Local Greens, 9781009011976
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Can cities truly solve climate change? NYC’s story reveals all.
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Local Greens

cities and twenty-first century environmental problems

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    280 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2025

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Summary

Local Greens: Can Cities Solve Climate Change?

As the federal government faltered in addressing climate change in the early 21st century, US cities pledged to take action. Supported by networks of governments and philanthropists, cities invested in sustainability initiatives. Yet, progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions remained limited.

Local Greens offers a critical analysis of big city governments’ potential to tackle pressing environmental problems. Throug…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781009011976
ISBN-10:1009011979
Author:Katrina M. Wyman, Danielle Spiegel-Feld
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:280
Release Date:31 August 2025
Weight:382g
About The Author

Katrina M. Wyman

Katrina M. Wyman teaches and researches environmental law at New York University School of Law, where she is the Wilf Family Professor of Property Law and Faculty Director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law. She has published extensively on local environmental law and policy.

Danielle Spiegel-Feld spent nearly a decade as Executive Director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University School of Law, where she often worked closely with New York City officials to advance local environmental policy. She is an editor of Global Sustainable Cities (2023).

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