Episode Synopsis "MetroTalks: Ensuring the commons in fragile contexts"

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the fragility of our societies. How can we adapt metropolitan governance to a crisis? How can we respond to compounding crises?In this episode, Octavi de la Varga, Metropolis Secretary-General, Mona Harb, Professor of Urban Studies and Politics at the American University of Beirut, and George Conway, Deputy Director of the Crisis Bureau at UNDP, share insights on metropolitan governance in cities in crisis.

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