What links the Paris Agreement, Barbie and Arnold Schwarzenegger? The answer is this week’s guest on Cities 1.5! As a key architect of the Paris Agreement, Catherine McKenna - Canada’s former Minister for Climate Change and the Environment - reflects on why cities are now the true engines of delivery. There’s also a powerful exploration of Catherine’s new memoir, Run Like a Girl, and a firsthand account of why we cannot solve the climate crisis while leaving half the world’s population out of...

Cities 1.5

University of Toronto Press

Lead like a girl - In conversation with Catherine McKenna

MAR 10, 202626 MIN
Cities 1.5

Lead like a girl - In conversation with Catherine McKenna

MAR 10, 202626 MIN

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What links the Paris Agreement, Barbie and Arnold Schwarzenegger? The answer is this week’s guest on Cities 1.5!As a key architect of the Paris Agreement, Catherine McKenna - Canada’s former Minister for Climate Change and the Environment - reflects on why cities are now the true engines of delivery. There’s also a powerful exploration of Catherine’s new memoir, Run Like a Girl, and a firsthand account of why we cannot solve the climate crisis while leaving half the world’s population out of the corridors of power. It’s time to lead like a girl.Featured guest:Hon. Catherine McKenna, Chair of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities and host of Women Leading on Climate podcastAudio clips:Environment minister tells Rebel Media reporter to stop calling her 'Climate Barbie' - CBC NewsLinks:What justice for women in Afghanistan? - Swiss InfoInside the C40 World Mayors Summit - Cities 1.5It’s Grand Ol’ Bargain, Alright - Hot TakesCanada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism - The GuardianIntegrity Matters: Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities - United Nations websiteParis climate deal - The GuardianBreaking the Tragedy of the Horizon - Mark Carney speechMeet the young climate activists behind Mathur et. al. v. His Majesty - EcojusticeWhy would anyone hate Catherine McKenna? - Maclean’sIf you want to learn more about the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy, please visit our website at https://jccpe.utpjournals.press/ Listen to the Cities 1.5 five-part miniseries “Going Steady with Herman Daly: How to Unbreak the Economy (and the Planet)" here: https://lnk.to/HDMiniSeries Cities 1.5 is produced by the University of Toronto Press and the C40 Centre, and is supported by C40 Cities. Sign up to the Centre newsletter: https://thecentre.substack.com/ Writing and executive production by Peggy Whitfield. Narrative and communications support by Chiara Morfeo. Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/ Edited by Morgane Chambrin: https://www.morganechambrin.com/ Music by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/