Welcome back to season 5 of How Could We?, a podcast by ⁠⁠⁠EIT Climate-KIC, which will be exploring cities' transformation and discussing why cities play such a key role in tackling climate change.

In this series, host Anne-Sophie Garrigou delves into topics such as the importance of citizen engagement, how cities' dialogue with industry can enact change and the collaboration of cities with other actors - highlighting the crucial role of cities in demonstrating the way towards a climate-resilient, inclusive, and beautiful future for all.

Our first guest this season is EIT Climate-KIC CEO Kirsten Dunlop, who joins us for a special episode. Kirsten has been CEO of EIT Climate-KIC since 2017 and passionately believes in the capacity to learn and evolve into a climate-resilient society.

In this episode, we discuss why EIT Climate-KIC has chosen to work in - and with - cities, how cities embody the idea of systems transformation and what EIT Climate-KIC has learned from our work with cities that informs collaborations with regions, nations, industries and many other stakeholders.

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This episode was presented by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Listen to our previous episodes - Season 1 focused on Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, Season 2 explored the New European Bauhaus initiative, in Season 3 we explored three themes related to the climate emergency: Climate Narratives, Confusion & Crisis and Radical Collaboration, while in Season 4 we delved into the transformative potential of development funding.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EIT Climate-KIC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠media@climate-kic.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Visit our website – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.climate-kic.org ⁠⁠

Welcome to the final episode of season 4 of How Could We?, a podcast by ⁠⁠⁠⁠EIT Climate-KIC.⁠

This season features insights from the Systems Innovation Learning Partnership (SILP), a collaboration between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, (Sida) and EIT Climate-KIC. SILP is designed to foster adaptive and innovative approaches to development work, emphasising trust-building, flexible funding mechanisms, and genuine local capacity building.

Our guest this week is Marion Iceduna from the Join for Water organisation in Uganda. In this episode, Marion shares the inspiring work she is doing to strengthen the capacity of women in knowledge development and conservation planning. With funding from the SILP experiment fund, her team was able to experiment with establishing WORIAs groups (for WOmen River Ambassadors) and identifying the conditions under which they can operate.

This episode discusses the transformative power of deep collaboration and radical learning in development funding, outlines the challenges and benefits of creating a diverse and synergetic learning portfolio and the impact of receiving flexible and inclusive funding without stringent KPIs or timelines for project development and implementation.

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This episode was presented by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠Solla Zophoniasdottir⁠⁠⁠ and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Listen to our previous episodes - Season 1 focused on Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, Season 2 explored the New European Bauhaus initiative, while in Season 3 we explored three themes related to the climate emergency: Climate Narratives, Confusion & Crisis and Radical Collaboration.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EIT Climate-KIC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠media@climate-kic.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Visit our website – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.climate-kic.org ⁠⁠

Welcome back to season 4 of How Could We?, a podcast by ⁠⁠⁠EIT Climate-KIC.⁠

This season features insights from the Systems Innovation Learning Partnership (SILP), a collaboration between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and EIT Climate-KIC. SILP is designed to foster adaptive and innovative approaches to development work, emphasising trust-building, flexible funding mechanisms, and genuine local capacity building.

Our guests this week are Kanika Verma and Shrashtant Patara, from Development Alternatives, an organisation based in India that employs women e-rickshaw drivers in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Since its inception in 2018, the e-rickshaw project has developed a model for how low-carbon transportation can improve safety, empower women and reduce carbon emissions.

This episode underscores the importance of rethinking traditional funding mechanisms to foster inclusive and adaptive development projects, highlights the significant impact that small, flexible grants can have in driving systemic change and discusses how funds like SILP can transform the power dynamics between donors and grantees.

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This episode was presented by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anne-Sophie Garrigou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Solla Zophoniasdottir⁠⁠ and produced by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bárbara Mendes-Jorge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Listen to our previous episodes - Season 1 focused on Sustainable Forestry and Land Use, Season 2 explored the New European Bauhaus initiative, while in Season 3 we explored three themes related to the climate emergency: Climate Narratives, Confusion & Crisis and Radical Collaboration.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EIT Climate-KIC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is Europe’s leading climate innovation initiative, aiming to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon, climate-resilient society by supporting innovative solutions helping society mitigate and adapt to climate change.

We want to hear from you! Share what inspires you and what you’re doing in your community to enact change by sending us an email to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠media@climate-kic.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Visit our website – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.climate-kic.org ⁠