Urban Lab 1 “Championing Local Green Deals”
The Urban Lab Session “Championing Local Green Deals” will take place online on 16th July, 9.30-11.00 CEST. The event is coordinated by ISOCARP Institute and it is part of the 3-day Urban Thinker Campus “A Local Green Deal”, organised by Studieninstitut Rhein-Neckar (Mannheim, Germany).
Through the European Green Deal, the European Union has set the ambitious target of becoming the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. The European Green Deal includes various actions, measures and tools in nine policy areas (such as clean energy, sustainable mobility, biodiversity, etc.). However, it is crucial to transform the direction given by the Green Deal into local actionable projects and concrete interventions. Following Mannheim’s input and effort to develop a Local Green Deal Mannheim, this Urban Lab Session will collect and discuss valuable practices and experiences in the implementation of Local Green Deals.
NOTE: You will register on the official website of the UTC Mannheim and you will receive a confirmation e-mail from the organising team. The link to our session (URBAN LAB 1) will be available on the day itself on the official website.
The livestream of the event will be available here.
This Urban Lab Session aims at reflecting on actionable and short-term interventions which foster the implementation of Local Green Deals. The programme will start with brief presentations to inspire the audience and provide exemplary experiences and approaches at different urban scales and from different contexts. Moreover, ISOCARP Institute is launching a Call for Contributors, where city representatives, practitioners, industry partners or community members can share their stories and suggest possible solutions.
The session is intended to be as interactive as possible. Speakers will answer questions and will discuss with the participants.
Programme
- 09.30 – 09.35
Introduction | ISOCARP Institute - 09.35 – 09.50
Keynote speaker presentation | Martin Knuijt, OKRA - 09.50 – 10.40
Call for Contributors: share your story!
Elsa Durieux, ICLEI
Nicolas Gharbi, Municipality of Madrid
Joana Bispo, Municipality of Teresina
Valentina D’Alonzo, EURAC & VARCITIES project
Bhagyshri Kulkarni, architect and urban designer (India)
Sevval Cavusoglu, urban planner (Turkey)
Elisa Torricelli, Municipality of Milan - 10.45 – 10.55
Discussion | Local actions for Green Deals
Moderated by Milena Ivkovic - 10.55 – 11.00
Recap and closing | ISOCARP Institute
Call for contributors!
Are you a city representative or a practitioner and would like to present your projects on implementing Local Green Deals? Are you an industry partner who has been working on new solutions/products? Or are you a member of a community who would like to share your experience on sustainable actions? Then we would like to listen to your story! You are invited to submit initiavies, actions, strategies and proposals and discuss them during our Urban Session Lab.
Would you like to contribute but you cannot attend the session? No problem! Contact us and submit a short recorded video. We will be happy to share it.
For any questions or further information regarding the Urban Lab Session, please contact Federico Aili (aili@isocarp-institute.org).