Cool cities: urban sovereignty and the fix for global warming

Introduction : politics not science

Part One. Making politics work for science. The social contract and the rights of cities

The devolution revolution and the politics of COP 21

Climate change in the anthropocene

The facts are mute, money talks

Privatization and market fundamentalism

Political institutions old and new : cities not nation-states

The road to global governance

Climate justice : making sustainability and resilience complementary

The end of sovereignty redux : a global parliament of mayors

Part Two. Making democracy work for politics. Common principles and urban action

The politics of commensurability and the challenge of trust

City sovereignty and the need for urban networks

A practical climate action agenda

Exemplary cities

Trust among cities : an index of commensurability

Realizing the urban climate agenda.