While researchers have paid growing attention to transnational city engagement in both the policy fields of migration and climate change, there is a dearth of studies exploring how cities claim agency and start acting in emerging global climate mobility debates. Moreover, city diplomacy research tends to focus predominantly on city actors from the global North. We aim to address this research bias and advance academic debates by exploring African city diplomacy in global climate mobility debates. Specifically, we examine the question: How do African cities claim recognition as relevant actors in global dialogues on climate mobility, and what kind of action do they take? To find answers, we draw on a role theory framework analysing empirical research undertaken within an international, interdisciplinary research project.

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全球气候流动性辩论中的非洲城市外交

尽管研究人员越来越关注跨国城市在移民和气候变化政策领域的参与，但仍缺乏探索城市如何在新兴的全球气候流动性辩论中发挥作用并开始采取行动的研究。此外，城市外交研究往往主要关注北半球的城市参与者。我们的目标是通过在全球气候流动性辩论中探索非洲城市外交来解决这种研究偏见并推进学术辩论。具体来说，我们研究了这样一个问题：非洲城市如何在气候流动性全球对话中获得相关参与者的认可，以及它们采取了哪些行动？为了找到答案，我们利用角色理论框架来分析在国际跨学科研究项目中进行的实证研究。