BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/a-city-for-all-lead ing-climate-transformation-in-an-era-of-disinformation/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:18791375-205b-42f2-9eee-89692f6c0a0c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260621T073414 DTSTART:20260624T173000 DTEND:20260624T190000 SUMMARY:A city for all: leading climate transformation in an era of disinf ormation LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (LS E campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 24 June 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakerAnne HidalgoDiscussa ntsYvonne Aki-SawyerrKate GallegoDavid MillerMark WattsChairDr Philipp Rod eJoin C40 Cities and LSE Cities for the inaugural lecture honouring Nicky Gavron - the ‘Mother of C40’ and London’s pioneering former Deputy M ayor. We are thrilled to welcome Anne Hidalgo\, former Mayor of Paris and Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) Global Ambassador\, to deliver a headline keynote on the radical\, often challenging\, and ultimately transformativ e work of leading climate action in Paris and globally.Following the keyno te\, a panel of world-leading mayors including\, Kate Gallego\, Mayor of P hoenix and Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr\, C40 Co-Chair and Mayor of Freetown\, will debate what it truly takes to build climate safe cities.Be part of the con versation shaping the urban future.The Nicky Gavron Memorial Lecture Serie sThe Nicky Gavron Memorial Lecture Series is an annual event hosted by the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and LSE Cities at the London School o f Economics and Political Science. It is dedicated to honouring the life a nd legacy of Nicky Gavron\, the visionary London politician\, former Deput y Mayor and co-founder of C40\, renowned for her pioneering work in urban planning and environmental policy.Each year we invite a prominent urban le ader\, scholar or thought leader to engage with themes central to Nicky's work\; climate action\, city diplomacy\, urban governance innovation and c ommunity engagement. Fostering dialogue\, international exchange and nurtu ring the next generation of urban decision makers were values that Nicky c hampioned. By bringing together to share experiences and ideas on the futu re of cities and urban society\, the series aims to pay tribute to Nicky's values.Meet our speakers and chairSpeakersAnne Hidalgo\, Former Mayor of Paris (2014-2026) and Global Ambassador for\nthe Global Covenant of Mayors .In 2014\, Anne Hidalgo became the first woman to be elected Mayor of Pari s. In 2020\, she was re-elected Mayor of Paris\, with an ambitious program me designed to transform Paris into a zero-carbon city by 2050. As Mayor o f Paris until March 2026\, Anne Hidalgo pursued an ambitious policy agenda focused on housing for families and universal\, inclusive public services \, working to improve air quality\, combat climate change and adapt the ci ty to the climate challenge\, reducing car use\, greening public spaces an d prioritising pedestrians. In December 2015 in Paris\, she organised the climate summit for local leaders\, a major side event of COP21. She chaire d the C40 Cities Leadership Group and served as President of the Internati onal Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) and Co-Chair of the World Or ganization of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). Today\, she cont inues in her role as Global Ambassador of the Global Covenant of Mayors\, working on climate leadership with mayors around the world.Yvonne Aki-Sawy err\, Mayor of Freetown and Co-Chair of C40.Having initially served from May 2018 to February 2023\, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE was re-elected to serve for a second term in June 2023. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr championed the four-yea r Transform Freetown plan\, which detailed 19 concrete targets across 11 s ectors and covered issues ranging from tackling environmental degradation to facilitating the creation of jobs for youth. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr’s nota ble achievements include: the construction and operation of Freetown’s f irst-ever wastewater treatment plant\; the digitalisation and expansion of the city’s property rate system\, the creation of over 3\,500 jobs for youth and women\; the planting and tracking of over 800\,000 trees as part of the #FreetownTheTreeTown 1 million trees target\; and securing the ong oing feasibility study for the introduction of a cable car system for the city. Mayor Aki-Sawyerr was featured by Time Magazine in the Time100 Next 2021 List and by the BBC in the BBC 100 Women 2020 List. She is a Chartere d Accountant with an MSc in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and a BSc Hons in Economics from Fourah Bay College.Ka te Gallego\, Mayor of Phoenix.Kate Gallego is the second elected female ma yor in Phoenix history\, and the youngest big city mayor in the United Sta tes. Mayor Gallego has focused on three key policy areas during her time i n office: diversifying the economy\, strengthening infrastructure investme nt\, and working to make Phoenix a leader in sustainability. Her record of proven results includes leading the campaign to pass Phoenix’s citywide transportation plan through 2050\, which was the largest local government commitment to transportation infrastructure in the country when it passed in 2015.RemarksDavid Miller\, is the Managing Director of the C40 Centre\ , and former Mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010. He served as Chair of C40 Cities from 2008 until 2010. Under his leadership\, Toronto became widely admired internationally for its environmental leadership\, economic stren gth and social integration. He is a leading advocate for the creation of s ustainable urban economies.Mark Watts is Executive Director of C40 Cities\ , a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities un ited in confronting the climate crisis.ChairPhilipp Rode\, is Executive Di rector of LSE Cities\, Associate Professorial Research Fellow and Associat e Professor (Education) at the School of Public Policy. He is Co-Director of the LSE Executive MSc in Cities and Visiting Professor at University of St Gallen’s Institute for Mobility. Dr Rode is Co-Chair of the Bloomber g LSE European City Leadership Initiative and leads its City Government In novation Observatory and Lab. He has been leading interdisciplinary progra mmes in urban development and transport\, sustainable urbanism and climate change\, and city policy and governance at the LSE since 2003. Across his work\, he is interested in multi-dimensional aspects of global urbanisati on\, sustainability and urban change.LSE Cities is an international centre that investigates the complexities of the contemporary city. It carries o ut research\, graduate and executive education\, engagement and advisory a ctivities in London and abroad.From time to time there are changes to even t details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event y ou check back on this listing on the day of the event.Whilst we are hostin g this listing\, LSE Events does not take responsibility for the running a nd administration of this event. While we take responsible measures to ens ure that accurate information is given here this event is ultimately the r esponsibility of the organisation presenting the event.LSE holds a wide ra nge of events\, covering many of the most controversial issues of the day\ , and speakers at our events may express views that cause offence. 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