There’s a crucial link between good green jobs and public transport - in London, and around the world. This episode features a live podcast conversation that was organised by C40 Cities and the International Transport Workers Federation and recorded at London Climate Action Week in June 2023. Inspired by the mission of delivering a fair, inclusive, and just climate transition, this session titled “Investing in public transport: boosting green jobs and climate action” includes voices from London, England, as well as representatives for its transportation industry. Featured guests: Mikaela Loach is a youth climate justice activist and co-host of The YIKES Podcast, where they break down issues like climate impacts in an accessible, intersectional, and nuanced way to guide towards unified action. She is the bestselling author of It’s Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World. Seb Dance is Deputy Mayor of Transport for London, delivering the Mayor’s transport strategy and ensuring 80% of all journeys in London are on foot, by cycle or by public transport by 2041.  Livia Spera is General Secretary of the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF), which represents over 5 million transport workers in 41 countries. She was nominated as the ETF Acting General Secretary in 2019. Paul Ainsworth has been employed as a bus driver by Go Ahead for over 20 years. He also holds a range of elected roles within Unite, one of the United Kingdom’s leading unions, and has recently been elected to the union’s national Executive Council. Links: European Transport Workers’ Federation C40 Good Green Jobs Campaign The Future Is Public Transport Public transport Global Coalition Statement Spotlight On: Green Jobs and a Just Transition How cities can make public transport inclusive, equitable and accessible for everyone How to make public transport an attractive option in your city Good green jobs: How to ensure an equitable, just transition for workers Bogotá's 'La Rolita' project | Training women in public sector green jobs Image credit: © Charlotte Ager - C40  If you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website: https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/ Cities 1.5 is a podcast by University of Toronto Press and is produced in association with the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy. Our executive producers are Isabel Sitcov, Peggy Whitfield, Jessica Abraham, and Claudia Rupnik. Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/ Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/