Local-carbon leadership: Harnessing policy studies to analyse local mayors and renewable energy transitions in three Japanese cities

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Local-carbon leadership: Harnessing policy studies to analyse local mayors and renewable energy transitions in three Japanese cities

This paper examines the roles of local governments that are in the early stages of a transformation from centralised to decentralised energy, while drawing on the lessons learned from the experience of three municipalities in Japan. The author asks what drives the transition to renewable energy at t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Takao, Yasuo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80326

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