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In the week of Europe Day, the ENLIGHT EUROPEAN DIALOGUE will bring together ENLIGHT partners and key experts from the nine ENLIGHT regions and connect them with other key stakeholders across Europe to reflect on novel approaches to the pressing challenges facing our European regions. The theme for the 2022 European Dialogue is Sustainable Urban Development.
The European Dialogue takes place over two days, May 11-12, hosted by Uppsala University, Sweden, with Fedra Vanhuyse a keynote speaker.
Graphic: ENLIGHT.
9.50 ‘Sustainable Cities – the Importance of Collaboration’
Dr. Fedra Vanhuyse is Head of Division – Societies, Climate and Policy Support at Stockholm Environment Institute HQ, leading teams of sustainability researchers on the team cities, communities, and consumption; the team water, coasts and ocean; and the team environmental policy and strategy.
She is passionate about cities, food, and people, and tries to combine these topics in her research portfolio. Currently, she is investigating how cities can become climate neutral and what funding that would require in the Viable Cities’ Finance project, funded by Viable Cities. She also leads a project on circular cities, funded by the Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova.
SEI Affiliated Researcher
Program / This project aims to accelerate investment in viable cities by assessing needs, frameworks and conditions under which financiers and cities can collaborate.
Project / This project provides cities with an adjustable framework to assess their level and potential for circularity.
Other publication / This brief helps local planners and stakeholders understand how NbS can enhance wellbeing through effective design, governance, and impact assessment.
Project / Creating practical tools for decisionmakers in Lund to leverage sustainable consumption and socially just climate transitions.
Press release / Mapping the footprint of UK supply chains reveals international impacts on water stress, deforestation-related carbon emissions and wildlife extinction risks.
