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"Think global, act local" is one of the UN's catchphrases, and it's time to think about sustainability at the local level as well, according to a new paper out of Germany's University of G ? ttingen.
"A significant proportion of the world population lives in such settings and they therefore comprise an important, but often overlooked, sphere of sustainability and climate action," the paper states, per the Guardian.
And it's not just big cities that need to up their game.
"Compared to other governance levels or big cities, smaller local authorities face well-known challenges including the impacts of climate change, questions of buildings and housing, mobility, health, or digitalization, in different ways," the paper states.
"For example, compared to metropolitan areas, lower population density and a different demographic structure into specific needs and challenges, which limit the transferability of lessons and approaches that may have been developed in big cities or on higher governance levels."
That's why the University of G ? ttingen is calling for submissions to a special issue on the subject.
"While strict generalization tends to be difficult in highly localized settings where context matters immensely, the special issue will identify common challenges and opportunities that permit learning about the realities of working towards sustainability and
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