Hayhoe/Toderian Smart Cities & Climate Action Pack
This starter pack is a collaboration between climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe & city planner Brent Toderian on the specific inter-relationship between urgent climate action and smart city-building. Experts and organizations who are connecting the dots between the two in smart ways!
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@brenttoderian.bsky.social
@pothen.bsky.social
Counsel and Land Use and Land Development Program Manager for Environmental Defence. The "Hands off the Greenbelt" guy. Arch-Adversary of Mr. Sprawl. Tweets aren't advice or statements from Environmental Defence. he/him
@weekendatburkys.bsky.social
Transport and urban planning Prof from Brisbane, Australia. Cycling, walking, micro-mobility, public transport, urbanism, electrification, and more.
@jahorne.bsky.social
🏙️🚶🏾♂️🚍🚏🚇🚲💪🏾🏳️🌈 (He/Him) Queer Urbanist - Transit Professional - Transit Nerd - Community Connector Interests: Cities, Cycling, Walking, Architecture, Museums, Performing Arts, Trains, Buses, People All views are mine. https://www.instagram.com/jahorne
@alexip718.com
I get my Korean food in Appalachia (Gwinnett County, Georgia!) I'm also the Publisher and Editor at @thexylom.com. Signal: alexip.718 Email: alex@thexylom.com
@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social
Urban geographer (University of Amsterdam) | Housing | Author (Das Mag) | Co-director Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) | Editor International Journal of Housing Policy, Beleid & Maatschappij | All links: https://linktr.ee/codyhochstenbach
@kmanaugh.bsky.social
Transport Justice - Sustainable Cities Department of Geography and Bieler School of Environment @McGillU Chair of TRB Pedestrian Committee (ACH10)
@keawilson.bsky.social
Senior editor + advocacy journalist at Streetsblog USA covering the movement to end universal car dependency. Spare time novelist. Tips to: kea@streetsblog.org or kwilson.52 on signal. Opinions are my own.
@filipschmidt.bsky.social
Sociologist and activist, assistant prof. at AMU Poznan, Poland. Studies mobility and transport (social justice, social practices, mob. biographies, soc. and env. benefits&costs of mobility) and family life course. Chairman of Jeżyce Neighbourhood Council.
@liorsteinberg.bsky.social
Planning cities that make people smile; Co-founder @ humankind Author of The Car That Wanted to be a Bike: http://humankind.city/car 📍 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
@scottford.bsky.social
Deputy Director of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Champion of sustainable growth models, walkable/rollable communities, and the foundational importance of vibrant downtown neighborhoods as drivers for regional prosperity.
@ianjsemple.bsky.social
Transportation & Transit Director for a growing Canadian city. Working to create complete communities with sustainable, multi-modal transportation solutions. Committed to building safe, accessible, and reliable ways to move, connect, and thrive.
@andrealearned.bsky.social
I Create #ClimateInfluence , host #podcasts, moderate, speak and develop creative collaborations | #cities #food #transportation #BIKES | My methods: live events + media (audio, Substack)| #LivingChange podcast | Music via KEXP is my joy
@marcelmoran.com
NYC. City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Urban Informatics. Research: marcelmoran.com. Banner by Bellows.
@cityofsound.bsky.social
Designer, urbanist &c. Director, Melbourne School of Design and Professor, University of Melbourne + Visiting Prof of Practice, UCL IIPP. Prev.: Vinnova (Swedish Gov innovation agency), Arup, Future Cities Catapult, SITRA (Finnish Innovation Fund), BBC
@londoncycling.bsky.social
🚲 Registered charity with 20,000+ members & supporters making cycling in London safe and enjoyable for everyone
@annekeary.bsky.social
Climate activist wearing too many hats - interested in climate justice education & municipal climate strategy. Co-chair Toronto Climate Action Network. For Our Kids Toronto. Environmental Education Ontario. Independent scholar (Ph.D. history, UC Berkeley)
@jameslonghurst.bsky.social
college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
@mitchellsilver.bsky.social
Urban planner, public speaker, placemaker and professor of practice. Former NYC Parks Commissioner, Raleigh Chief Planning Officer and AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, the planet, planning, parks & public space.
