Local authorities are an important enabling actor that can guide the private sector and communities to take responsibility for creating policy and regulatory environments that encourage private sector participation aligned with the SDGs' equity and ecological sustainability principles . For example, Frantzeskaki et al.  report a port relocation project in the Netherlands where sustainability principles drove private sector participation. Klein et al.  cite examples from two cities-Helsinki and Copenhagen, where local authorities have shifted adaptation responsibilities to private actors through regulation and public problem ownership. In Mombasa, private companies provide green infrastructure to match local government requirements, in what has frequently been cited as an example of NBS .
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