Mitigating climate change in Italy: a cluster analysis of urban responses

Focus on the urban planning and strategic policy documents related to climate change actions, i.e. adaptation or mitigation efforts, across 32 Italian cities. -The mitigation actions contained in the climate plans are further investigated through cluster analysis to aggregate cities in homogenous groups in policy strategies and mitigation actions. -We found that there are not clear geographic patterns of cities’ responses across Northern and Southern regions or within large and small cities. -The cities and their plans show different levels of ambition to reduce emissions (i.e. mitigation targets), reflecting the different political commitment of Italian local authorities.