@holcaggiano.bsky.social
community planning, energy transitions, climate decisions, mutual aid • asst prof UBC SCARP • whitecaps fan • not rolling my eyes, I have tourette syndrome
@gellis23.bsky.social
Professor of Planning at QUB: Sustainability, planning, energy, health, environmental protection. Editor of Jrl of Env Planning & Policy. Full profile: bit.ly/ZYkPNM
@novumsimulacrum.com
#Sociology professor in PA that plays video games and studies the built environment. Taiwanese American. Irvine + Binghamton alum. Author of Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism https://tinyurl.com/jkvbxcn4
@cnunewurbanism.bsky.social
CNU envisions a world where cities, towns, and neighborhoods are intentionally designed and managed to foster community, preserve the natural environment, and improve the lives of all people. Learn more: cnu.org CNU 33 registration: https://bit.ly/41v76Br
@parkingreform.org
An org with a mission to educate the public about the impact of parking policy on housing, climate, equity, and traffic. https://parkingreform.org/
@blaiseremillard.bsky.social
Mobilité et urbanisme au CRE-Montréal et DG par intérim | Innovation écosociale | Transition | Concertation | Montréal
@detroitgreenways.bsky.social
#Detroit advocates for a citywide network of #greenways, #CompleteStreets & bike pathways 🚶🏾🏃🏾👩🏾🦽🚴🏾 linktr.ee/detroitgreenways
@amyhemmeter.bsky.social
Climate Person, Data Scientist, Novice Transit Nerd and Car-free in the Motor City, Vegan
@russellmcintyre.bsky.social
US Climate & Housing Policy Senior Policy Analyst at Cotality (views are my own) Carolina sports, star wars, marvel, and memes WNC / UNC '13 / GWU GSPM '16 / 📍DC #greensky #climatesky #housing #urbanism
@ghostofolmsted.bsky.social
Urban/historical geographer UConn Hartford. Parks for sustainable cities. Boston sports | Guide dog puppy raiser
@citygreenerstrategies.com
Usually: cities, nature, parks, climate, New England. Occasional: Arsenal and Michigan football bantz. https://www.citygreenerstrategies.com
@petergotautahi.bsky.social
@alexsteffen.bsky.social
We're not yet ready for what's already happened. Award-winning writer and climate futurist. Foresight and strategies for life in a planetary crisis. Podcast and newsletter: https://alexsteffen.substack.com/
@jrlclarke.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Global Sustainable Development. Interested in cities, energy, water and housing. Methods around resilience, representation and co-creation.
@sheilarose.bsky.social
Detroit/Miami girl turned New Yorker. Prof, Columbia U. Environmental and Climate Justice, The City as a Commons, Co-Cities sheilarfoster.com
@americawalks.bsky.social
Everyone should be able to move around their community with dignity and freedom. We are a national non-profit supporting change and changemakers at every level. Americawalks.org
@davethompsonvic.bsky.social
Housing, climate, urbanism, communities consulting. Also Victoria BC City Councillor, CRD Director. Civil discourse and good governance. Pragmatic progressive. Punkthäuser fan. My own views only. ☄️⏳yyj 🇨🇦
@urbancourtyard.bsky.social
Launching the CIMBY (Courtyard In My Backyard) movement in North America, starting in Chicago.
@ridecargob.bsky.social
North America's first on-demand electric cargo bike share 🚲📱🌎🏙️ Follow us on IG: @ridecargob Learn more: https://rideCargoB.com Email us: hello@rideCargoB.com Now available on Apple and Android Currently serving the Boston area
@climateldnont.bsky.social
Later is too late. Educating, Advocating, Collaborating on Climate Action in London, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 Sign up for our local newsletter www.climateactionlondon.ca/newsletter
@owenwaygood.bsky.social
Sustainable transport prof.; Transport and children’s wellbeing; travel behaviour; psychological framing and transport decisions; oh yeah, car free w/ 3 kids.
@cityobservatory.bsky.social
Original research and commentary on what matters for city success.
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
@trecpdx.bsky.social
Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC). Home to the Initiative for Bicycle and Pedestrian Innovation (IBPI), transportation data programs PORTAL & BikePed Portal, Better Block PSU, and PSU's membership in PacTrans.
