Sadiq Khan

In this full interview from March 2020, Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, discusses the rapidly developing coronavirus crisis and questions surrounding London's lockdown. The conversation covers congestion on the Tube, the possible length of restrictions, and whether London could be separated from the rest of the UK. The interview captures the uncertainty surrounding travel, public transport, and government measures during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sadiq Khan marked ten years in City Hall this May, and Ava joined the Mayor of London to walk back through a decade running Britain's capital. Sadiq's time in charge has been far from smooth. From Conservative administrations to conspiracy theories, the Mayor of London has fought against opposition from all angles to get his agenda through. During the chat, Sadiq speaks about the pockets of offline and online opposition to his leadership of the city, and how he pushes back against those who want to do London down. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cities are where we will lose or win the climate change battle. Chapter 8 of the IPCC report on mitigation reported that more than half of the global population now lives in cities, and that proportion is expected to grow to about two-thirds by 2050. That is a lot of people. And that’s a lot of emissions. As of 2020, urban areas are the source of about 67-72% of emissions with about 100 of the highest emitting urban areas [currently] accounting for approximately 18% of the global carbon footprint.” But with problems like urban heat, growing disparities in income and access to food and healthcare, how are mayors uniquely empowered to adapt to everything a climate emergency brings with it? This week, we have the Mayor of London and Chair of C40, Sadiq Khan. He shares his personal journey with being diagnosed with Adult-Onset Asthma after breathing in too much pollution in London, and how educating the public and bringing people along with you in your leadership is the way forward to cleaner, greener cities. And this week a special sample of Environmental Music Prize finalist, Holy Holy with their song ‘Hello My Beautiful World’ Enjoy the show! — Christiana + Tom’s book ‘The Future We Choose’ is available now! Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter ! — Mentioned links from the episode: LEARN: CDP Cities, States and Regions Open Data Portal VOTE: Environmental Music Prize — Thanks to our guest this week, Sadiq Khan! Sadiq Khan Mayor of London | Chair of C40 Cities Twitter | Instagram Mayor of London Twitter | Instagram C40 Cities Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube — Thank you to our musical guest this week, Holy Holy! Holy Holy Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Time is running out to vote! Go to EnvironmentalMusicPrize.com to make sure your vote counts! — Keep up with Christiana Figueres online: Instagram | Twitter Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn Paul Dickinson: LinkedIn | Twitter — Follow @OutrageOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | <a

Following Sadiq Khan's appearance at the transport select committee last week, in which the mayor denied that the number of TfL staff receiving over £100,000 in total remuneration a year had risen under his watch, we focus our attention to his mayoralty and ask the question - is he spending taxpayers' money wisely? Political YouTuber and Londoner Mahyar Tousi joins us for this special episode of TPA Talks!