Planet B: Everything Must Change - Infrastructure (Ep 3)

In the third episode of Planet B: Everything Must Change, a podcast made with Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung London, host Dalia Gebrial finds out why infrastructure has become a touchstone for climate movements across the global north. From Bernie Sanders' Green New Deal for public housing to Jeremy Corbyn's pledge of a green industrial revolution, this kind of climate policy is focused on large-scale investment, expansion and abundance. But what's missing from these high-tech visions of a cleaner, greener future? As Dalia finds out, the promise of green infrastructure is constrained by capitalism and bound up in economic policy that punishes debt-laden countries in the global south. This episode features insights from public economist Yanis Varoufakis, climate journalist Kate Aronoff, Emilia Reyes of Mexican civil society organization Equidad de Género and human rights activist Zo Randriamaro. Produced by Freddie Stuart. Music and sound by Ben Heyderman. Illustrations by Tomekah George. Design by Pietro Garrone. Made in partnership with Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung London.