@mlip.bsky.social
Urban climate scientist. Focussed on developing better urban climate models. http://isithotrightnow.com | http://theurbanist.com.au
@mapesgeog.bsky.social
Community geographer, cartographer, pedestrian, cyclist. Author of "The New American Small Town: Lessons for sustainable urban futures" (coming June 2025).
@qagggy.bsky.social
📍Seattle/London. Board member at Seattle Neighborhood Greenways. Opinions amirite. Safe, sustainable, equitable, healthy cities. Dongho Chang superfan. (he/him)
@peterpedroson.bsky.social
I work at the intersection of urban mobility, land use, and climate. I occasionally post about Brazil, music, and football (the one played with feet). Views are my own.
@climateclare1.bsky.social
Associate Professor at UCL working on urban climate, heat and health. NIHR funded population health fellow. Musician, living in Oxford.
@2030hub.bsky.social
Accelerating sustainable cities and business. World's first Local2030 Hub. Certified B Corp. ❤️ SDGs
@harrisonwatt.bsky.social
Advocating for sustainable cities and active transport 🌳🚲🚶🏳️🌈
@nfrantzeskaki.bsky.social
passion for research of/with cities, climate change, resilience & sustainability * urban nature-based solutions governance * professor of urban & metropolitan transitions & governance * she/her 🇬🇷🇪🇺
@trjeffery.bsky.social
I lead a small govt organization at the intersection of water resources, climate resilience, and urban planning. Using nature based solutions to protect water resources and build resilience. Administrator at RPBCWD. Views expressed are exclusively mine.
@nina-eliz.bsky.social
PhD candidate, comm & urban sustainability | mixed methods civic media & political participation researcher | urban planner (AICP) | #firstgen 🎓 | she/her
@andybarenberg.bsky.social
Economist. UMass Amherst/UMKC trained. Bike Commuter. Soccer Coach. Currently focused on making cities equitable and sustainable.
@mallorybaches.bsky.social
AICP, LEED-AP, CNU-A Urban design, sustainable cities, ND Football Mom, President of @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and @ndschoolofarch.bsky.social alum www.cnu.org
@ayanaeliza.bsky.social
Marine biologist, writer, policy nerd. Co-founder Urban Ocean Lab, think tank for the future of coastal cities. In love with climate solutions.
@lizzylowe.bsky.social
Working to create sustainable cities 🏙️ & ecosystems full of invertebrates 🐞 Inordinately fond of spiders 🕷️ Research Fellow at ECU 🌱
@drhelenmac.bsky.social
Principal Climate Change Scientist working on climate change & health including spatial modelling, urban environment, air quality, heat and cold, and co-benefits of climate action inc nature based solutions. Former geologist. PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry.
@liammcgrath.bsky.social
Forecasting & modelling for sustainable cities Transport for London🚇 Director at Leathermarket CBS affordable housing 🏢 Director se1.solar Community Energy ☀️ Urban history podcast yeoldeguide.com Personal opinions liamkmcgrath.com
@right0fway.bsky.social
Urban planner and researcher focused on equity, energy democracy, and climate planning. My work examines how planning practices advance, or hinder, just and sustainable futures. http://streetopias.org 📍 Detroit
@jstehlin.bsky.social
Urban/economic geographer focused on the political economy of urban sustainability and transportation, Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, UNC Greensboro
@aimeerawlins.bsky.social
Seattle-based editor at Fast Company covering climate, cities, housing, transportation, and all the ways they intersect. Yes, I am wearing a sash in my photo.
@masonhickok.bsky.social
Urban & regional planning grad student at UTSA | Digital Journalist at KSAT 12 News | Interests: Transportation planning/policy, sustainability, climate policy, green infrastructure, politics, film, and trail running.
