This paper examines the linkages between decentralisation and urban climate governance through a literature review, supported by two city case studies: Saint-Louis in Senegal and Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. The paper explores how urban development needs, and the responsibilities, policies and processes required to meet them, are shaped, facilitated or constrained in a context of decentralisation. The case studies demonstrate that there have been a number of initiatives seeking to address climate change, nationally and locally. However, decentralisation needs to progress further: there remains confusion due to overlapping roles and responsibilities between the central government and agencies acting at different levels, and financing at the city scale remains a challenge.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/decentralisation-west-africa-implications-urban-climate-change-governance
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/loan-diep
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/diane-archer
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/cheikh-gueye
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/international-institute-environment-and-development-iied
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/governance
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/senegal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/burkina-faso
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-development
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/political-decentralisation
