Zero-Emission Cities

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🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Can we solve the climate crisis by reimagining our cities? Climate activists have long envisioned the zero-carbon cities of the future. Now, with COVID-19 shutting down congested urban areas, city dwellers from Los Angeles to New Delhi are getting a rare taste of clean air and blue skies. But the view is also more clear of things more painful to see - social inequalities that have existed for generations. “This is an opportunity to think about what kind of systems do we actually want, what kind of future do we envision for our cities and for our economy,” says sustainability expert Eva Gladek. “And how do we actually try to address multiple challenges at once when looking toward that future.” Visit climateone.org/watch-and-listen/podcasts for more information on today's episode. Guests: Ani Dasgupta, Global Director, World Resources Institute, Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Eva Gladek, Founder and CEO, Metabolic Lauren Faber O'Connor, Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles Additional interview: Lubna Ahmed, Director of Environmental Health, WE ACT for Environmental Justice This program is generously underwritten by ClimateWorks Foundation and was recorded via video on April 20, 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Climate One, our zero-emission cities in our future.
0:06.4	Climate One conversations feature oil companies and environmentalists,
0:09.9	Republicans and Democrats, the exciting and the scary aspects of the climate challenge.
0:15.0	I'm Greg Dalton.
0:28.8	If the COVID-19 crisis is showing us anything, it is showing us that we are all a completely interconnected society at where this pandemic is hurting everybody. And climate change is
0:37.2	hurting and will continue to hurt everybody.
0:40.3	It's been said many times, we're all in this together. But as the current health crisis so
0:45.3	dramatically reveals, not all of our communities have been impacted equally. Today, we explore
0:50.5	the role of cities around the world and building a just and sustainable future for all
0:54.7	their citizens. And clear skies are only part of the picture. What we're looking for is not just a low-carbon
1:01.1	city or low-carbon world. We're looking for a successful city. A successful city has a place where
1:07.1	people have jobs. People can create welfare for the families and do what they need to do.
1:12.6	It is a thriving place.
1:14.6	My guest today are three experts leading the charge toward creating that thriving city of the future.
1:19.6	Ani Das Gupta is global director of the Ross Center for Sustainable Cities at the World Resources Institute.
1:25.6	Lauren Faber O'Connor is Chief Sustainability Officer
1:28.3	for the City of Los Angeles under Mayor Eric Garcetti.
1:31.3	And Eva Gladdock is founder and CEO of Metabolic,
1:34.3	a consulting firm based in Amsterdam that is working towards a sustainable economy.
1:39.3	All three are joining me remotely today to talk about building and maintaining zero-carbon cities.
1:45.0	This program is generously underwritten by the Climate Works Foundation, which has supported
1:49.0	Climate One since I created it more than a decade ago.
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