Archive - C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy

When local action meets global ambition

A newsletter on C40's 20th anniversary

Jul 3 •

May 2025

Making cities more resilient by “localising” their economies?

Can the capacity to be more self-reliant help cities navigate uncertain times? The first issue of a new series on the promise and perils of economic…

May 21 •

Francesco Mellino

Don’t shoot the messenger—choose them wisely

Clues for navigating our times from the climate communications literature

May 1 •

April 2025

Trump is on the ballot—in Canada

Unsurprisingly, opposing Donald Trump turns out to be good politics—in other countries.

Apr 24 •

We need to talk about urban climate migration

Migration can be a powerful climate adaptation solution, but national governments' lack of vision puts cities on the front line, adding to their…

Apr 10 •

Francesco Mellino

March 2025

City-Led Research and Innovation for Action on Climate Change, a special issue

The latest issue of our peer-reviewed Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is now available and open-access

Mar 25 •

January 2025

Finding hope in climate action

Cities are our chance to defy gloomy expectations, look to them for action and hope

Jan 27 •

Francesco Mellino

Happy New Year—not.

The frontlines of the climate crisis are being obscured by denial and disinformation.

Jan 20 •

December 2024

Who is afraid of global heating?

A little less apprehension a little more action please

Dec 11, 2024 •

November 2024

Let’s stop pretending natural gas is in any way good for the environment

The sooner we acknowledge the facts about methane gas and LNG, the sooner we can do our part to make the world safer.

Nov 14, 2024 •

October 2024

Not much is calm before this storm

A round up of the latest scientific evidence and economic analysis, before November shifts the focus to the politics of the US election and COP29

Oct 31, 2024 •

Francesco Mellino

Tales of a fossil fuels free world

On city-centric storytelling

Oct 21, 2024 •

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