Epi 50: Climate news – How cities, smart or not, might look like in future

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If the idea of spending your weekend by holding a cup of hot chocolate and a book (or a kindle, if you insist), and sitting in a park bench appeals to you, the future might be here in many streets of Paris. If you hope that kids will get more open spaces to play in, the future might already be here in Stockholm, which plans to ask cars to make way for children's parks. If you think we need to be more attentive to waste management, the future might be here, in Barcelona, which plans to carefully track its waste disposal.

In this conversation with 9-yr Shriya from India, we explore how cities might look like in another decade. You can also find out about how children view environment and tech changes and what they would like to see in the world they grow up in.

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If you love reading more about these sweeping changes, dig away –

Paris: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/10/paris-approves-plan-to-turn-champs-elysees-into-extraordinary-garden-anne-hidalgo

Stockholm: https://innovationinpolitics.eu/showroom/project/street-moves/#:~:text=Street%20Moves%20was%20created%20by,the%20Swedish%20innovation%20agency%2C%20Vinnova.

Barcelona: https://hub.beesmart.city/city-portraits/smart-city-portrait-barcelona