Episode 1: SDGs Implementation and European Municipalities Amidst the Climate Crisis

This podcast features conversation between Dr Miha Marcenko, Max Weber Fellow at the Department of Law, European University Institute, Italy, and Dr Matteo Fermeglia, Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam about the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and governance in the context of municipalities in Europe.
The podcast covers the following:
2:15 What is the role of municipalities in Europe when it comes to implementing the SDGs in a time of climate crisis
4:40 Whether the SDGs are central or peripheral to climate action by European municipalities, and whether the SDGs are intentionally influencing what municipalities are doing as governance actors
6:45 Are there particular SDGs that are especially relevant to court proceedings of African courts in a time of climate crisis
8:35 Whether the SDGs could begin to play a 'hard law' role for European municipalities in governing climate change
10:47 What is the value of North-South dialogue when it comes to implementing the SDGs in a time of climate crisis