Anticipatory climate governance: Limits to current practices in Montreal.

内容摘要

City leadership appears key in driving the transition towards a liveable future. Trying to bring specific visions of the future into present decisions and actions is what anticipatory governance is about. However, the literature has highlighted a lack of discussion of the use of anticipatory practices in urban climate governance. What anticipatory practices do cities employ to tackle climate change and work towards a desirable future? What limitations does it involve? The City of Montreal provides an effective case study as, recently, it has been the locus of large projects representative of the three dominant approaches of climate action-climate planning, carbon control and reporting and experimentation. Our results indicate that traditional tools such as reporting, urban planning regulations and bylaws are the strategies urban actors rely on to advance towards desirable futures. And yet, they seem to be missing opportunities to act in the present for these desirable futures, especially to increase equity in urban climate action. This research offers a concrete and empirical exploration of cities' anticipatory practices regarding climate change, ultimately contributing to the literature on anticipatory urban climate governance. 城市领导层似乎是推动城市向宜居未来转变的关键。将具体的未来愿景融入当前的决策与行动，这正是预期治理的核心所在。然而，现有文献指出，城市气候治理领域缺乏对预期性措施应用的相关讨论。城市采取哪些预期性措施来应对气候变化并努力实现理想的未来？这个过程涉及哪些限制？蒙特利尔市提供了有效的案例研究，因为近年来该市已成为代表三种主要气候行动方式（气候规划、碳控制和报告，以及气候实验）的大型项目的所在地。我们的结果表明，报告、城市规划法规和附则等传统工具是城市参与者朝着理想未来迈进所依赖的策略。然而，他们似乎错失了为实现这些理想未来而立即采取行动的机会，尤其是提高城市气候行动公平性的机会。本文对城市应对气候变化的预期性措施进行了具体的、实证的探索，最终可为预期性城市气候治理的研究做出贡献。.