To achieve the Paris Agreement’s climate goals, local governments will play a decisive role. Yet most research has focused on the private sector—leaving big gaps in how we understand public-sector sustainability policies. 

● Stakeholder relations influence cities' adoption of different Environmental policies.

● Survey data were combined with archival data assess policy adoption choices.

● Equality and communal-sharing relations support ambitious city Environmental policies.

● Market and authority ranking relations resist ambitious Environmental policies.

● Local government can leverage supportive stakeholders toward sustainability.

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