IEEP and [ui!]uk are organising an event, hosted by the Greater London Authority, to highlight the importance of evidence-based policy creation by local authorities to deliver on urban climate objectives. Hosted by London’s city government, the Greater London Authority (GLA), the event will take place during London Climate Action Week in The Crystal, London’s new City Hall on the Thames.

The event aims to bring together participants from civil society, City Hall, Transport for London (TfL), and London’s boroughs, as well as members of academia and research think tanks. We hope this discussion will add momentum behind evidence-based, data-driven environmental legislation, where both [ui!]uk and IEEP can provide a platform and guidance for applications of such evidence base, and showcase areas where data is making a difference. We will complement this with a sister event during the European week of cities and regions in Brussels, in September 2023.

When: 27 June, 18:00-20:00 BST

Where: Kamal Chunchie Way, London E16 1ZE

To register, please click here.

Founded in 2019, London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is one of the world’s largest independent climate change events. A key objective is to harness the power of London and its institutions to further ambitious climate policy and, importantly, delivery. As a global European city, London has much to share on what works, but equally is keen to learn from others. In particular on the role that the rapidly developing area of data and data-driven applications is playing in helping achieve net zero, circular economy and related environmental and economic objectives.

If you are unable to attend and would like someone to attend in your place, or who may have an interest in the subject, please get in touch with Nicolas Woo-Cañal, nwoo-canal@ieep.eu.

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Panelists

Leonie Cooper AM

Leonie has been an elected member of the London Assembly since 2016 for the Merton and Wandsworth constituency and is currently the Chair of the London Environment Committee. After a career in the field of social housing, focusing on energy efficiency of buildings and resident behaviour change, she is now dedicated to working in the Assembly advising on environmental sustainability, analysis of energy and water efficiency, waste minimisation, transport and biodiversity.

Antony Page

Antony is Managing Director of [ui!]uk, where he implements digital and data-driven solutions to environmental challenges, such as urban sharing platforms for local governments, data markets and programme governance, as well as fulfilling market needs through insight driven products to realise strategic ambitions focused on smart city solutions.

Yunus Arikan

Yunus is Director of Global Advocacy at ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), spanning 2500 local and regional governments committed to sustainable urban development. He is dedicated to influencing sustainability policy to drive local action for low emission, nature-based, equitable, resilient and circular development. While he is also involved in global climate negotiations through his work with the Bonn Centre for Local Climate Acting and Reporting, he is also an active participant in the work of the UN among others, to enhance recognition, engagement and empowerment of local and subnational governments in the post Paris Agreement development agenda.

Michael Nicholson

Michael is the Head of UK Environment Policy at the Institute for European Environmental Policy UK. There he is focused on assessing coherent implementation of environmental policy in the UK as a whole and across the four nations, as well as monitoring and tracking policy divergence in environmental regulation between the UK and EU as an exercise of analysis of best practices and evidence-based constructive outcomes for nature and the environment.

Malini Mehra (Moderator)

Malini is on the Board of IEEP and Chair of IEEP UK. She serves as Chief Executive of GLOBE international, the environmental legislators organisation founded by Al Gore and John Kerry. An award-winning sustainability leader, Malini brings more than three decades of international experience on governance for sustainable development, policy and social entrepreneurship, advice and advocacy spanning government, parliaments, business, UN bodies and civil society.