The politics of urban climate futures: Lessons from urban agriculture

Abstract

Taken together, this volume constitutes a systematic mapping, exploration, and interrogation of the nature of agency and empowerment in urban climate politics and action. It brings together contributions from scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds whose research focus on a variety of geographical areas and political positions. The breadth and depth of these contributions– theoretically, conceptually, empirically, and methodologically– speak to the driving questions outlined in the introduction to the book: who are the novel agents in urban climate governance; how are they empowered; and what is the empowering effect of increased agents and agency in urban climate governance? In this brief concluding chapter, we reflect on these contributions and synthesize the main arguments presented. This leads to key lessons on agency and empowerment in urban climate politics and opens upchallenging perspectives for a future research agenda on these themes in the politics of urban climate futures.