Urban Insight by Sweco Podcast Series
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Welcome to the Urban Insight by Sweco podcast – focused on action-oriented discussions, where science, facts, data and expertise mix with entertainment and an interest in developing sustainable cities and societies.
Urban Insight is an international knowledge platform where we bring experts together to develop new innovations, ideas and solutions on how to plan and design sustainable cities and societies. Together with Andreas Gyllenhammar, Chief Sustainability Officer at Sweco, we invite guests from the world of science as well as the business community, citizens, and political decision-makers.
We focus on the biggest challenges of our time, exploring the citizens perspective and highlighting best practises from frontrunner cities and organisations around the globe. We discuss the best solutions and how to scale up together.
Since 2018, the Urban Insight initiative reached 28 million people through news, press and media.
Enjoy our podcast series highlighting key actions to deliver on the 2030 Agenda and beyond!
You find more insights on our webpage: www.swecourbaninsight.com
About Sweco
Sweco is Europe’s leading engineering and architecture consultancy. Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our 18,000 architects, engineers and other specialists, we co-create solutions to address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation, and make our societies more sustainable.
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Episodes
Preventing Overshoot Day
July 01, 2022 15:01 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBWe’re living as if we had 1.75 planets to work from. Our ecosystems can’t regenerate in line with the amount of resources we’re using. So, how do we change that and create truly circular societies. In this podcast, we put the focus on what cities can do to stop ‘overshoot day.’ In this podcast, the Stockholm Resilience Centre is calling on cities and countries to appoint Chief Engineers to put together the best engineering and design minds together with the finance community to speed up ...
Sustainability loves Digital
June 08, 2022 12:31 - 24 minutes - 34 MBNew regulations and laws put increasing demands for reducing climate impact in construction projects. Is there a way for construction development to make strategic decisions to reduce climate impact already in the first stages of planning? Listen to our latest podcast on how digital innovations developed at Sweco are being used as tools to attaining sustainability goals, and why assessing both the carbon emissions as well as the cost impact of design choices at the very early stages of cons...
Going Circular in Europe
May 31, 2022 13:52 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBWhile the race is on to reduce emissions in Europe’s cities, how can they create a long-term net-zero future and move to a circular economy. We look at what’s required to make this shift in mindset and how cities should start going about this work. While there are several common challenges that all cities face, it is also clear that cities are uniquely positioned to drive this transition. The podcast includes experts from the United Nations Environment Program, Researchers in the field of ...
Building Back Better
February 01, 2022 07:52 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBA city the size of Paris must be built every week for the next 30 years to accommodate global population growth. How do we rebuild our cities and towns in the face of climate change? Welcome to Urban Insight by Sweco Podcast Series! In this episode, we dive deep into the topic of how to speed up the transition to resilient, climate-neutral cities. We speak with Matthew Baldwin at the European Commission, who heads the EU mission to create 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030. We discuss chall...
Building Back Better
February 01, 2022 07:52 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBA city the size of Paris must be built every week for the next 30 years to accommodate global population growth. How do we rebuild our cities and towns in the face of climate change? In this episode, we dive deep into the topic of how to speed up the transition to resilient, climate-neutral cities. We speak with Matthew Baldwin at the European Commission, who heads the EU mission to create 100 climate-neutral cities by 2030. We discuss challenges and solutions with urban development expe...
Healthy cities for the next generation
November 23, 2021 08:23 - 30 minutes - 28 MBEverything we plan and build in cities should last for generations. But are our cities really fit for the next generation? How do we shape our cities so that they will be healthy places for children and their families to grow up in? UNICEF warns that one in four deaths in children under the age of five are linked to unhealthy environments. In this podcast, we talk to urban development experts, UNICEF and other specialists from the Swedish school system. Welcome to this Urban insight podcas...
Healthy cities for the next generation
November 23, 2021 08:23 - 30 minutes - 28 MBEverything we plan and build in cities should last for generations. But are our cities really fit for the next generation? How do we shape our cities so that they will be healthy places for children and their families to grow up in? UNICEF warns that one in four deaths in children under the age of five are linked to unhealthy environments. In this podcast, we talk to urban development experts, UNICEF and other specialists from the Swedish school system. Listen to our latest podcast on buil...
The world´s healthiest building
August 19, 2021 12:23 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBLet´s build the worlds healthiest building. What would you need to make that claim? What makes a building healthy and how do you build one? Welcome to the Urban Insight by Sweco podcast – focused on action-oriented discussions. We invite leading thinkers to discuss the biggest challenges and solutions in building healthy buildings. We discuss why health and well-being are important topics for our urban environments and buildings today and in the future. Episode guest appearances: Nathalie...