Resilient cities (and how to build them)

Cities around the world are on the frontlines of climate disaster. In Lisbon, Portugal, unprecedented flooding has required the construction of significant climate resilience projects like the city's drainage master plan. In the global south, cities like Ahmedabad, India are getting hotter and hotter…and the women who live in this region are disproportionately impacted physically and financially by heat wave events. But as we can see through the shining examples of both these urban centres, by combining mitigation and adaptation actions - like innovative parametric heat insurance projects, and equitable public transportation initiatives - with community informed policies, we can build resilient cities that will be able to withstand the increasing impacts of climate change.

Featured guests:

Carlos Moedas, Mayor of Lisbon

Kathy Baughman McLeod , CEO, Climate Resilience for All 

Links: 

10 of the Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities in the World - How Stuff Works

Horizon Europe - European Commission

European Research Council

The US brain drain has begun - Politico

Lisbon approved free public transport for young and elderly residents - Mayors of Europe

Lisbon Mayor Wants Companies to Help Fix City’s Housing Shortage - Bloomberg

Lisbon Drainage Master Plan

Lisbon aims to be carbon neutral by 2030 with EU support - LPP

Climate Resilience for All

Heat and gender: Enhancing her resilience to rising temperatures - World Bank

World-First Financial Product Combining Insurance and Cash Payments for Extreme Heat is a Lifeline for 50,000 Informal Women Workers in India - Climate Resilience for All

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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 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/