Cities Leading the Way

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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While the federal government has all but abandoned trying to address the climate crisis, cities around the world are stepping up. C40 is an international network of 97 cities representing 920 million people and 23% of the world’s economy. Almost three out of four of these cities have already peaked their emissions. Here in the U.S., Climate Mayors is a bipartisan network of nearly 350 municipal leaders, representing 48 states and more than 70 million Americans. How are cities innovating on reducing emissions, adapting to increasing climate risks, and — perhaps most importantly — sharing their knowledge? Episode Guests: Eric Garcetti, C40 Ambassador for Global Climate Diplomacy; Former Mayor, Los Angeles Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix; Former Chair, Climate Mayors For show notes, related links, and episode transcript, visit https://climateone.org/podcasts Highlights: 00:00 Intro 2:46 Eric Garcetti on his time as mayor of LA 9:45 Eric Garcetti on where cities are moving the needle 17:47 Eric Garcetti on cities on the world stage 22:11 Eric Garcetti on the work of C40 26:20 Eric Garcetti on knowledge sharing 32:17 Eric Garcetti on co-leading 40:11 Kate Gallego on dealing with the heat in Phoenix 43:46 Kate Gallego on affordability 48:10 Kate Gallego on regulating data centers 52:35 Kate Gallego on working with other mayors ********** Support Climate One by going ad-free! By subscribing to Climate One on ⁠Patreon⁠, you’ll receive exclusive access to all future episodes free of ads, opportunities to connect with fellow Climate One listeners, and access to the Climate One Discord. Sign up today at ⁠patreon.com/ClimateOne⁠. Ad sales by ⁠Multitude⁠. Contact them for ad inquiries at ⁠multitude.productions/ads⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Arianna Brocious.
0:02.0	I'm Kushan Avidhar.
0:03.0	And this is Climate One.
0:05.0	Right now, it can feel like there's a real lack of climate leadership and action.
0:12.0	The Trump administration has actively rejected any attempt at addressing the climate crisis.
0:17.0	Yeah, the story here in the U.S. feels bleak.
0:20.0	Federal rollbacks, court fights, and headlines about us stepping back from climate climate crisis. Yeah, the story here in the U.S. feels bleak.
0:20.9	Federal rollbacks, court fights, and headlines about us stepping back from global commitments
0:26.1	like the Paris Agreement again.
0:28.7	Even the language federal officials are using is dismissive.
0:31.8	It's all true.
0:33.1	And it's also true that if you zoom in a little closer, you start to see where action is absolutely being
0:38.9	taken. We're talking about cities. And that matters because about 80% of Americans actually live in
0:45.4	cities. I mean, case and point, Ariana, you and I both live in cities. True, though Tucson and
0:50.6	Brooklyn are very different cities. Ariana, what are you talking about?
0:58.3	It's saguoro cactus, not saguaro, Kusha.
1:00.4	Never heard of that, but I trust you.
1:07.8	While federal leadership has abandoned climate policy, many city leaders have stepped up.
1:12.1	Today, we're talking to some of my favorite types of politicians, and yes, I do have a favorite type of politician, and it includes mayors, because they are really there
1:16.7	on the ground. There were policy talk meets action. Right. Cities don't have the luxury of
1:22.2	debating whether climate change is real. I mean, arguably, none of us do. But cities are managing
1:27.3	the impacts from it in real
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