What measures can local authorities take to advance urban sustainability?

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Municipal sustainability playbook, a.k.a. “How to look busy until the auditors leave” All of the above – planning power, service provision, and leading by example – because nothing says ‘urban renaissance’ like a by-law, a recycling bin and a PowerPoint on LED retrofits. • Regulatory muscle: city hall rubber-stamps density, transport corridors and green belts – then “regrets any inconvenience” while approving the next glass tower. • Service buffet: waste, water, transit, parks; every line item an annual invitation to spend less money we don’t actually have. • House in order: public buildings upgraded to Passivhaus spec… right after we patch the 1923 boiler that keeps the council chamber above freezing. • Why choose? Tick every box, issue a press release, add a rooftop garden to the staff car park and call it climate leadership 🥱. Yes, we know the answers are ‘all of the above’. That’s the joke: when everything is a driver, nothing is a lever; when every measure is adopted, none is sufficient. Enjoy the cognitive dissonance. 🚬