January
  16:00–17:30 (EET)
  Online
  Register and be part of the discussion on how cities can accelerate climate action through voluntary initiatives