This paper identifies, categorizes, and elaborates the informational mechanisms that governments and municipalities employ to become eco-sustainable. Specifically, it illustrates how municipalities are successfully reducing greenhouse gas emissions using Green IS. Based on case studies of Bristol and Manchester, the findings are significant in that they demonstrate how Green IS can be comprehended, adopted, implemented, and assimilated in municipalities and organizational fields. The findings are also noteworthy in that they advance the use of mechanism-based institutional theory in IS research. Thus, this paper helps to inform society on how it can address its greatest challenge—the climate emergency.

本文对政府和市政当局为实现生态可持续发展所采用的信息机制进行了识别，分类和阐述。具体而言，它说明了市政当局如何使用Green IS成功减少温室气体排放。基于布里斯托尔和曼彻斯特的案例研究，发现具有重大意义，因为它们证明了如何在市政当局和组织领域中理解，采用，实施和吸收Green IS 。这些发现也是值得注意的，因为它们促进了基于机制的制度理论在信息系统研究中的使用。因此，本文有助于告知社会如何应对最大的挑战-气候紧急情况。