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Across the world, cities of various sizes have been seen to acknowledge the impact that local governments can have when it comes to shaping and orchestrating a development towards an environmentally sustainable future. One of the first global indicators of this was the convention of the first UN World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future in 1990 and the foundation in 1991 of ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), all in preparation for the 1992 UN Rio Summit on the Environment.
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Salskov-Iversen, D. (2014). Environmental Sustainability Strategy and City Government. In: Joyce, P., Bryson, J.M., Holzer, M. (eds) Developments in Strategic and Public Management. IIAS Series: Governance and Public Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137336972_14
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