Francesco Mellino
@francescomellino.bsky.social
- Senior economist at C40 Cities (✍🏼 https://thecentre.substack.com/)
- Econ editor at the Journal for City Climate Policy and Economy
Roman🇮🇹 in London🇬🇧
- Econ editor at the Journal for City Climate Policy and Economy
Roman🇮🇹 in London🇬🇧
Heartbroken at the prospect that the Fish & Cook stationary shop on Blackstock Road may be turned into a betting shop. Hackney has rejected the application following a small local uproar (www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/vict...), but it's now with the Planning Inspectorate.
Victory for residents as slots venue bid is blocked again
‘Adult gaming centre’ would replace a family-run stationery shop
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Heartbroken at the prospect that the Fish & Cook stationary shop on Blackstock Road may be turned into a betting shop. Hackney has rejected the application following a small local uproar (www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/vict...), but it's now with the Planning Inspectorate.
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If you're concerned about wood burning, join us in putting up posters in your area to help inform people about the #AirPollution impacts of burning.
#WoodBurning is still a vastly underestimated and misunderstood source of pollution.
Order your free posters here: bit.ly/wbposterform
#WoodBurning is still a vastly underestimated and misunderstood source of pollution.
Order your free posters here: bit.ly/wbposterform
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you're concerned about wood burning, join us in putting up posters in your area to help inform people about the #AirPollution impacts of burning.
#WoodBurning is still a vastly underestimated and misunderstood source of pollution.
Order your free posters here: bit.ly/wbposterform
#WoodBurning is still a vastly underestimated and misunderstood source of pollution.
Order your free posters here: bit.ly/wbposterform
temporarily re-emerging from parental leave to rejoice in the publication of the latest issue of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy:
utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/2
utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/2
Contents | Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 4, 2
Cities around the world depend on growth, but such growth has become, to use Herman Daly’s term, uneconomic—the costs of growth, within and beyond the cities’ boundaries, far exceed the benefits. Post-growth cities are cities that thrive without growth, ...
utppublishing.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
temporarily re-emerging from parental leave to rejoice in the publication of the latest issue of the Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy:
utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/2
utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/2
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Belated second installment*: how localising (even a small fraction) of the economy can protect our cities from disruption.
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
*pace will slow further until I return from parental leave in 2026.
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
*pace will slow further until I return from parental leave in 2026.
Localisation as a buffer against disruption
Fostering anchor institutions and community-ownership can make cities more resilient in tumultuous times
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Belated second installment*: how localising (even a small fraction) of the economy can protect our cities from disruption.
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
*pace will slow further until I return from parental leave in 2026.
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
*pace will slow further until I return from parental leave in 2026.
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With the right funding, cities can better protect people from devastating climate impacts like heat, flooding, and storms.
But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities.
Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1
But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities.
Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1
Contents | Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 4, 1
utppublishing.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
With the right funding, cities can better protect people from devastating climate impacts like heat, flooding, and storms.
But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities.
Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1
But local governments often miss out on the money they need, even in wealthier cities.
Read all about it in our latest journal issue: utppublishing.com/toc/jccpe/4/1
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We're all asking ourselves: how can we navigate uncertain times?
Is becoming more self-reliant the answer for cities? Explore the promises and perils of economic localisation with @francescomellino.bsky.social in the latest C40 Centre substack ⬇️ thecentre.substack.com/p/making-cit...
Is becoming more self-reliant the answer for cities? Explore the promises and perils of economic localisation with @francescomellino.bsky.social in the latest C40 Centre substack ⬇️ thecentre.substack.com/p/making-cit...
Making cities more resilient by “localising” their economies?
Can the capacity to be more self-reliant help cities navigate uncertain times? The first issue of a new series on the promise and perils of economic localisation.
thecentre.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We're all asking ourselves: how can we navigate uncertain times?
Is becoming more self-reliant the answer for cities? Explore the promises and perils of economic localisation with @francescomellino.bsky.social in the latest C40 Centre substack ⬇️ thecentre.substack.com/p/making-cit...
Is becoming more self-reliant the answer for cities? Explore the promises and perils of economic localisation with @francescomellino.bsky.social in the latest C40 Centre substack ⬇️ thecentre.substack.com/p/making-cit...
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How can cities plan for reduced gas demand?
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How can cities plan for reduced gas demand?
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
First post of a short series on the promise and perils of economic localisation.
Include references to the US' tariffs, autarky in fascist Italy, and the Late Bronze Age civilisation collapse...
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
and subscribe to get the next ones directly in your inbox.
Include references to the US' tariffs, autarky in fascist Italy, and the Late Bronze Age civilisation collapse...
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
and subscribe to get the next ones directly in your inbox.
