Climate Neutral Cities – Creating Multilevel-Impact in Our Cities for Our Citizens

Geiske Bouma is Senior Researcher in the field of Urban Planning and Governance Innovation. Her projects are focused on urban, spatial and environmental planning and the policy interface. The working field she is focused on is the connection of urban planning in relation to the mobility and energy transition gearing towards climate neutral and smart cities. She combines this with supporting policy development on the local, regional and national/EU level. Geiske is active in several European projects aimed at climate neutrality: NetZeroCities, MOVE21 (hubs for people and goods), ATELIER (positive Energy Districts).

Matthew is a sustainable finance expert at TNO Energy and Materials Transition with more than 15 years of experience working on financing and investment in climate mitigation and energy transition. He has led several EU-funded initiatives on scaling and accelerating investment in these areas. Matthew worked for several years in the financial services sector and has completed investment management certifications. He is also a certified Climate and Renewable Energy Finance expert, holds a degree in Economics, and two Master degrees in Environment and Resource Management and Computer Science.

Adriana started her professional life with a degree in Business. She works intentional communities, builds relationships and facilitates processes that bring (un)likely people together to work towards a shared purpose in different settings. Adriana holds a Master's in International Relations and a Master of Science in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. She received training and worked with dialogue-based and awareness-based interventions, participatory processes, and transformational leadership practices. Before joining Demsoc, Adriana worked for several years as civil servant in the Area of Economic Promotion and Development at the local (Barcelona) and regional level (Catalonia) in Spain.