@misc{10481/106488,
year = {2025},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/106488},
abstract = {Innovative, data-driven strategies for research and improved global mitigation
action are essential to tackle climate change. This research employs network science
methods to understand the transitive network structures of diverse climate action
measures or initiatives and reveal patterns that highlight policy pathways and
cooperation for these initiatives. Our framing of climate action as a multi-layered
network allows us to more explicitly illustrate the interdependencies between
government mandates, business sustainability efforts, and social action partnerships.
We identify normalized network metrics, such as centrality and structural balance,
to reveal proxies for policy pathways that improve coordination while supporting
the EU-level focus on influential agents and influential path trajectories for support.
This study enhances the field of collaborative sustainability by introducing network
science theory into climate action planning. Our results demonstrate that climate
action networks leverage the potential of influential nodes that can facilitate larger
systemic shifts. This study expands our analytical scope to examine the temporal
evolution of climate action within networks, assessing how influencing policy
agendas and social mandates affect the trajectory of climate action sustainability
implementation. We use case studies of climate action initiatives to demonstrate the
utility of the framework in informing decisions. We identify the brokers and present
the sectors that should be engaged for effective climate action networks to maximize
collaboration and resourceful engagement and learning through climate action
policies or programs. The research findings provide actionable recommendations for
policymakers, institutions, and advocacy groups in the climate action area.},
organization = {European Union - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (8101152528)},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Climate change},
keywords = {Network science},
keywords = {Brokers},
title = {Driving climate action: brokers as catalysts in EU policy networks},
doi = {10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9},
author = {Nita, Andreea and Zamorano Toro, Montserrat and Caro González, Ana L. and Rozylowicz, Laurentiu},
}