Bridged2050 YouTube channel now live

The plan for 2025 was simple - more than facts, more than words and more than me.

The new Bridged2050 YouTube channel meets that ambition. It draws on the extraordinary range of information, insight, and storytelling already available on the platform and uses it to support the mission: living better while addressing the climate emergency

What to expect

YouTube is a global library. Reviewing its catalogue, it’s clear there are areas where it excels: urban transport, climate storytelling, and expert explainers.

Cities: Lessons from Paris, Stockholm, and Utrecht show how far London still has to go—even though it leads the UK in sustainable transport. These cities will feature regularly on the channel.

Experts: YouTube hosts thinkers with global standing. One example is featured below. Others are lesser known but equally valuable—urbanists, campaigners, and designers with something to teach us.

Climate: There’s no shortage of climate content. I’m curating a shortlist of stories worth your time and considering whether to include climate sceptics. Not giving them airtime feels evasive. But amplifying misinformation is a real risk. I’m still weighing the balance.

For now, the channel features only third-party films. Original video production is planned for later in 2025.

The channel structure reflects the themes of this blog, with one extra category, Watch These First. Every two weeks I’ll update a shortlist of standout films. Here are the first three:

The City where bicycles now outnumber cars

A wonderful short film on cycling in the City of London. Back in 2019, when I returned to cycling, I wouldn’t have believed this was possible. The film also highlights initiatives in Hackney and School Streets across the capital. Ten minutes that will produce a smile.

Bill McKibben on the climate crisis

Bill McKibben is one of the most respected environmentalists in the world. He’s also a brilliant storyteller. This talk explains how fossil fuel companies knowingly misled the public about climate change. Though focused on the US, the dynamics are relevant to UK viewers.

Fulham Pier

The Terrace in Barnes needs rescuing. Down river another section of the Thames towpath has just been open for the first time since the 1970s. Fulham Football Club’s new Riverside stand includes a new promenade with public facility on the ground floor, Fulham Pier. It has transformed this stretch of the river and its surrounding neighbourhood. This is not the solution for Barnes but it but it shows what’s possible with imagination and investment.

You can see all the Bridged library of films at the new YouTube channel.