Cities and Climate Change: Making the Links | Sara Hughes | TEDxUofT

Sara's work examines the choices city governments make about climate change, water resources, and waste management, the political and economic factors that shape those choices, and how alternative strategies can gain traction in the complex realm of urban politics.
What are the impacts of large urban environments on the global economy, and the local environment?

Sara Hughes identifies policies and strategies cities can use to become more sustainable. She is an assistant professor in the political science department at the University of Toronto, where she teaches urban politics and policy making.
She has worked in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, India, and Australia and holds a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

[johnkim]

The increasing viability of alternative energy sources along with demand for green places in urban areas with massive population growth have combined to make local governments powerful enough to implement such solutions. These measures are passed when larger governments are often gridlocked and stagnant. It'll be interesting to see how these problems are addressed by local governments in a time when the world is moving into major metropolitan areas more than ever.

[trackhawk]

What are three things Hughes mentions that cities can focus on to adapt to climate change?

[trackhawk]

What does Hughes say is the key to success in adapting cities to the climate crisis?

[SrubyS]

Thank you for doing this talk!!! So important!

[fishsquishguy]

What has a bigger effect on a warming climate CO2 emission or anthropogenic waste heat?

[lucasassis]

Rapaziada do yes cascadura e a gente💪🏾♥️

[csakamatsu]

There´s a conflict between holism and reductionism in this matter. The naysayers always begin with some details and by induction prove their point. And yeah sayers talking about global over local questions. A video that connects these two views is very interesting. There are local changes that contribute to global warming. For example, the major of CO2 emissions are in the cities combined with Heat Islands, pollution. I think these imbalances cause strong winds, rain, tornados, local climate shift ... So, the mainstream narratives doesn´t connect with the cities, due to the political sensitivity to this matter. So far, most of the narratives concentrate in deforestation, energy generation ( coal power plants, ... ), hydroelectrics, agriculture, ...

[realitycheck]

So.. a gal with a PhD in Political Science(which isn't a Science) has a TedTalk about her beliefs in what Policy changes need to occur based on Science...
Hmmm 👌