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Article

Climate Emergencies in Australian Local Governments: From Symbolic Act to Disrupting the Status Quo?

by
Anthony Greenfield
1,
Susie Moloney
1,2 and
Mikael Granberg
1,3,4,*
1
The Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
2
Centre for Just Places, Jesuit Social Services, Melbourne, VIC 3121, Australia
3
The Centre for Societal Risk Research and Political Science, Karlstad University, 651 88 Karlstad, Sweden
4
The Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Climate 2022, 10(3), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10030038
Submission received: 13 February 2022 / Revised: 25 February 2022 / Accepted: 8 March 2022 / Published: 9 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Anthropogenic Climate Change: Social Science Perspectives)
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Abstract

This paper examines the emerging phenomenon of climate emergency declarations. We focus on the case of Victoria Australia and the 30 councils who have declared a climate emergency with a particular focus on three councils. We explore the drivers, meanings, and implications and to what extent the subsequent plans reflect a reframing of local government roles and actions. We find the emergency declaration movement is catalysing councils beyond symbolic declarations potentially opening up space for change and disruption. Of interest in this paper is also the principal and theoretical implications for citizens, local government, and for research that is connected with this emerging trend. We highlight conclusions, ideas, and perspectives that can be drawn from this study of the Australian practice of climate emergency declarations.
Keywords: climate emergency; climate change governance; local government climate emergency; climate change governance; local government

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Greenfield, A.; Moloney, S.; Granberg, M. Climate Emergencies in Australian Local Governments: From Symbolic Act to Disrupting the Status Quo? Climate 2022, 10, 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10030038

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Greenfield A, Moloney S, Granberg M. Climate Emergencies in Australian Local Governments: From Symbolic Act to Disrupting the Status Quo? Climate. 2022; 10(3):38. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10030038

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Greenfield, Anthony, Susie Moloney, and Mikael Granberg. 2022. "Climate Emergencies in Australian Local Governments: From Symbolic Act to Disrupting the Status Quo?" Climate 10, no. 3: 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10030038

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Greenfield, A., Moloney, S., & Granberg, M. (2022). Climate Emergencies in Australian Local Governments: From Symbolic Act to Disrupting the Status Quo? Climate, 10(3), 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10030038

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