Climate Resistance and Local Governmental Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Air, Climate Change and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 19 April 2026 | Viewed by 1426
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Between May 29 and 30, 2025, Stanford University convened a conference, Climate Resistance and Local Governmental Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv. Despite their differences in size and geography, both of these cities face similar challenges in fashioning their responses to the anticipated adverse impacts of rapid climate change. To enhance climate resilience and ensure the effective implementation of climate policies, it is essential to not only consider the technical integrity of adaptation programs, but also the socio-economic and cultural diversity unique to each city. This Special Issue of Sustainability thus seeks to provide a platform for research and presentations made at the conference, as well as other articles by scholars that contain relevant policy analysis and case studies on effective interventions by government to enhance climate resilience.
Articles submitted should seek to shed light on how climate resilience strategies can be adapted across different scales and contexts. They should provide insights about navigating the complex interactions between central and local governments in designing climate adaptation programs. Articles should present replicable findings or provide empirical experience and valuable insights, with the aim of helping decision-makers more effectively utilize limited resources in their efforts to achieve the greatest possible reduction in climate-related risks.
The Special Issue is designed to foster creative thinking about how equity-focused climate actions can be tailored to the unique needs, capacities and values of diverse communities within cities, especially those facing rising sea levels, increased water scarcity, heat stress, flooding and other climate-related challenges to quality of life.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Alon Tal
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate resilience
- local government policy
- urban climate adaptation
- equity-focused climate actions
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