Smart City Futures

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Selected:

Nicky Gavron

London Assembly

Londonwide Assembly Member

Sessions:
Policy Futures: Towards a Framework for Sustainable Economies

Nicky Gavron has been at the forefront of land-use, transport and environmental policy making for over two decades, becoming London's first statutory Deputy Mayor, 2000-2003/2004-2008  

Having spent over a decade as a community and environmental activist, she was elected as a Labour councillor in 1986. Throughout the 90s she was the leader of the London Planning Advisory Committee, formulating policies for the development of a sustainable London. Nationally, she was active on the Association of Metropolitan Authorities and the first chair of the Local Government Association Planning Committee  

As Deputy Mayor, she led on the London Plan and climate change, introducing groundbreaking policies and strategies to reduce C02 emissions. Her initiatives included establishing the London Climate Change Agency, Better Buildings Partnership and the international C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group  

Re-elected as a London Assembly Member in May 2008, she is now chair/deputy chair (alternate years) of its Planning and Housing Committee and promoting action on climate change in the UK and internationally 

Speakers:

Smart City Futures

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