How to protect people and planetary health: Lessons from the Peruvian Andes and New Orleans

In this final episode of Season 4 of Cities 1.5, David has conversations with two formidable and inspiring women who are fighting to protect the health of people and the planet from Lima, Peru and New Orleans, USA. As the impacts of the climate crisis hit harder and more frequently, the effects this has on human health also multiply. It is key that urban areas plan and adapt to meet the growing challenges of temperature rise, food insecurity, migration, and more. Of course, extreme weather events often have the most catastrophic consequences for humanity, leading to mass displacement, injury, disease and death. But if the worst happens, it is possible for cities and their residents to unite and rebuild to create a more resilient future…and other communities can learn lessons from their leadership.

Image Credit: Persnickety Prints @ Unsplash

Featured guests:
Professor Stella Hartinger Peña is the Regional Director of Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change for Latin America, and Associate Professor at Cayetano Heredia University in Peru.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell is the Mayor of New Orleans, a position which she has held since 2018.

Links:
Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis - David Miller
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Annual Report
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans - Big Easy Magazine
Addressing the Health Care Impact of Hurricane Katrina - The Kaiser Commission
What happened at the U20 Summit in Rio? - C40
COP29: Is the Loss and Damage Fund Becoming an Empty Promise? - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Broadmoor Lives On: How a Community Saved Their New Orleans Neighborhood - The Clinton Foundation
New Orleans, Reinvented - The Atlantic
This is how New Orleans is rebuilding to be more resilient - Global Center on Adaptation
Solar and energy efficiency for all - NOLA

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Cities 1.5 is produced by the University of Toronto Press and Cities 1.5 is supported by C40 Cities and the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy. You can sign up to the Centre newsletter here. https://thecentre.substack.com/

Our executive producers are Peggy Whitfield and Chiara Morfeo.

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

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

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