Keynote Speech

Chantal Van Ham - EU Programme Manager Nature Based Solutions - IUCN

Since 2006 and the first programmes such as Local Action for Biodiversity initiated by ICLEI and IUCN, some cities have implemented urban policies that emphasize green and blue spaces.

What lessons can we learn from this? How can these policies be generalized?

Kobie Brand - Deputy Secretary General - ICLEI

Cities talk

Olivier Massat - Director of the Plant Heritage and Biodiversity Department - City of Tours

Peter Frost - Urban Green Infrastructure Advisor - Natural Resources Wales

Etienne Aulotte - Coordination Nature & Agriculture Development - Department Brussels Environment

Implementing Nature based solutions in towns and cities all around the world

Canddie Magdelenat - Sustainable Local Governments & Cities Expert - WWF

Jennifer Lenhart - Global Lead for the Cities Programme - WWF

Harriet Bulkeley - Professor in the Department of Geography, Head of the Naturvation Programme - Durham University

How can the ecological footprint of cities be reduced? How can we reduce the pressure of urban dwellers on the whole planet?

Can public procurement policies of sub-national and local governments be used to shift the economy towards a more sustainable model?

Russell Galt - Head of Urban Alliance - IUCN

Philippe Jacob - Head of Biodiversity Division - City of Paris

Adeniran Akanni - Head of the Environmental Planning Unit - Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources

Conclusions