Rethinking the potential of collaboration for urban climate governance: The case of Hong Kong

Collaboration is strongly promoted as an effective means for cities to respond climate change. While collaboration perceived offer opportunities progress action in cities, little known about how can enable low-carbon transformation practice. Furthermore, while largely framed a positive endeavour, there need more carefully explore the challenges and barriers that may arise. This paper explores aims, processes, outcomes of within urban governance. Drawing on policy review semi-structured interviews, we present empirical findings from case study Hong Kong. identifies three types are structured by regulations, oriented goals, emerge everyday practices governance change energy system. The forms challenge assumptions always brings mobilising opens up different modes highlights significant terms diverse roles actors, ongoing power imbalances, shifting spaces intervention. Given prevailing interest working together, it critical facilitates achieve their goals create momentum action.