City Climate Strategy and SDG Alignment Analysis from 100 International Cases

Ilektra Papadaki's research dataset, last updated April 28, 2026, analyzes the alignment between city-level climate strategies and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It contains content analysis results from 100 climate strategies formulated by diverse cities worldwide, examining coverage of 17 SDGs and 169 Targets. The findings are synthesized into a framework of 43 types of initiatives that jointly advance climate action and sustainable development.

Use Cases

• Assessing SDG coverage in municipal climate plans based on the analysis of announced initiatives.
• Identifying policy synergies between climate action and sustainable development at the city level based on the correspondence framework.
• Benchmarking city climate strategies against a global sample of 100 international cases.
• Designing actionable climate initiatives that address multiple SDG Targets based on the synthesized framework of 43 initiative types.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on a substantial sample of 100 city climate strategies from diverse locations.
• The framework synthesizes 43 specific types of initiatives that link climate action to 53 SDG Targets.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and adaptation.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 214.6 KB PDF, which is a very small file likely containing summary results rather than raw data.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, limiting understanding of the underlying data structure.
• The data may reflect a specific temporal and geographic bias inherent to the 100 selected city strategies.

Provenance

Source

Author: Ilektra Papadaki. Platform: figshare.

Collection Method

Built on an NDC analysis framework and UN SDG localization guidance, using content analysis of climate strategy documents.

Time Range

Temporal coverage of the source strategies is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 04:29:23.

Geography

Spatial coverage includes diverse cities worldwide, but specific locations are not listed.