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Podcast, 54 mins

Cities & Climate Change

On this month's Urban Radar, Beth and Tom discuss:

  • Why recognising the rights of a New Zealand mountain is an urban issue
  • Conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and its impacts on the city of Goma
  • How cutting US international development funding will impact cities
  • Whether ‘more-than-schools’ can offer community-level responses to the crisis in young people and children’s mental health
  • Waste tipping in Litchfield, UK

And in our Special Feature, they are joined by Professor Vanesa Castán Broto and David Dodman, two external authors of the UN-Habitat World Cities Report to discuss:

  • What role do cities and local governments have in addressing climate change?
  • Which communities are impacted most by climate change?
  • What is a just transition?
  • How do formal and informal systems support or hinder low carbon action?
  • What are the limits and possibilities of action at local, national and international levels?

Credits

  • Guest: Professor Vanesa Castán Broto (Professor of Climate Urbanism at the University of Sheffield)
  • Guest: David Dodman (Visiting Fellow at the University of Sheffield)
  • Podcast Production, Presentation & Editing: Tom Goodfellow (Professor of Urban Studies and International Development at the University of Sheffield)
  • Podcast Production, Presentation & Editing: Beth Perry (Professor of Urban Epistemics at the University of Sheffield and Director of the Urban Institute)
  • Post-Production Editing & Marketing: Polly Clifton (Student at the University of Sheffield)
  • Training & Production Support: Jack Clayton (Creative Media Service Support Adviser at the University of Sheffield)
  • Distribution, Promotion and Marketing: Vicky Simpson (Research Manager at the University of Sheffield)
  • Podcast Cover: Dan Farley Designs
  • Music: Horizon (Music by Tom Goodfellow, Recorded & Produced by Alan Thomson), Falling Down (Music by Tom Goodfellow, Performed by the Dice, Produced by Alan Thomson)
  • Special Thanks: Supported by the Faculty of Social Science and the Creative Media Suite at the University of Sheffield
Correct as of content publication - 27/02/2025

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