Returning Nature to Cities

May 23, 2022
15:00–15:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Biodiversity and nature loss places 44% of GDP in cities at risk of disruption, rendering business-as-usual urban planning and infrastructure development unsustainable. How are leaders, infrastructure companies and innovators jointly redesigning cities to improve environmental and human health? Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and English This is a livestreamed session.

Speakers

SP
Sheela Patel
Director
Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
MR
Mauricio Rodas
Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center
Atlantic Council

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