temporarily re-emerging from parental leave to rejoice in the publication of the latest issue of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/2

Heartbroken at the prospect that the Fish & Cook stationary shop on Blackstock Road may be turned into a betting shop. Hackney has rejected the application following a small local uproar (www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/vict...), but it's now with the Planning Inspectorate.

If you're concerned about wood burning, join us in putting up posters in your area to help inform people about the #AirPollution impacts of burning. #WoodBurning is still a vastly underestimated and misunderstood source of pollution. Order your free posters here: bit.ly/wbposterform

temporarily re-emerging from parental leave to rejoice in the publication of the latest issue of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/2

Belated second installment*: how localising (even a small fraction) of the economy can protect our cities from disruption. open.substack.com/pub/thecentr... *pace will slow further until I return from parental leave in 2026.

With the right funding, cities can better protect people from devastating climate impacts like heat, flooding, and storms. But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities. Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1

We're all asking ourselves: how can we navigate uncertain times? Is becoming more self-reliant the answer for cities? Explore the promises and perils of economic localisation with @francescomellino.bsky.social in the latest C40 Centre substack ⬇️ thecentre.substack.com/p/making-cit...

How can cities plan for reduced gas demand? Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles? The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.

First post of a short series on the promise and perils of economic localisation. Include references to the US' tariffs, autarky in fascist Italy, and the Late Bronze Age civilisation collapse... Read here: open.substack.com/pub/thecentr... and subscribe to get the next ones directly in your inbox.

Spare a thought for those of us who built their entire personality around correctly using em dashes in their non-native language.

How can cities plan for reduced gas demand? Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles? The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.

Your regular reminder to check out the vacancies at @c40cities.bsky.social — lots of exciting roles for those who like to work with cities and on all things urban climate action. www.c40.org/careers/

Great to see this thoughtful exploration of the role of cities in meeting the migratory adaptation challenges of the coming decades #NomadCentury

me on the present and future role of migration on cities around the world, heavily inspired by reading @wanderinggaia.bsky.social's Nomad Century and recent @c40cities.bsky.social research on the topic: open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...

As a neuroscientist who studies urban stress, loud cars/motorcycles should be banned, or fined excessively until drivers reassess their need to broadcast their self esteem with unnecessary noise pollution. I don’t need to hear your car in my apartment.

📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is looking for innovative, thought-provoking research and policy guidelines for our open-call issue to be published in August 2026. Full info utppublishing.com/journals/jcc... @utpjournals.bsky.social @c40cities.bsky.social

in which I manage to shoehorn Horace into a short piece on climate diplomacy and cities—seemingly our last hope for climate action thecentre.substack.com/p/finding-ho...

Your regular reminder to check out the vacancies at @c40cities.bsky.social — lots of exciting roles for those who like to work with cities and on all things urban climate action. www.c40.org/careers/

Great to see tha latest analysis by @solveschoolrun.bsky.social in The Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Just published: a great article from the C40 Knowledge Hub team on how cities can restrict carbon-intensive advertising: www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho... with links to the work of @adfreecities.bsky.social, @badvertising.bsky.social and others.

Today @chrisgpackham.bsky.social lent his support to a fossil fuel advertising ban. Adfree Cities and @badvertising.bsky.social have long called for such a ban to help end the social licence of fossil fuels. Chris has started a petition. Sign today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Never quite appreciated how stark the effect of the Aemilian Way (Via Emilia) is in terms of urban development in Emilia-Romagna. This is the sort of influence one expects from a body of water. Instead, it is all because of a Roman road built over 2100 years ago.

🌱CLIMATE JOBS🌳 A regular reminder to check out vacancies at C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world. www.c40.org/careers/

It took at least five (5!) years to develop this Selby Urban Village masterplan for green areas, sporting facilities, and 200 council homes and... all the sporting facilities are for predominantly-male sports (football, rugby, cricket)? selbyurbanvillage.commonplace.is

Going through old tweets before I make my account dormant and found that my love for cities as catalysts for environmental action goes way back. (this is the New Yorker article in question:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/10/18/green-manhattan)

Rambling about cities, climate action, and wellbeing at the 7th OECD World Forum on Well-being.

I wrote about the latest UNEP, Lancet Countdown, and IMF reports (all published in the past week) before we start spending the month of November going in circles about politics. open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...

🌱CLIMATE JOBS🌳 A regular reminder to check out vacancies at C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world. www.c40.org/careers/

📣CALL FOR PAPERS🏙️ We're inviting contributions to the Journal for City Climate Policy and Economy's Special Issue on sustainable prosperity in the 21st century city (expected publication in Summer 2025). Deadline for abstracts 6th September. More info: jccpe.utpjournals.press/jccpe/resour...

Markets are a force to be reckoned with, not inherently a force for good. We need them to stop giving people the wrong climate signals. open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...

More cities are looking to ban high-carbon ads. Great stuff. thecentre.substack.com/p/ads-agains...

A new NBER working paper suggests climate impacts are 6x worse than previously thought, but this also offers opportunities for unilateral action. Me for the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy newsletter: thecentre.substack.com/p/a-new-worr...

Planet- and people-centred economic ideas, coming to a city near you thecentre.substack.com/p/planet-and...

Good to see a new special issue out on ecological economics by the Journal of City, Climate Policy and Economy out, with several interesting looking papers on wellbeing economy approaches (and other interesting topics)! jccpe.utpjournals.press/toc/jccpe/2/2

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