Podcast, 54 mins
Cities & Climate Change
Part of Urban Radar
27 Feb 2025 12:00
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