Global Cities movement: NGOs are taking on global governance directly to modify us - UK Column News

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Sources: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-12th-december-2022
- Mark Anderson commentary: Global cities used to be merely an annual talking point at the Council on Foreign Relations but is now being seeded into academia and the media year-round
- New hobby-horse, World Society Theory—emphasises the role of “global culture” in modifying the behaviour of individuals
- Chicago Council on Global Affairs (formerly Chicago CFR): Better city network data empowers climate action from below
Mark Anderson analysis: The nation state is being elbowed out
- University of California Press: Toward global urban climate mitigation: linking national and polycentric systems of environmental change or doi.org/10.1525/sod.2021.0018
David Scott commentary: This is being seen in practice in the likes of Edinburgh with 20-minute neighbourhoods, but the city councils omit to mention that it is global policy
Mark Anderson commentary: The fix is in globally; the Delphi technique involves presenting a faux choice for a fait accompli

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