Making cities more resilient by “localising” their economies?
Can the capacity to be more self-reliant help cities navigate uncertain times? The first issue of a new series on the promise and perils of economic localisation.
open.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
First post of a short series on the promise and perils of economic localisation.
Include references to the US' tariffs, autarky in fascist Italy, and the Late Bronze Age civilisation collapse...
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
and subscribe to get the next ones directly in your inbox.
Include references to the US' tariffs, autarky in fascist Italy, and the Late Bronze Age civilisation collapse...
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
and subscribe to get the next ones directly in your inbox.
Spare a thought for those of us who built their entire personality around correctly using em dashes in their non-native language.
people using em dashes to identify chatgpt sucks cause I liked being the kind of person to pretentiously use them correctly
May 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Spare a thought for those of us who built their entire personality around correctly using em dashes in their non-native language.
How can cities plan for reduced gas demand?
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
How can cities plan for reduced gas demand?
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
Who pays for maintenance and decommission costs as the gas customer base dwindles?
The research team at @c40cities.bsky.social answers these questions and more in this fantastic report.
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Your regular reminder to check out the vacancies at @c40cities.bsky.social — lots of exciting roles for those who like to work with cities and on all things urban climate action.
www.c40.org/careers/
www.c40.org/careers/
Careers at C40 - Job openings at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Current job openings at C40 Cities with positions located in cities around the world. Apply today to join our global team of climate leaders.
www.c40.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Your regular reminder to check out the vacancies at @c40cities.bsky.social — lots of exciting roles for those who like to work with cities and on all things urban climate action.
www.c40.org/careers/
www.c40.org/careers/
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Great to see this thoughtful exploration of the role of cities in meeting the migratory adaptation challenges of the coming decades #NomadCentury
me on the present and future role of migration on cities around the world, heavily inspired by reading @wanderinggaia.bsky.social's Nomad Century and recent @c40cities.bsky.social research on the topic:
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
We need to talk about urban climate migration
Migration can be a powerful climate adaptation solution, but national governments' lack of vision puts cities on the front line, adding to their existing challenges.
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Great to see this thoughtful exploration of the role of cities in meeting the migratory adaptation challenges of the coming decades #NomadCentury
me on the present and future role of migration on cities around the world, heavily inspired by reading @wanderinggaia.bsky.social's Nomad Century and recent @c40cities.bsky.social research on the topic:
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
We need to talk about urban climate migration
Migration can be a powerful climate adaptation solution, but national governments' lack of vision puts cities on the front line, adding to their existing challenges.
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
me on the present and future role of migration on cities around the world, heavily inspired by reading @wanderinggaia.bsky.social's Nomad Century and recent @c40cities.bsky.social research on the topic:
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
open.substack.com/pub/thecentr...
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As a neuroscientist who studies urban stress, loud cars/motorcycles should be banned, or fined excessively until drivers reassess their need to broadcast their self esteem with unnecessary noise pollution. I don’t need to hear your car in my apartment.
April 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As a neuroscientist who studies urban stress, loud cars/motorcycles should be banned, or fined excessively until drivers reassess their need to broadcast their self esteem with unnecessary noise pollution. I don’t need to hear your car in my apartment.
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is looking for innovative, thought-provoking research and policy guidelines for our open-call issue to be published in August 2026.
Full info utppublishing.com/journals/jcc...
@utpjournals.bsky.social @c40cities.bsky.social
The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is looking for innovative, thought-provoking research and policy guidelines for our open-call issue to be published in August 2026.
Full info utppublishing.com/journals/jcc...
@utpjournals.bsky.social @c40cities.bsky.social
Call for Papers | Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy | University of Toronto Press
Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is seeking new insights on special topics to publish in an upcoming issue. See if this CFP is the right fit for your research.
utppublishing.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is looking for innovative, thought-provoking research and policy guidelines for our open-call issue to be published in August 2026.
Full info utppublishing.com/journals/jcc...
@utpjournals.bsky.social @c40cities.bsky.social
The Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy is looking for innovative, thought-provoking research and policy guidelines for our open-call issue to be published in August 2026.
Full info utppublishing.com/journals/jcc...
@utpjournals.bsky.social @c40cities.bsky.social
in which I manage to shoehorn Horace into a short piece on climate diplomacy and cities—seemingly our last hope for climate action
thecentre.substack.com/p/finding-ho...
thecentre.substack.com/p/finding-ho...
Finding hope in climate action
Cities are our chance to defy gloomy expectations, look to them for action and hope
thecentre.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
in which I manage to shoehorn Horace into a short piece on climate diplomacy and cities—seemingly our last hope for climate action
thecentre.substack.com/p/finding-ho...
thecentre.substack.com/p/finding-ho...
