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2012
- 7 February 2012
- World Bank expert seminar [this event was closed to the public]
2011
- 1 September 2011
- The tale of two regions - seminar and research report launch - Den Haag
- 29 June 2011
- Andrea Colantonio, Tim Dixon, Brian Field and Jan Olbrycht – Urban regeneration and social sustainability
- 6 June 2011
- Dr Joan Clos, Dr Gareth Jones, Professor Çağlar Keyder, Suketu Mehta, Professor Saskia Sassen, Professor Richard Sennett – Living in the Endless City
- 20 May 2011
- Alfredo Brillembourg – The architecture of social investment
- 19 May 2011
- Richard Sennett, Fran Tonkiss, Lawrence Vale, Gerald Frug and Asher Ghertner – Writing cities
- 17 May 2011
- Jerry Frug – The architecture of governance
- 28 March 2011
- Joan Clos - Cities and climate change
- 24 March 2011
- Bruce Katz and Ricky Burdett – A Vision of the Next Economy: from Macro to Metro
- 15 March 2011
- Mohsen Mostafavi – Ecological Urbanism
- 26 January 2011
- Edgar Pieterse – African Urbanism
- 17 January 2011
- Sharon Zukin – The Naked City
- 11 January 2011
- Enrique Peñalosa – Politics, Power Cities
2010
- 29 November 2010
- Richard Rogers – Cities and buildings
- 19 November 2010
- Lagos: confronting change in a global megacity
- 7 June 2010
- Cities under siege: the new military urbanism
- 2 June 2010
- Mexico City: inclusive actions towards sustainability
- 1 June 2010
- Climate Change: The City Solution
- 25 May 2010
- Beirut Normal
- 18 May 2010
- Kinetic City: Designing for Informality in Mumbai
2009
- 17 November 2009
- Cities, Design and Climate Change
- 14 October 2009
- Urban Technologies and the Environment
- 27 April 2009
- Architecture as Investment
2008
- 18 November 2008
- The Politics of Mobility
- 21 October 2008
- London in a Global Context
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Climate Change: The City Solution | 1 June 2010
Tuesday 1 June 2010 | 18:30-20:00
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
LSE Cities presents: Climate change: the city solution
Speaker: Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, 2006-2009
Chair: professor Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities
As mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard presided over a number of pioneering initiatives – including promoting cycling and low emissions zones – which help demonstrate how cities can provide solutions to global challenges such as climate change.
Free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary. Contact events@lse.ac.uk for additional information.
Speaker profiles
Ritt Bjerregaard
Ritt Bjerregaard is Copenhagen's first female Lord Mayor. She has previously served as a government minister and was the European commissioner for the environment, nuclear safety and civil protection.