Herman Daly’s Great Debates: The enduring vitality of Ecological Economics
Ecological economics lies at the heart of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy and C40’s mission. It recognises that the former gold standard of measuring economic success – the growth of gr...
19 Mars 202439min
Last-minute pledges and sobering science: Where is the World, Post-COP28?
Last year's COP28 conference ended with a historic first: after dramatic and tense negotiations lasting deep into the night, representatives from across the globe agreed upon a roadmap to transition a...
12 Mars 202446min
Why Women are Saving the Planet
The UN Women slogan for International Women’s Day 2024 is “Invest in women: Accelerate progress,” and in support of this goal we’re opening Season 3 of Cities 1.5 with a production team takeover! Davi...
5 Mars 202451min
TRAILER - Cities 1.5 Season 3: Our Post-COP World & Beyond
This past December, COP28 signalled the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. 150 heads of state came to the consensus that in order to halve emissions by 2030 - the target that scientists have...
27 Feb 20242min
From global warming to global boiling: The dangerous present & future of the world’s climate
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been warning us for decades that record-breaking, hot, fire- and smoke-filled summers like the one we just experienced will continue to be the ...
28 Nov 202351min
Camino de Ecologia: Latin American Cities Innovating to Save the Planet
In the face of enforced mass migration, the rising cost of recovery from increasing climate disasters, and an uncertain future without drastic and immediate action, it’s important to hold up examples ...
21 Nov 202339min
A Tale of Two Cities: A Global North & South Case Study in Resilience
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”: the first line of the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities is an idea that the two cities featured in this episode’s case study know all to...
14 Nov 202346min
Planting 1 million trees to turn the temperature down: How cities in the Global North and South are battling extreme heat
July 2023 was the hottest month globally since records began. Combine that with several months filled with a series of extreme weather events - from heatwaves in Europe, North America and Asia, to wil...
7 Nov 202333min
