HOW COULD WE?

In the first episode, we talk to Daniel Zimmer (EIT Climate-KIC) on the dilemma that comes with using wood to substitute fossil-based products and the balance that needs to be found to preserve forests.

In a second episode, we talk to Syakaa William about the opportunities and challenges of building a sustainable mass timber market in East Africa and how to overcome those barriers.

In a third episode, we talk to Tena Petrovic about a Berlin-based project that aims to develop Europe’s first ‘Forest-to-City’ value chain for affordable housing in a city where rent prices are increasing.

In the first episode, we talk to Anabella Costache, about CONNECT, a project that helps integrate Ukrainian people fleeing the war into the development of the city through art.

In the second episode, we talk to Blanca Calvo Boixet and Raquel Colacios Parra, two architects from Barcelona, Spain, about how to design sustainable and inclusive play areas for and with children with ASD and their families.

In the third episode, we talk to Mathilde Rubinstein, Deputy Director of La Citadelle de Marseille, an association that uses nature-based solutions to tackle soil pollution.

In the first episode, we talk to Neha Misra, a storyteller, climate justice advocate and a visual artist, about how art helps us tell the story of climate change and the importance of including marginalised voices in the climate narratives. 

In the second episode, we talk to Tonny Nowshin, a Bangladeshi economist and degrowth and climate justice advocate, who focuses on centring the concept of justice in the climate movement. 

In the third episode, we talk to Yiannis Chrysostomidis, about radical collaboration and how to shift the root causes of societal challenges.

In the first episode, we talk to Any Sulistyowati about the role of community grant-makers and the importance of participatory decision-making to understand the shifts needed in development funding.

In the second episode, we talk to Kanika Verma and Shrashtant Patara, from Development Alternatives, an organisation based in India that supports women e-rickshaw entrepreneurs in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

In the third episode, we talk to Marion Iceduna, of the Join for Water organisation in Uganda, about how to strengthen the capacity of women in knowledge development and conservation planning. 

In our first episode with Kirsten Dunlop, we discuss how cities embody the idea of systems transformation and what we have learned from our work with cities that informs collaborations with regions, nations, industries and many other stakeholders.

In the second episode, we talk with  Marianne Lemberger⁠ (EIT Food) and Christophe Gadenne (Gardens4Good) about how to design projects to ensure the inclusivity and empowerment of marginalised voices.

In the third episode, with Sissel Knutsen Hegdal⁠, mayor of Stavanger (Norway) and ⁠Thomas Osdoba,⁠ from ⁠NetZeroCities, to discuss concrete examples of municipal climate action, and the best practices to foster collaboration between different levels of government and stakeholders in city climate governance.

In the fourth episode, we invited Diane Holdorf⁠ (⁠World Business Council for Sustainable Development⁠) and ⁠Kirsten Dunlop⁠, to discuss how cities and industries could collaborate more effectively to reach climate neutrality more quickly, why co-investment between the private and public sector is key, and why it is important for cities to better signal their demand for the materials needed to accelerate decarbonisation.