Friday, Sept 25:

The talk will be moderated by Herbert Dreiseitl

Making cities fit for the future: best practices from the UK, Italy, and Germany

Cities around the world have become front-runners on sustainability, are key players in the green recovery, and are central to the UK and Italy COP26 campaigns. Acting jointly, they can be a real transformative power, offering a testing ground for new ideas and innovation, and making climate action feel relevant and applicable to their citizens. At the same time, cities are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, requiring considerable investment into resilient infrastructure. This event-duo curated by the Embassies of Italy and the UK to Germany will offer a platform to discuss best practices from city-level climate action, drawing on experiences from Italy, the UK, and Germany:

What makes life in our cities so special is the variety of life scripts that can be developed, which is both a challenge and freedom at the same time. The current pandemic has shown how fast advantages can turn into disadvantages because cities are particularly exposed to the dictates of a viral outbreak due to their density and also their reliance on uninterrupted supply chains. Nonetheless, urban areas hold great creative potential.

Panelists:

Stefano Boeri
Full professor, architect and urban planner, president of Fondazione La Triennale di Milano. His studio, Stefano Boeri Architetti, is based in Milan and Shanghai.

Judy Ling Wong
Painter, poet and environmentalist. Honorary President of Black Environment Network (BEN). 

Gillian Dick
Spatial Planning Manager at Glasgow City Council. Team member of the Horizon 2020 European project "Connecting Nature".

Hanno Rauterberg 
Author and Deputy Head of Die Zeit's Feuilleton. Writes primarily about art, architecture and urban development.

Herbert Dreiseitl
Moderator

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