In the second episode of the City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the Climate Talks Podcast ‘Networked and Innovative Cities’, special guests Maryke van Staden, Director of Business Development, the carbonn Climate Center, and Interim Head of Climate Action at ICLEI World Secretariat, Jean-Baptiste Buffet, Head of Global Policy and Advocacy at United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and Rachel Huxley, Director of Knowledge and Learning at C40 Cities, join hosts Ben Jance, Cathy Oke, and Andy Deacon to discuss the importance of networking and innovation for city climate action - and key activities in the lead up to COP27 from major city networks.

You can hear the clip at the beginning of the episode in full here.

The theme music is by Music for a Warming World.

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The GCoM Global Secretariat is grateful for the support of the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities in the production of City Climate Innovation: Special episodes of the ClimateTalks Podcast, produced by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.