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Our global network of film-makers delivers reports on the stories, ideas, cities and politicians shaping the world.

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    Meet Europe’s first chief heat officer

    Meet Europe’s first chief heat officer

    Athens is the hottest capital city in mainland Europe and temperatures continue to rise. That’s why Eleni Myrivili was appointed as the city’s – and continent’s – first chief heat officer last summer. We meet her on Philoppapou hill to hear about how urban design can help to build resilience against rising temperatures. [Read more in the July/August issue of Monocle.](https://monocle.com/shop/product/2169322/issue-155-double-issue/)

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    Keeping the faith

    Keeping the faith

    In this digital age, do we need more forgiveness and sacrifice in our lives? And where can we look for direction? Monocle Films sat down with Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to find out how the church strives to address contemporary needs and remain relevant in the Greek society.

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    Monocle’s digital decency manifesto

    Monocle’s digital decency manifesto

    Technology is everywhere but that ubiquity can come at a cost to our health, wellbeing and the quality of our conversations. View our manifesto for a more dignified relationship with all things digital and learn to be a little kinder and more cautious online.

    • 2 min
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    Sweden’s Arctic: green innovation

    Sweden’s Arctic: green innovation

    Norrbotten in Sweden is blessed with natural resources but more recently has been turning heads because of its growing roster of innovative start-ups. We bear witness to the region's effort to change heavy industries into clean businesses.

    • 7 min
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    Tsinandali tunes

    Tsinandali tunes

    The first edition of a Georgian festival that’s bringing together musicians from the Caucasus to discuss their shared future.

    • 7 min
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    Privacy alerts

    Privacy alerts

    From social media to mass surveillance, we know that we are losing the ability to be private, to have lives for us and our children that are off-grid. But we can regain some control. This is how.

    • 1 min

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