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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.
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 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
and researcher Andrea Jany and Yoann Gorostiaga, project manager working on
sustainable and energy efficient buildings at Nobatek INEF4. We talk about
how our way of living has changed over time, what our settlement and housing
forms will look in the future and what role the construction sector plays in
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 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 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
Greater Grenoble Area Mobility Authority from France.

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.
We thereby want 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 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.