Knowledge is Power

For hundreds of years, people have been pondering the power of information. In this past season of Cities 1.5, we’ve seen examples of cities from around the world who are using data and the lived experiences of their inhabitants to create policies that support healthier lives for people and planet: from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Tokyo, Japan, to Princeton, Canada. But while history - and our own conversations on this podcast - prove that knowledge is powerful…it isn’t always easy to come by. For the final episode of Cities 1.5 season 5, David meets two knowledge and dissemination specialists who speak with him about the importance of data and information for climate action and what other ingredients are key to effective communications about global heating. 

Featured guests:

Katie Walsh, Head of Climate Finance for Cities, States, and Regions at CDP

Andrea Learned, climate influence catalyst and strategist

Links:

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Cities are responsible for over 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions - World Bank

Global Covenant of Mayors

Earth Positive Action - CDP

Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance Forum

Global Snapshot Report 2024 - CDP

Paris Climate Agreement

CHAMP - C40

Andrea Learned’s Green Biz article on the five Ls of Twitter leadership

Living Change podcast

Bike Talk podcast

Bowinn MA, Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 2017

Album: Joy as an act of resistance

Sustainable Development Goal 11 - United Nations

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Our executive producers are Calli Elipoulos and Peggy Whitfield.

Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/

Edited by Morgane Chambrin: https://www.morganechambrin.com/

Music is by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/