The political ambition of curbing global average temperatures to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels requires significant and profound changes to societal organisation, energy use and consumption. It will not be sufficient to maintain or incrementally change status quo, rather it will require radical and paradigmatic transformative changes. Local governments have dual roles in social transformation: to transform within their own organisation, and to act as a catalyst for transformation locally. We find that key factors for transformation include pursuing and institutionalising a long-term sustainable development agenda; and building networks established between different parts of the municipal organisation, and between the municipalities and local businesses, civil society groups and other relevant actors.

将全球平均温度控制在比工业化前水平高1.5°C的政治抱负要求对社会组织，能源使用和消耗进行重大而深刻的改变。维持或逐步改变现状是不够的，而是需要彻底和范式的变革。地方政府在社会转型中具有双重作用：在自己的组织内进行转型，并充当本地转型的催化剂。我们发现，转型的关键因素包括追求长期的可持续发展议程并使之制度化；并在市政机构的不同部门之间以及市政当局与地方企业，民间社会团体和其他相关行为者之间建立网络。