Cities are where we will lose or win the climate change battle.
Chapter 8 of the IPCC report on mitigation reported that more than half of the global population now lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to grow to about two-thirds by 2050.
That is a lot of people. And that’s a lot of emissions.
As of 2020, urban areas are the source of about 67-72% of emissions with about 100 of the highest emitting urban areas [currently] accounting for approximately 18% of the global carbon footprint.”
But with problems like urban heat, growing disparities in income and access to food and healthcare, how are mayors uniquely empowered to adapt to everything a climate emergency brings with it?
This week, we have the Mayor of London and Chair of C40, Sadiq Khan. He shares his personal journey with being diagnosed with Adult-Onset Asthma after breathing in too much pollution in London, and how educating the public and bringing people along with you in your leadership is the way forward to cleaner, greener cities.
And this week a special sample of Environmental Music Prize finalist, Holy Holy with their song ‘Hello My Beautiful World’
Enjoy the show!
—
Christiana + Tom’s book ‘The Future We Choose’ is available now!
Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter!
—
Mentioned links from the episode:
LEARN: CDP Cities, States and Regions Open Data Portal
VOTE: Environmental Music Prize
—
Thanks to our guest this week, Sadiq Khan!
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London | Chair of C40 Cities
Twitter | Instagram
Mayor of London
Twitter | Instagram
C40 Cities
Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
—
Thank you to our musical guest this week, Holy Holy!
Holy Holy
Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
Time is running out to vote!
Go to EnvironmentalMusicPrize.com to make sure your vote counts!
—
Keep up with Christiana Figueres online:
Instagram | Twitter
Tom Rivett-Carnac:
Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
Paul Dickinson:
LinkedIn | Twitter
—
Follow @OutrageOptimism on social media and send us a message!
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn
Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism!
116. Setting The Table for a Food Revolution
115. Turning Around in a Storm with David Shukman
114. 30x30: Nature Needs More with Rita El Zaghloul
113. Time's Up! We Need Everyone to Fight for 1.5
BONUS: IPCC Report: The Tipping Point for Action with Michael E. Mann
112. The Nature of Nature: Why We Need The Wild with Enric Sala
111. New Systems and New Power with Dame Ellen MacArthur & Guest Co-Host Catherine Howarth
110. Building Leaderful Movements with Katie Eder & Guest Co-host Alice Garton
109. The Race to Resilience!
108. Climate, Fossil Fuels and the Future of Shell with Ben van Beurden
BONUS: The Stubborn Optimist's Playlist Vol. 3
107. Breaking Boundaries, Post Growth & The Future We Choose
106. Warren East of Rolls-Royce says Nature is the Best Engineer
105. Why Dale Vince is a Successful Serial Climate Entrepreneur
BONUS: Richard Curtis, Amina Mohammed, Mark Carney, Christiana Figueres and More On Making Your Pension Clean Up
104. Big Hits to Big Oil & Adam Gardner on a Music Climate Revolution
103. Building a Movement to Fight a System with Jerome Foster II
102. Cooling Conflict by Tackling the Climate Crisis with Jens Stoltenberg
101. A Fund for the Earth with Andrew Steer
BONUS: Outrage + Optimism is 100 Episodes Strong! with Christiana, Tom and Paul
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Climate Question
Inside the Energy Transition
TED Climate
Planet A - Talks on Climate Change
The Climate Pod