AJ Climate Champions podcast: Glasgow’s plans for carbon neutrality by 2030 + ACAN’s COP26 fringe activism

This week we bring you more on Glasgow: how the city is tackling its target to be carbon neutral by 2030 and what ACAN has in store for COP26

We speak to Glasgow City Council architect Paola Pasino about her work with Jan Gehl to create the framework for much that is happening in Glasgow today and to ACAN’s Evelyn Choy about the exhibitions, events and social media storm ACAN is hosting during COP26. Hattie Hartman highlights the key built environment reports launched for the international climate conference.

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About Paola Pasino

Paola Pasino (MArch and Phd) has held various roles at Glasgow City Council for more than 15 years. She worked with Jan Gehl in 2015 to develop the City Centre Strategic Development Framework, shaping many of the projects coming forward now. Paola is responsible for commissioning The Avenues, a transformation of the city centre to prioritise people over cars, and Sustainable Glasgow Landing, the animation of a vacant site adjacent to the COP26 secure zone, curated by New Practice, both described in our last episode. Paolo has also developed a Sustainable Glasgow story map with three online itineraries of more than 200 sustainable projects around the city.

About Evelyn Choy

Evelyn is ACAN’s events and actions co-ordinator, a (mostly virtual) role she took on at the beginning of the pandemic. Originally from Melbourne, she has been based in London for more than five years.