The Urban Futures Hub is pleased to announce the third installment of its Urban Futures Series. Join us for an insightful discussion featuring distinguished speakers Diana Reckien, Minal Pathak, and Cynthia Rosenzweig about the Justice for Resilient Development in Climate-Stressed Cities.
The Urban Futures Hub is delighted to announce the third installment of its Urban Futures Series, featuring the recently published Element on Justice for Resilient Development in Climate-Stressed Cities from UCCRN's Third Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities (ARC3.3).This international assessment represents a collaborative effort of over 300 expert authors from cities across low-, middle-, and high-income countries. The peer-reviewed publication series provides benchmark knowledge and city-level projections for urban climate change researchers, city practitioners, and policymakers at all levels of governance, serving as a key resource to inspire and accelerate climate action.
Join us as distinguished speakers Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Reckien, Coordinating Lead Author of this Element, and Prof. Dr. Minal Pathak and Prof. Dr. Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, Principal Editors of the assessment, share their insights on this groundbreaking work.
Speakers
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Reckien
University of Twente, Netherlands
ARC3.3 “Justice for Resilient Development in Climate-Stressed Cities” Element, Coordinating Lead Author
Diana Reckien is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management (PGM) of the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands.
Until 2022, Dr. Reckien was also Coordinating Lead Author of the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), coordinating work for 'Chapter 17: Decision-making options for managing risk'.
Before joining the University of Twente Dr. Reckien has worked at Climate Analytics Berlin, Germany, Columbia University in the City of New York, USA, and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany. She was also a Social Development Specialist for the Asian Development Bank in parallel and during parts of these positions.
Dr. Reckien received her PhD (magna cum laude) in Geography in 2007 from the University of Marburg, Germany, in cooperation with the John-Moores-University Liverpool, UK. Her PhD focused on “Intra-regional migration in formerly industrialised regions: Qualitative Modelling of household location decisions as an input to policy and plan making in Leipzig/Germany and Wirral/Liverpool/UK”.
Dr. Reckien is Associate Editor for Urban Climate (IF 6.9) and on the Editorial Board of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF 16.9).
The scientific publication record of Dr. Diana Reckien comprises more than 110 publications, including more than 60 peer-reviewed journal papers.
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Prof. Dr. Cynthia E. Rosenzweig
Columbia University, USA;
NASA, USA
ARC3.3 Principal Editior
Cynthia Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and an Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at the Columbia Climate School. She is also a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science at Barnard College. At NASA GISS, she heads the Climate Impacts Group whose mission is to investigate the interactions of climate (both variability and change) on systems and sectors important to human well-being. Dr. Rosenzweig has organized and led large-scale interdisciplinary, national, and international studies of climate change impacts and adaptation in urban and rural settings. She is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) and Co-Editor of the UCCRN Assessment Reports on Climate Change and Cities, the first-ever global, interdisciplinary, cross-regional, science-based assessment series to address climate risks, adaptation, mitigation, and policy mechanisms relevant to cities. Dr. Rosenzweig was also Co-Chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change, and she has served as coordinating lead author and lead author on several IPCC Assessment Reports.
Moderator
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Prof. Dr. Minal Pathak
Ahmedabad University, India
ARC3.3 Principal Editor;
IPCC Cities Special Report Coordinating Lead Author
Minal Pathak is the Academic Director of the Climate Institute at Ahmedabad University, India. She is the Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities coordinating work for 'Chapter 5: Solutions by regions and city types and a Lead Author for the the Working Group III (WGIII) contribution to the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). She has contributed to IPCCs Sixth Assessment cycle and other global assessments such as the UNEP Emissions Gap Report. She leads the South Asia Hub of the Urban Climate Change Research Network in partnership with Columbia University’s Earth Institute. She was a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College London from 2018-23 and has previously held a Visiting Scholar position at MIT. Her research lies at the intersection of climate change mitigation, and sustainable development at the national and subnational level. She has studied urban systems—examining how transportation, buildings, land-use planning and other demand side actions can contribute support inclusive growth while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. She is on the Editorial Board of One Earth and a Section Editor for Plos Climate.
If you want to now more about the Urban Future Hub Series visit our website or watch our previous session.
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