The Hidden Infrastructure of Urban Resilience
Cities aren’t just structures. They’re people. In the rapidly urbanising cities of the global majority, many of those people are migrant workers. They often work informally, with limited protection w...
7 Apr 31min
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
Lead like a girl - In conversation with Catherine McKenna
What links the Paris Agreement, Barbie and Arnold Schwarzenegger? The answer is this week’s guest on Cities 1.5! As a key architect of the Paris Agreement, Catherine McKenna - Canada’s former Minister...
10 Mar 26min
Whose Streets? Our Streets: Curbing Fossil Fuel Industry Disinformation
In a world where climate emergencies are being declared daily, why do so many of our city streets and public transport networks have misleading ads for the very industries driving the crisis? Our conv...
24 Feb 27min
HOT TAKE: The Kids are alright - Youth take the Mic in Rio
Hot Take: the climate crisis isn’t some abstract data point or a dry policy debate, it’s a deeply human story of survival. Right now, a whole generation is growing up inside the emergency, doing the h...
19 Feb 18min
Tales from the Belly of the Beast: An ExxonMobil Whistleblower’s Story
What would you risk to tell the truth, if the institution you served was one of the most powerful corporations on Earth? Early scientific warnings about global heating have long stood in tension with ...
10 Feb 31min
Mayoral Deep Dive: US cities as climate first responders
Across the United States, cities are acting as climate first responders - carrying climate action forward even as national politics grow more hostile. From clean energy and buildings to transport, lan...
27 Jan 30min
Economics and the City
In times of profound geopolitical turbulence - wars, trade shocks, energy insecurity, and climate breakdown - something unexpected is happening: while autocratic leaders double down on fossil fuels an...
13 Jan 31min
