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Podcast, 54 mins

Cities & Climate Change

Part of Urban Radar
27 Feb 2025 12:00

On this month's Urban Radar, Beth and Tom discuss:

  • Why recognising the rights of a New Zealand mountain is an urban issue 
  • Conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and its impacts on the city of Goma
  • How cutting US international development funding will impact cities 
  • Whether ‘more-than-schools’ can offer community-level responses to the crisis in young people and children’s mental health
  • Waste tipping in Litchfield, UK

And in our Special Feature, they are joined by Professor Vanesa Castán Broto and David Dodman, two external authors of the UN-Habitat World Cities Report to discuss:

  • What role do cities and local governments have in addressing climate change?
  • Which communities are impacted most by climate change?
  • What is a just transition?
  • How do formal and informal systems support or hinder low carbon action?
  • What are the limits and possibilities of action at local, national and international levels?

Credits

Podcast Production, Presentation & Editing

  • Tom Goodfellow, Professor of Urban Studies and International Development at the University of Sheffield
  • Beth Perry, Professor of Urban Epistemics at the University of Sheffield and Director of the Urban Institute

Post-Production Editing & Marketing

Training & Production Support

  • Jack Clayton, Creative Media Service Support Adviser at the University of Sheffield

Sheffield Urbanism Editing Advice

Distribution, Promotion and Marketing

  • Riya Singh, Research Assistant at the Urban Institute
  • Vicky Simpson, Research Manager at the University of Sheffield

Music

Horizon

  • Music by Tom Goodfellow
  • Recorded & Produced by Alan Thomson

Falling Down

  • Music by Tom Goodfellow
  • Performed by the Dice
  • Produced by Alan Thomson

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Special Thanks

  • Supported by the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Sheffield
  • Thank you to the Creative Media Suite at the University of Sheffield

See also