@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {14581},
      author = {Hsu, Angel and Rauber, Ross},
      title = {Diverse climate actors show limited coordination in a  large-scale text analysis of strategy documents},
      journal = {Communications Earth & Environment},
      address = {2021-02-09},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {Networks of non-state actors and subnational governments  have proliferated since the Paris Agreement formally  recognized their contributions to global climate change  governance. Understanding the ways these actors are taking  action and how they align with each other and national  governments is critical given the need for coordinated  actions to achieve ambitious global climate goals. Here, we  present a large analysis (n = 9,326), applying large-scale  natural language processing methods and social network  analysis to the climate strategy documents of countries,  regions, cities and companies. We find that climate  mitigation in employee travel and office operations, green  building standards, and municipal and citizen actions are  common themes in climate actions across companies and city  and regional governments, whereas approaches to setting  targets in specific sectors and emissions scopes are more  diverse. We also find links between the strategies of  regions and countries, whereas companies are disconnected.  Gaps in climate action for most actors include adaptation  and consumption/supply-chain emission reduction efforts. We  suggest that although actors may appear to be  self-organizing and allocating climate actions in a  mutually beneficial and synergistic way, there may also be  missed opportunities for deeper coordination that could  result in more ambitious action.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/14581},
}