HOT TAKE: Urban Legends - Sorting City Climate Facts from Fiction
As the climate crisis accelerates, our information ecosystem has become a critical battleground. Coordinated climate disinformation - driven by fossil fuel interests - is increasingly targeting cities...
6 Aug 29min
HOT TAKE: Can Cities Clean Up the Cloud?
As the AI boom drives an unprecedented rush for computing power, cities face a critical question: how do we support digital expansion, without derailing net-zero climate goals? Left unregulated, data ...
23 Jul 23min
The Shipping Forecast: Climate Edition
The winds of change are blowing through the world’s maritime hubs…despite some national governments’ efforts to the contrary. While the shipping industry carries 90% of global trade, it also leaves a ...
19 Mai 36min
Creating ecosystems of climate truth: How can cities defend information integrity?
From fossil fuel lobbying to coordinated political disinformation campaigns, vested interests have built a profitable disinformation infrastructure designed to spread confusion, polarize debate, and e...
5 Mai 32min
The Cloud vs the Climate? Lessons from Ireland on the data centre debate
As our lives become increasingly digital, the infrastructure powering them is sparking a global debate: we need data centres, but at what cost to the climate and our access to energy? These massive fa...
21 Apr 32min
HOT TAKE: One day, millions of journeys: Celebrating World Public Transport Day!
Ready for a ride? In this episode, we’re celebrating the inaugural World Public Transport Day, created by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), along with its global partners, and ...
16 Apr 19min
A Tale of Two Cities: A New Chapter
In this episode of Cities 1.5, we bring you another "Tale of Two Cities" - but this time, David sits down with two pioneering mayors from opposite ends of the globe. Despite their vastly different his...
24 Mar 32min
