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Table 2 Three modes of orchestration

From: Understanding how city networks are leveraging climate action: experimentation through C40

Orchestration mode

Orchestrator

Intermediary

Logic

Objectives

Complementary

UNFCCC Secretariat, UNSG, EU Commission

IPCC, ICLEI, Green Climate Fund

Inclusion, Participation

Bolster regime capacity and legitimacy

Coordinating

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Individual cities

C40, CDP, cCR

Autonomy, Recognition, Enhancing capacity

Augment governance capacity and political capital

Emergent

Siemens, World Bank

ISO, GHG Protocol for Cities, City Credit Ratings

Competitive standing, Development, Trustworthiness

Enhance return on investment and impact of capital investments

  1. Source: Gordon and Johnson (2017, p. 703)