Sparks Nov 18, 2021

Episode 7: Live from World Climate Summit

Show Contributors: Dr. Jennifer Lenhart, Zoe Haseman, Jens Nielsen

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Jennifer Lenhart, PhD

Global Cities Lead, WWF

Jennifer Lenhart

Jennifer Lenhart is WWF鈥檚 Global Cities Lead, convening a program which has engaged over 700 cities in 50 countries, namely via the One Planet City Challenge. She holds a PhD in urban climate governance from Wageningen University, an Erasmus Mundus MSc in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (MESPOM) from Lund University and Central European University, and has over 15 years鈥 experience addressing urban environmental challenges via holistic approaches. She previously worked at UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya, the City of Malm枚, Sweden, an urban sustainability consultancy in Seattle, USA, and hosts a blog, the Urban Observer, recognized by the Guardian Cities. She recently moved back to Stockholm from Santiago de Chile.

鈥淲e need all hands on deck to halve emissions in less than 10 years, and our cities provide excellent arenas to collaborate, innovate, pilot and scale up solutions with multiple co-benefits for people, climate and nature.鈥

Jennifer Lenhart

Jennifer Lenhart, PhD

Global Cities Lead, WWF

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