The building and construction sector is responsible for a mind-boggling 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The kinds of construction materials we use - and the building sector generally - are also responsible for almost a third of global resource consumption. Shifting to cleaner methods of construction is the only way to minimize the damage we are causing to the planet, while still providing homes, workplaces and vital infrastructure for all.

Featured guests:

Henrique Goes, Clean Construction Manager at C40

Vivek Parekh, Fossil Fuels Program Manager at InfluenceMap

Links:

The building and construction sector’s share in global greenhouse gas emissions - World Economic Forum

UN prediction for rural to urban migration - Our World in Data

Premature deaths from household air pollution - World Health Organization

Clean Construction Programme - C40 Cities

Report on clean construction and green job opportunities - C40 Cities

Influence Map’s LobbyMap

International Gas Union’s Climate Strategy - Influence Map

Electrification as the clearest pathway for decarbonising buildings - IPCC report

State of Victoria’s Gas Substitution Roadmap - Victoria State Government

EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive - European Commission

Overturned gas ban in the City of Berkley - The Guardian

Advanced Energy United

If you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website: https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/

Cities 1.5 is produced by the University of Toronto Press and Cities 1.5 is supported by C40 Cities and the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy. You can sign up to the Centre newsletter here. https://thecentre.substack.com/

Our executive producers are Calli Elipoulos and Peggy Whitfield.

Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/

Edited by Morgane Chambrin: https://www.morganechambrin.com/

Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

Capitalism is an illness: it’s killing our planet, and by extension, us. Economic instability and environmental concerns are symptoms that can only be cured by redefining prosperity in terms of health and wellbeing, so that we can create sustainable, equitable societies. In his new book, The Care Economy, returning guest Tim Jackson dives into historical and systemic reasons behind our current economic challenges and shares personal experiences that highlight the importance of systemic change in healthcare and beyond. He shares insights from his book around the philosophical and practical implications of fostering a balanced, care-oriented economic model - and how it might just save the world.

Image credit: Fernando Manoso-Borgas

Featured guests:

Tim Jackson, ecological economist, radio dramatist, Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP), and author.

Links:

Prosperity without Growth - Tim Jackson

Physiologist Walter Cannon - National Library of Medicine

Aneurin Bevin, architect of the NHS - BBC

Current epidemic of chronic disease - CDC

Ecological Economics - The International Society for Ecological Economics

The Flexner Report - National Library of Medicine

Cities as Urban Laboratories - Cities 1.5

If you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website: https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/

Cities 1.5 is produced by the University of Toronto Press and Cities 1.5 is supported by C40 Cities and the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy. You can sign up to the Centre newsletter here. https://thecentre.substack.com/

Our executive producers are Calli Elipoulos and Peggy Whitfield.

Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/

Edited by Morgane Chambrin: https://www.morganechambrin.com/

Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

Cities around the world are on the frontlines of climate disaster. In Lisbon, Portugal, unprecedented flooding has required the construction of significant climate resilience projects like the city's drainage master plan. In the global south, cities like Ahmedabad, India are getting hotter and hotter…and the women who live in this region are disproportionately impacted physically and financially by heat wave events. But as we can see through the shining examples of both these urban centres, by combining mitigation and adaptation actions - like innovative parametric heat insurance projects, and equitable public transportation initiatives - with community informed policies, we can build resilient cities that will be able to withstand the increasing impacts of climate change.

Featured guests:

Carlos Moedas, Mayor of Lisbon

Kathy Baughman McLeod , CEO, Climate Resilience for All

Links:

10 of the Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities in the World - How Stuff Works

Horizon Europe - European Commission

European Research Council

The US brain drain has begun - Politico

Lisbon approved free public transport for young and elderly residents - Mayors of Europe

Lisbon Mayor Wants Companies to Help Fix City’s Housing Shortage - Bloomberg

Lisbon Drainage Master Plan

Lisbon aims to be carbon neutral by 2030 with EU support - LPP

Climate Resilience for All

Heat and gender: Enhancing her resilience to rising temperatures - World Bank

World-First Financial Product Combining Insurance and Cash Payments for Extreme Heat is a Lifeline for 50,000 Informal Women Workers in India - Climate Resilience for All

If you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website: https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/

Cities 1.5 is produced by the University of Toronto Press and Cities 1.5 is supported by C40 Cities and the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy. You can sign up to the Centre newsletter here. https://thecentre.substack.com/

Our executive producers are Calli Elipoulos and Peggy Whitfield.

Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/

Edited by Morgane Chambrin: https://www.morganechambrin.com/

Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/