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Cities 1.5 is a podcast featuring progressive policy conversations with urban leaders taking action to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. Hosted by David Miller and developed by University of Toronto Press, this podcast serves as a platform to discuss the most pressing policy and underlying economic issues facing cities in their effort to lead on transformational climate action. The podcast is an extension of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (https://jccpe.utpjournals.press), which publishes timely, evidence-based research that contributes to the urban climate agenda and supports governmental policy towards an equitable and resilient world. Join Editor-in-Chief and host David Miller as he speaks with mayors, city policymakers, economists, youth leaders, and scholars, among others, who are implementing and fighting for ambitious, near-term climate action. Language: en-ca Genres: Earth Sciences, Science, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Oh, Canada: Living with fire in a warming world
Episode 2
Monday, 19 October, 2026
As catastrophic wildfires intensify across Canada - destroying homes, blanketing the country in smoke, forcing evacuations, and driving major economic losses - we ask in this episode what it will take to live with fire in a warming world. David sits down with returning guest to the podcast, fire ecologist and professor Jen Baron, to hear how decades of suppression and the disruption of Indigenous cultural burning helped create today’s more severe, fast-moving fires. We also hear from Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland as he recounts the 2024 wildfire that destroyed 374 structures (including his own home!) despite strong preparation and makes the plea for disaster-ready, low-carbon housing and faster clean-energy transition to save other communities from the same destruction. David also speaks with Métis leader for the province of Alberta, Gabrielle Blatz, as she urges governments to include Indigenous knowledge and Métis women in emergency planning, and Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell to hear how the residents of his own small town continue to fight for mitigation projects in the face of destructive pipeline expansions. Oh, Canada: Solutions for the Climate Crisis is supported by Elbows Up for Climate, The C40 Centre, and the University of Toronto Press. Featured guests:Dr Jen Baron, Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in the Center for Wildfire CoexistenceRichard Ireland, Mayor of Jasper, ABGabrielle Blatz, Otipemisiwak Métis Government's Provincial Secretary of Women, Gender Equity & InclusionMerlin Blackwell, Mayor of Clearwater, BCLinks:The Government of Canada provides an update regarding the 2026 wildfire season – August update - Public Safety CanadaCentre for Wildfire CoexistenceIndigenous Heritage in Kelowna - Tourism Kelowna Attribution of the Influence of Human‐Induced Climate Change on an Extreme Fire Season - National Library of Medicine America's Fires: A Historical Context for Policy and Practice - The University of North Carolina Press Blending Indigenous and western science: Quantifying cultural burning impacts in Karuk Aboriginal Territory - The Ecological Society of America, Volume 34, Issue 4What do you mean, ‘megafire’? - Forest Service, U.S. Department of AgricultureHow wildfire smoke travels from Ontario to New York City — and turns distant city skies orange - CBC News How Canada helped in past U.S. wildfires as Ford says some are ‘chirping’ - Global News Timeline of the Jasper Wildfire - Parks Canada History of Jasper - Municipality of Jasper Year Two Progress Report - Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre Mayor of Jasper loses home in devastating mountain park wildfires: ‘I see memories of life taken’ - Global News Lessons from the Jasper wildfire: build disaster-ready, energy-secure homes - The Hill TimesSecretary Spotlight: Gabrielle Blatz - Otipemisiwak Metis Government Green Municipal FundMa ma tâ wan sakâw Healing Forest - Porject ForestSeason 1 | Episode 1 | Good Fire Podcast - Indigenous Leadership InitiativeClearwater adopts new wildfire resiliency plan - Clearwater Times FireSmart CanadaWhy the Lytton fire of 2021 won’t be forgotten, the community is trying to move forward - CBC News Wells Gray Community ForestClearwater Financial Plan - District of ClearwaterIf 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/HDMiniSeriesCities 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.Our Associate Producer is Rachel Schneider.Produced by Jess Schmidt: https://jessdoespodcasting.com/Edited by Morgane Chambrin: https://www.morganechambrin.com/Music by Lorna Gilfedder: https://origamipodcastservices.com/
