For this episode of the MetroLab Podcast, we invited Dominik Wiedenhofer, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Social Ecology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Carolin Bellstedt, Executive Director at Metabolism of Cities and Felix Heisel, Architect and Academic at Cornell University.

We talk about the relationship between resource and pollution flows within our existing system of regulations and habits, how we can make a shift towards a more sustainable system and how such a system could look like. Thereby we aim to better understand the role of metropolitan regions in the climate crisis and their paths towards climate neutrality.

For this episode of the MetroLab Podcast, we invited Yvonne Lötscher, Head of Sustainable Nutrition in Zurich, Switzerland, Martin Strele from Kairos, an Institute for Impact Research and Development in Bregenz, Austria and Carolyn Steel, Architect, Author and leading thinker on food and cities in London, UK.

We talk about the consequences of how and what we consume, possibilities for changes in our consumption lifestyles and the spatial impact of consumption.

For this episode of the MetroLab Podcast, we invited Helene Pattermann, head of the community and circular economy department at the Climate Lab in Vienna, Austria and Alexander Prinsen, circular innovation and transition expert and founder of Scope Matters in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

We talk about the main levers for decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector, new regenerative business models and the role of metropolitan regions in promoting climate-friendly modes of production and innovation. Thereby we aim to better understand the role of metropolitan regions in the climate crisis and their paths towards climate neutrality.

For this episode of the MetroLab Podcast, we invited architect

For this episode of the MetroLab Podcast, we invited Jaqueline Matijevic, Head of the Mobility and Transport Technologies Department at the Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of Austria, and Nicolas Fontaine, General Manager of the

We discuss the role of the mobility sector as one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas-emissions, strategies and plans for future-proof mobility systems and how mobility shapes our daily lives, and the programming of our cities and regions.

For this episode of the MetroLab Podcast, we invited climate researcher Helga Kromp-Kolb and Lautaro Iriarte, as a representative of the Austrian Klimavolksbegehren. We will talk about different terminologies in the climate discourse, why the way we communicate this subject is important and discuss current political goals and strategies to face the climate crisis on different levels. Thereby we aim to better understand the role of metropolitan regions in the climate crisis and their paths towards climate neutrality.

Hello and welcome this is the MetroLabPodcast!

This Podcast is produced by MetroLab, a Think Tank and Consulting Service for Metropolitan Areas and City Regions.

The MetroLab is a collaboration of the partnering offices Superwien urbanism and CoCo architecture architecture and aims to contribute to building the foundation for a new kind of metropolitan planning and raise awareness of emerging metropolitan challenges in the climate crisis

You can find more information about us, the Podcast and other Projects as well as all future episodes on our website ‘metrolab.design’.

Stay tuned for our first talk with climate researcher Helga Kromp-Kolb and Lautaro Iriarte who will join us as a representative of the Austrian Klimavolksbegehren.