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Vanesa Castán Broto

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Vanesa Castán Broto is a Professor of Climate Urbanism at the Urban Institute at the University of Sheffield. She leads a research group on Climate Urbanism. Her project Low Carbon Action in Ordinary Cities (2019-2024) explores new urban innovation trends for climate change, funded by the European Research Council. Her project Community Energy and Sustainable Transitions in East Africa, CESET (2020- 2023) explores the potential for off-grid energy access, funded by the UK Global Challenges Research Fund. Vanesa has recently published two books: Urban Energy Landscapes (2019, Cambridge University Press) and Urban Sustainability and Justice (2019, ZED Books, with Linda Westman). Her new co-edited collection on Climate Urbanism is forthcoming (2021, Palgrave, with Enora Robin and Aidan While).

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