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Last episode of Cities 1.5, we took you into the Arctic region through the perspectives of a world-renowned scientist and seasoned canoeist and river guide. This time, we’re staying in that region - but we’re speaking to an expert who hails from the circumpolar North about the connections between climate change and human rights. Because Indigenous communities have been calling attention to warming temperatures in the Arctic, and the resulting impacts on their ways of life, for decades already.

Image Credit: Right Livelihood Award 2015 Stockholm 12 / 2015, Wolfgang Schmidt


Featured guest:
Sheila-Watt-Cloutier is an icon in the climate advocacy world, as well as an award-winning Inuk activist and celebrated author. Her book, The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet is a national bestseller that deals with the effects of the climate crisis on Inuit communities. She has been a political representative for Inuit at the regional, national, and international levels, most recently as International Chair for the Inuit Circumpolar Council. Sheila was instrumental in the global negotiations that led to the 2001 Stockholm Convention banning the generation and use of persistent organic pollutants that contaminate the Arctic food web.

Links
Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy
Arctic Impacts: Knowledge from the North - Cities 1.5 podcast
Upirngasaq (Arctic Spring) by Sheila Watt-Cloutier in Granta
Book review: The Right to be Cold, by Sheila Watt-Cloutier - The Earthbound Report
Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC): United Voice of the Arctic 
Petition To The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief From
Violations Resulting from Global Warming Caused By Acts and Omissions of the United States
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)
Human rights violated by Swiss inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case - The Guardian
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 Dali Carmichael and Peggy Whitfield.
Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/
Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

The Arctic is heating at four times the rate of the rest of the planet, and is a key indicator region for mapping the impacts of the climate crisis. Glacial melt is predicted to contribute to disastrous rates of sea-level rise which will have catastrophic impacts on global cities, coastal communities and the millions of people who live there. It is crucial that we  do everything we can in our cities to ensure that the Arctic does have a future…because all of our futures depend on it.

Image Credit: Photo by Roxanne Desgagnés on Unsplash

Featured in this episode: Xuemei Bai, distinguished professor for Urban Environment and Human Ecology at the Australian National University

Featured guests:
Al Pace is one of Canada’s most accomplished Arctic river guides. He co-founded Canoe North Adventures with his wife, Lin, in 1987, and has been taking people into the far north of Canada by canoe and raft ever since. In the off season, Al is the owner of The Farmhouse Pottery where he crafts beautiful stoneware.

Dr Victoria Herrmann is a Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute. In 2022, she was named as one of the top 100 most influential people in climate policy worldwide by the Apolitical Group. She led the America’s Eroding Edges project, and she is currently working on the initiative, Preserving Legacies: A Future for Our Past. Dr Herrmann is a bastion of hope for the work that can and must be done for the Arctic.

Links
Last-minute pledges and sobering science: Where is the World, Post-COP28? Cities 1.5 podcast
Sea of methane sealed beneath Arctic permafrost could trigger climate feedback loop if it escapes - Live Science
15 towns and cities starting new cooperation across the Arctic - Arctic Urban Regional Cooperation (AURC) progr
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 Dali Carmichael and Peggy Whitfield.
Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/
Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

Cities 1.5 Host David Miller’s book Solved: How the World’s Greatest Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis has just been released to paperback in a revised version and with an all new chapter just in time for World Book and Copyright Day! In it, he chronicles the stories of cities who have taken action to meet - and exceed - the emissions targets laid out in the Paris Agreement to transition away from fossil fuels.

In this episode, we turn the tables: David takes his place in  the interviewee hotseat, and his editor, Jodi Lewchuk, asks him about writing Solved.

Stay tuned after the interview to hear an excerpt from the Solved audiobook now available on Audible, read by David himself.

Guest host:
Jodi Lewchuck is an Acquisitions Editor with the University of Toronto Press, and was the editor for Solved: How the World’s Greatest Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis. Jodi is passionate about acquiring books that shift the narrative and lead to social change, including scholarly work in environmental studies, urban studies, Indigenous studies, geography, anthropology, and sociology. She relishes supporting books and authors that find new ways to engage readers and highlight social issues.

