Climate resiliency and low-carbon accessibility/

Event Detail
Coordinating housing and mobility policies to promote a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient compact urban development.
9am Institutional Opening | Insper & MIT
Celebrating recent collaborations between MIT and Insper, by MIT Brazil
9:30am Opening talks | conceptual framework
- Prof. Siqi Zheng (MIT) – Climate Resiliency and Low Carbon Cities
- Prof. Adriano Borges Costa (Insper) – Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility
10am Evidence talks (studies)
- Clarisse Cunha Linke (ITDP) – The Compact City Scenario Electrified. ITDP and the University of California, Davis. 2021.
- Rafael Pereira (IPEA) – Access to Opportunities Project
- Erik Vergel-Tovar (Universidad de los Andes) – Location Matters: Land Use, Urban Development Patterns, and Transport Inequality
11am Policy Panel (policy makers and industry)
- Mediation: Fabio Duarte (MIT)
- Kelly Fernandes (GIZ)
- Vladimir Iszlaji (Abrainc)
- Annie Amicci (BNDES)
- Washington Fajardo (Insper Cidades)
12am Comments and Discussion
- Mediation: Carolina Guimarães (Insper Cidades)
12:30pm Lunch & networking
2:00pm Warming talks
- Anaclaudia Rossbach (Lincoln Institute) – Housing policies in Latin America
- Juan Palacios (Maastricht University) – Low Carbon Real Estate
2:30pm Evidence talks (studies)
- Mariana Giannotti (POLI-USP) – Social housing and accessibility in Brazil’s unequal cities
- Adriano Borges Costa (Insper) – Access to Urban Opportunities in São Paulo’s Master Plan
- Simon Buchler (MIT) – Climate risk and commercial real state
- Rounaq Basu (MIT) – Planning sustainable cities: Coordinating accessibility improvements with housing policies
3:30pm Policy Panel (policy makers and industry)
- Mediation: Sergio Avelleda (Insper Cidades)
- Police Neto (State Government)
- Miguel Setas (CCR)
- Hannah Arcushin (GT Clima e Cidades/IABsp)
- Ilan Cuperstein (C40)
4:30pm Comments and Discussion
- Mediation: Carolina Guimarães (Insper Cidades)
5pm Institutional Closing
5pm:30 Happy Hour & Networking