The Eurocities podcast

Cooling the city during the hot summer months is now a full-time job in Athens. In this podcast, we talked to Eleni Myrivili is the city's Chief Heat Officer. Her appointment couldn't have come at a better time: this summer Greece and the whole southern Mediterranean area are burning from an unprecedented heatwave.  

 

How are social rights affected by the Covid-19 pandemic? What steps can cities do to alleviate a worsening situation of job losses, and the risk of poverty, for so many people? Maarten van Ooijen, Deputy Mayor of Utrecht, shares some thoughts.

Since the beginning of the crisis, many new people have been presenting themselves to Nantes' social services, and André Sobczak, the city's Deputy Mayor, wants to do something about it.

Rotterdam has a high youth population, but also high rates of poverty among its youngest inhabitants. What is the city doing to lift its young people out of poverty?

A keynote speech at the 2021 Eurocities Economic Development Forum from the author of ‘Economics of Belonging’, Financial Times' European Economics Commentator, Martin Sandbu.

Covid-19 shook the culture sector in cities across Europe. We speak to Bilbao and Lisbon to see how the cities have been coping with the crisis, and what the future holds.

Philip McCann, chair in urban and regional economics of the University of Sheffield, delivers an inspiring keynote at the Eurocities Economic Development Forum. Find the accompanying presentation and other material at http://bit.ly/EDFMunich2019.