Vanesa Castán Broto on "The Twin Challenges of Climate Action and Rapid Urbanisation"

03/22/25 • 38 min

On this episode, we have Professor Vanesa Castan Broto from the University of Sheffield in the UK. Vanesa is a scholar on the governance of global environmental change in the urbanisation age. Her previous books include An Urban Politics of Climate Change and the edited collection Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo. Both are unmissable books! She was also a contributing author to UN-Habitat's 2016 World Cities Report. In 2016, she received the Philip Leverhulme Prize for contributions to Geography. In 2013, she received a United Nations Award for Lighthouse Activities that contribute to fighting climate change with a focus on the urban poor. Vanesa’s research focuses on the governance of global environmental change in the urbanization age. She focuses on three interrelated themes: 1) the governance of climate change in urban areas, 2) urbanization and the dynamics of energy transitions, and 3) barriers to the implementation of climate change action.

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Just City in Kenia: a conversation with Titus Kaloki

Roberto Rocco and Hugo Lopez interview Titus Kaloki on addressing spatial justice through inclusive urban planning. The episode has three main topics: (1) Smart City vs Just City, (2) The idea of transformative change-making, and (3) the work for a socially just public transport.

Titus Kaloki is Programme Coordinator at FES _the Friedrich Ebert Stitftung for Social Democracy_ Kenya Office, where he leads the Just City programme, which engages the concept of a social and inclusive just city to facilitate innovative discussions among political decision makers, civil society representatives and others on issues such as affordable housing, fair and clean public transport, and meaningful civic engagement in urban spaces.

FES is the oldest political foundation in Germany with a rich tradition in social democracy dating back to its birth in 1925. The foundation owes its formation and its mission to the political legacy of its namesake Friedrich Ebert, the first democratically elected German President. The work of FES focuses on the core ideas and values of social democracy – freedom, justice and solidarity. FES is a non-profit institution that organises their work autonomously and independently.

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