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francescomellino.bsky.social
- Senior economist at C40 Cities (✍🏼 https://thecentre.substack.com/) - Econ editor at the Journal for City Climate Policy and Economy - Neighbourhood planning in Finsbury Park, London
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in which I manage to shoehorn Horace into a short piece on climate diplomacy and cities—seemingly our last hope for climate action thecentre.substack.com/p/finding-ho...

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Your regular reminder to check out the vacancies at @c40cities.bsky.social — lots of exciting roles for those who like to work with cities and on all things urban climate action. www.c40.org/careers/

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Great to see tha latest analysis by @solveschoolrun.bsky.social in The Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Just published: a great article from the C40 Knowledge Hub team on how cities can restrict carbon-intensive advertising: www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho... with links to the work of @adfreecities.bsky.social, @badvertising.bsky.social and others.

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Today @chrisgpackham.bsky.social lent his support to a fossil fuel advertising ban. Adfree Cities and @badvertising.bsky.social have long called for such a ban to help end the social licence of fossil fuels. Chris has started a petition. Sign today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Never quite appreciated how stark the effect of the Aemilian Way (Via Emilia) is in terms of urban development in Emilia-Romagna. This is the sort of influence one expects from a body of water. Instead, it is all because of a Roman road built over 2100 years ago.

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🌱CLIMATE JOBS🌳 A regular reminder to check out vacancies at C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world. www.c40.org/careers/

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It took at least five (5!) years to develop this Selby Urban Village masterplan for green areas, sporting facilities, and 200 council homes and... all the sporting facilities are for predominantly-male sports (football, rugby, cricket)? selbyurbanvillage.commonplace.is

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Going through old tweets before I make my account dormant and found that my love for cities as catalysts for environmental action goes way back. (this is the New Yorker article in question:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/10/18/green-manhattan)

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Rambling about cities, climate action, and wellbeing at the 7th OECD World Forum on Well-being.

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I wrote about the latest UNEP, Lancet Countdown, and IMF reports (all published in the past week) before we start spending the month of November going in circles about politics. open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...

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🌱CLIMATE JOBS🌳 A regular reminder to check out vacancies at C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world. www.c40.org/careers/

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taxes

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📣CALL FOR PAPERS🏙️ We're inviting contributions to the Journal for City Climate Policy and Economy's Special Issue on sustainable prosperity in the 21st century city (expected publication in Summer 2025). Deadline for abstracts 6th September. More info: jccpe.utpjournals.press/jccpe/resour...

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Markets are a force to be reckoned with, not inherently a force for good. We need them to stop giving people the wrong climate signals. open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...

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More cities are looking to ban high-carbon ads. Great stuff. thecentre.substack.com/p/ads-agains...

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A new NBER working paper suggests climate impacts are 6x worse than previously thought, but this also offers opportunities for unilateral action. Me for the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy newsletter: thecentre.substack.com/p/a-new-worr...

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Planet- and people-centred economic ideas, coming to a city near you thecentre.substack.com/p/planet-and...

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Good to see a new special issue out on ecological economics by the Journal of City, Climate Policy and Economy out, with several interesting looking papers on wellbeing economy approaches (and other interesting topics)! jccpe.utpjournals.press/toc/jccpe/2/2

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Next on @politico.eu: climate change, is it really an issue? Presented by Shell

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