Cities in a changing climate

Marta is an interdisciplinary scientist exploring pathways of progress on climate action in cities worldwide. She is Head of the Adaptation Research Group at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). She has a background in Environmental Engineering, a PhD in Land Economy and almost 20 years of experience in urban sustainability and climate governance. Her work tries to understand how local actors and cities can develop more effective climate adaptation action looking into decision making, planning, politics, justice and knowledge generation. Since 2020, she has been a member of the Steering Committee of the International Platform on Adaptation Metrics (IPAM). She coordinates the European Research Council project IMAGINE Adaptation

Marcelle is an architect and researcher with a passion for community-led sustainable urban development, during the last 12 years focusing on urban infrastructure, housing, health, livelihood improvement in informal settlements in cities, all through a climate change lens. She works alongside CBOs, urban practitioners, and researchers, in the sub-Saharan context, co-producing solutions aimed at reducing urban poverty and inequality while advocating for increased agency and building governance capacity of communities at grassroots.