Links
My Country is on Fire. We know who the arsonists are - by David Miller, C40 Centre of City Climate Policy & Economy newsletter
The cost of fossil gas: The health, economic and environmental implications for cities - C40 website
How cities can climate budget - Cities 1.5 podcast
Funders’ Focus: Philanthropic efforts that are driving the fight against climate breakdown - CIties 1.5 podcast, featuring Jesper Nygård, CEO of Realdania
Herman Daly’s Great Debates: The enduring vitality of Ecological Economics - Cities 1.5 podcast
Disinformation thrives in times of crisis - Cities 1.5 podcast, featuring Jennie King from ISDD
Fighting Fossil Fuels: Decarbonising with Data Mapping - Cities 1.5 podcast
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 Dali Carmichael and Peggy Whitfield.
Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/
Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

 By 2035, global fossil fuel use must be reduced to 50% of 2020 levels - or else we will face uncertain and serious consequences. But the fossil fuel industry keeps forging ahead, making billions at the expense of all of us, through attempts to re-brand fossil gas as a clean energy alternative, using disinformation narratives to delay and deceive, and advocating for the building of new fossil fuel infrastructure. One way to combat these actions of the fossil fuel industry is to collate and make available existing fossil fuel infrastructure. In other words, to map it.

Photo by Zaptec on Unsplash

Featured guests:
Faye Holder is a Program Manager at InfluenceMap, a think tank which produces data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis. Faye manages InfluenceMap’s workstreams on 'Oil and Gas' and 'Digital Media and Advertising', and has carried out vital work on exposing The International Gas Union’s Climate Strategy in a wide-ranging report. Faye has also worked in partnership with C40 to create resources for mayors, cities and youth in order to debunk the myths and false claims made by the fossil gas industry and to demystify fossil fuel disinformation.

Ted Nace is the founder and Executive Director of Global Energy Monitor, which develops and analyzes data on energy infrastructure, resources, and uses, and provides open access to information that is essential to building a sustainable energy future. Ted is also the co-founder of computer book publisher Peachpit Press and is the author of Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy and Climate Hope: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Coal.

Links
The cost of fossil gas: The health, economic and environmental implications for cities - C40 Knowledge Hub
Disinformation Thrives in Times of Crisis - Cities 1.5
Lobbymap.org
Reality Check: US Renewable Energy Portfolios Can Outcompete New Gas Plants - Rocky Mountain Institute
Divesting from Fossil Fuels, Investing in Our Future:
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 Dali Carmichael and Peggy Whitfield.
Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/
Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

Next time on Cities 1. 5, it's a special takeover episode! Acquisitions Editor at University of Toronto Press, Jodi Lewchuk, interviews David about his book, Solved: How the World's Great Cities Are Fixing The Climate Crisis. Solved has just been released in paperback this week with an all-new chapter.

David will be at the University of Toronto Bookstore on Wednesday, April 17th to celebrate the launch. Visit utpjournals.press for all the details - we'd love to see you there.  And tune in to the next episode of Cities 1. 5 to hear Jodi turn the tables on David and interview him about Solved. You won't want to miss it!
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 Dali Carmichael and Peggy Whitfield.
Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/
Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/

Cities stand on the frontline of the climate crisis - so they must also work to create frontline policies that support the global systems change required to ensure that cities have a future. Thanks to philanthropic support from both Global North and Global South organisations, the scientists, artists, and community leaders around the world who are making a climate-assured future possible are ensuring we are one step closer to this becoming reality.

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash

Featured guests:
Jesper Nygård is the CEO of Realdania, a Danish philanthropic association.  As a C40 partner, Realdania has contributed significantly to research and projects that examine the intersection of the climate crisis and the built environment to enable more effective urban climate action. Under Jesper’s tenure, Realdania and C40 created the world-leading DK2020 project, ensuring that all 98 municipalities in Denmark will have created a climate action plan by the end of 2024. The follow on project, the Climate Alliance, will concentrate on delivering these planned actions.

Cléa Daridan is a Senior Curator and Cultural Lead with the philanthropic organization Community Jameel, which supports scientists, humanitarians, technologists and creatives to understand and address pressing human challenges - particularly in the Global South. Community Jameel has funded the Climate Labs in partnership with C40 and J-PAL. Cléa also has many  interesting insights into how climate projects might fuse with health, arts and culture going forward.

Links
Mark Watts’ speech at the C40 World Mayors’ Summit in Mexico City
From local action to global impact: Denmark’s groundbreaking climate action planning - C40 website
Analysis of the emissions reduction contributions of Danish municipalities towards meeting the 70% target by 2030 - C40 Knowledge Hub
Chennai announces mainstreaming of climate action planning through the Jameel C40 Urban Planning Climate Labs - C40 website
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 Dali Carmichael and Peggy Whitfield.
Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/
Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/