Your regular reminder to check out the vacancies at @c40cities.bsky.social — lots of exciting roles for those who like to work with cities and on all things urban climate action.
www.c40.org/careers/
www.c40.org/careers/
Careers at C40 - Job openings at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Current job openings at C40 Cities with positions located in cities around the world. Apply today to join our global team of climate leaders.
www.c40.org
January 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Your regular reminder to check out the vacancies at @c40cities.bsky.social — lots of exciting roles for those who like to work with cities and on all things urban climate action.
www.c40.org/careers/
www.c40.org/careers/
Great to see tha latest analysis by @solveschoolrun.bsky.social in The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution
Campaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Great to see tha latest analysis by @solveschoolrun.bsky.social in The Guardian today:
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Just published: a great article from the C40 Knowledge Hub team on how cities can restrict carbon-intensive advertising:
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...
with links to the work of @adfreecities.bsky.social, @badvertising.bsky.social and others.
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...
with links to the work of @adfreecities.bsky.social, @badvertising.bsky.social and others.
December 2, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Just published: a great article from the C40 Knowledge Hub team on how cities can restrict carbon-intensive advertising:
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...
with links to the work of @adfreecities.bsky.social, @badvertising.bsky.social and others.
www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Ho...
with links to the work of @adfreecities.bsky.social, @badvertising.bsky.social and others.
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Today @chrisgpackham.bsky.social lent his support to a fossil fuel advertising ban. Adfree Cities and @badvertising.bsky.social have long called for such a ban to help end the social licence of fossil fuels.
Chris has started a petition. Sign today:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Chris has started a petition. Sign today:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship
Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...
petition.parliament.uk
November 23, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Today @chrisgpackham.bsky.social lent his support to a fossil fuel advertising ban. Adfree Cities and @badvertising.bsky.social have long called for such a ban to help end the social licence of fossil fuels.
Chris has started a petition. Sign today:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Chris has started a petition. Sign today:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Never quite appreciated how stark the effect of the Aemilian Way (Via Emilia) is in terms of urban development in Emilia-Romagna.
This is the sort of influence one expects from a body of water. Instead, it is all because of a Roman road built over 2100 years ago.
This is the sort of influence one expects from a body of water. Instead, it is all because of a Roman road built over 2100 years ago.
I risultati delle elezioni regionali in sei grafici e due mappe: dove i candidati sono andati meglio, quanti voti hanno preso i partiti e soprattutto quanti ne hanno persi o guadagnati www.ilpost.it/2024/11/19/r... Grazie @mdallastella.bsky.social per aver liberato i dati del ministero. #ddj
November 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Never quite appreciated how stark the effect of the Aemilian Way (Via Emilia) is in terms of urban development in Emilia-Romagna.
This is the sort of influence one expects from a body of water. Instead, it is all because of a Roman road built over 2100 years ago.
This is the sort of influence one expects from a body of water. Instead, it is all because of a Roman road built over 2100 years ago.
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🌱CLIMATE JOBS🌳
A regular reminder to check out vacancies at
C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world.
www.c40.org/careers/
A regular reminder to check out vacancies at
C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world.
www.c40.org/careers/
Careers at C40 - Job openings at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
Current job openings at C40 Cities with positions located in cities around the world. Apply today to join our global team of climate leaders.
www.c40.org
September 30, 2024 at 2:06 PM
🌱CLIMATE JOBS🌳
A regular reminder to check out vacancies at
C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world.
www.c40.org/careers/
A regular reminder to check out vacancies at
C40 Cities if you'd like to join a progressive, action-oriented organisation working with cities and mayors around the world.
www.c40.org/careers/
It took at least five (5!) years to develop this Selby Urban Village masterplan for green areas, sporting facilities, and 200 council homes and... all the sporting facilities are for predominantly-male sports (football, rugby, cricket)?
selbyurbanvillage.commonplace.is
selbyurbanvillage.commonplace.is
November 13, 2024 at 11:01 AM
It took at least five (5!) years to develop this Selby Urban Village masterplan for green areas, sporting facilities, and 200 council homes and... all the sporting facilities are for predominantly-male sports (football, rugby, cricket)?
selbyurbanvillage.commonplace.is
selbyurbanvillage.commonplace.is
Going through old tweets before I make my account dormant and found that my love for cities as catalysts for environmental action goes way back.
(this is the New Yorker article in question:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/10/18/green-manhattan)
(this is the New Yorker article in question:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/10/18/green-manhattan)
November 9, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Going through old tweets before I make my account dormant and found that my love for cities as catalysts for environmental action goes way back.
(this is the New Yorker article in question:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/10/18/green-manhattan)
(this is the New Yorker article in question:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/10/18/green-manhattan)