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Cities Introductions by All Cities Session 1: Ecological Planning for Cities Singapore (Singapore): Planning for a liveable and heat-resilient city by Chiu Wen Tung, Group Director for Research & Development, Strategic Planning Group, Urban Redevelopment Authority Guangzhou (China): Guangzhou's green development and planning practice as a Megacity by Xiyi Lin, Chief of Farmland Protection and Rural Planning Division, Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau; and Tianhe Li, Deputy Chief of Master Planning Division, Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau Paris (France): Paris Climate Action Plan by Yann Françoise, Deputy Director and Head of Climate department, Climate & Ecological transition directorate, City of Paris | Session 1: Case Studies on Passive Cooling & Nature-based Solutions Singapore: Greenery as a Nature-based Solution for Heat Mitigation by Dr. Tan Puay Yok, Group Director of Singapore Botanic Gardens / Chief Science and Technology Officer, National Parks Board (presentation not available) Guangzhou: Exploration of Sustainable Urban Cooling in Guangzhou by Wei Deng, Chief of District Planning Division, Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau; and Wu Jie, Deputy Director of Low-carbon and Eco-city, Urban Research Center, Guangzhou Urban Planning and Natural Resources Bureau Paris: Bioclimatic Trajectory for Major Parisian Train Stations by Melanie Doremus, Director of AREP Vietnam | Session 1: Journey Towards Smart and Sustainable Living in Singapore’s Public Housing (presentation not available) Speaker: Shuchi Jhalani, Senior Environment Analyst, Building & Research Institute, Housing & Development Board In attendance: Heru Santoso Soedarsono, Director, Building & Research Institute, Housing & Development Board | Session 1: Policy, Regulation and Financing of Cooling Options Studio Case: Guangzhou by Dingxi Huang, Director-level official of Master Planning Division, Guangzhou Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau Studio Case: Paris by Yann Françoise, Deputy Director and Head of Climate department, Climate & Ecological transition directorate, City of Paris | Country Presentations Cambodia China Indonesia Philippines Poland Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam |
Session 2: Overview of Passive Cooling Urban Cooling Solutions by Xueman Wang, Senior Urban Specialist and Program manager for the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities, World Bank Climate Modelling and Analytics for Urban Heat Risks Mitigation and Adaptation by Dr Yuan Chao, Founder & Principal Investigator of NUS Urban Climate Design Lab Paris Cooling Strategy by Yann Françoise, Deputy Director and Head of Climate department, Climate & Ecological transition directorate, City of Paris | Session 2: Tools to Support Cooling Cooling Singapore: Digital Urban Climate Twin (DUCT) by Ander Zozaya, Project Manager for Cooling Singapore, Singapore-ETH Centre; and Dr Juan Acero, Climate & Vegetation Pillar Leader, Cooling Singapore, SMART (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology) Economic Valuation of Urban Natural Assets by Xueman Wang, Senior Urban Specialist and Program manager for the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities, World Bank | Session 2: District Cooling Singapore District Cooling by Foo Yang Kwang, Chief Engineer, Sustainable Energy Solutions, SP Group Paris District Cooling by Yann Françoise, Deputy Director and Head of Climate department, Climate & Ecological transition directorate, City of Paris | In-site workshop and trainning | Closing Session Takeaway Messages by Xueman Wang, Senior Urban Specialist and Program manager for the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities, World Bank |