@izzybraithwaite.bsky.social
Public health Dr/researcher, London - Climate & health, housing, urban sustainability
@dmauree.bsky.social
Decarbonisation / urban adaptation / climate resilience / sustainability Décarbonisation / adaptation des villes / résilience / durabilité Group leader at WSP Mauritius 🇲🇺 Switzerland 🇨🇭 France 🇫🇷
@tchakraborty.bsky.social
Earth Scientist @ Pacific Northwest National Lab; previously Yale (PhD '21); more previously IIT Kanpur (M.Tech '15) | urban climate | aerosols | remote sensing | heat stress | Google Earth Engine | geospatial | machine learning | https://tc25.github.io/
@drbrake.bsky.social
Journalist, policy wonk (transit, urban planning, EVs, climate, internet/media regulation), PhD (Media@LSE), dad. Currently living St John's, NL, Canada - longtime Londoner
@alerigolon.bsky.social
Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7
@angelone.bsky.social
Work at intersection of the built environment, climate, and sustainability but post mostly about urban(ish) things and family adventures! | Washington, D.C. https://www.paulangelone.com/
@bxlthor.bsky.social
Senior Policy Manager, Environmental Defense Fund Europe. Focused on climate, transport, and urban policy. Brussels based. Opinions are my own.
@mpusto.bsky.social
Cargo bikes, urbanism, safe streets, climate. Heat pump all the things! #MadisonWI
@how-sen.com
Toronto urban environmentalist. 20+ years in climate activism. From Etobicoke. ADHDer. Fancy degrees from McGill and Yale. Posts are my own. https://how-sen.com/link
@eugeniewaters.bsky.social
Family Physician | Climate Action | E-Cargo Bike Mom | Ottawa Leaning in for sustainable healthcare systems, safe active transportation networks, urbanism, biodiversity at the community level, greening schoolyards, and getting off fossil fuels.
@sarakfuller.bsky.social
Geographer, Macquarie University, Sydney. Researching climate change, energy, activism, cities, communities and justice.
@rhifaux.bsky.social
MSc Environmental & Forest Science. Active transportation, climate, nature, parenting, running, social justice, urbanism. Work for a national health-focused environmental nonprofit. Volunteer with Vision Zero Vancouver.
@d1egoramo5.bsky.social
environmental engineering — university of southern california | researching heat in cities | interested in renewable energy, climate change, sustainable development, global south https://s3research.usc.edu/about-us/diego-ramos-aguilera/
@efesce.bsky.social
Bennett Chair University of Sussex and PIK Potsdam. Climate change mitigation, especially cities, transport, and role of AI. Believes in human cooperation, urban planning, economics, and technologies. Make climate policy as if children matter.
@grquetin.bsky.social
Scientist | Engineer | Cargo Bike Enthusiast. Romantic about the indelible nature of cities full of people living in every way imaginable. Day job - climate change, and the trees of it.
@engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social
Chartered Civil Engineer working in the world of active travel 🚴♀️ 🌍 Like to talk about transport, urbanism, climate change, the environment and nature ❤️ Mum to two boys, a dog and a cargo bike.
@inpettersen.bsky.social
Design research, sustainability, social practices, societal transformation, urban nature. Prof. at NTNU.
@rebeccac0.bsky.social
Fighting climate change via research, analysis, and accessible communication 🌎📚🔍 - Interests: science, cities, green infrastructure, urban heat, and sustainability - Voracious reader, cinematic music lover; former environmental microbiologist
@joecurtatone.bsky.social
President, The Alliance for Climate Transition (ACT). Former Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.
@richdawson.bsky.social
Engineer. School of Engineering @newcastleuni.bsky.social Researching the resilience and sustainability of water, infrastructure, urban areas in the face of global change. @thecccuk.bsky.social Adaptation Committee member.
@keenanclimate.com
Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning & Director, Center on Climate Change and Urbanism, Tulane University https://architecture.tulane.edu/climate https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pW6ezM8AAAAJ&h
@chaolim85.bsky.social
Associate Prof, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia Environmental Sci and Planning | Local-Scientific Knowledge Integration | Urban Climate Adaptation
@koslov.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Urban Planning, Environment and Sustainability, and Sociology at UCLA. Ethnographer of "managed retreat.” PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication from NYU.
@laddkeith.com
Associate Professor of Planning & Director of the Heat Resilience Initiative at the University of Arizona, Tucson AZ | Climate change and heat planning, policy, and governance 🏜️🏳️🌈 https://laddkeith.com
@sara-mctarnaghan.bsky.social
All things climate change, adaptation, and affordable housing. Social policy researcher and co-lead of the Climate and Communities Program at Urban Institute. 📍DC with past lives in SF Bay Area, Santiago and Austin.
@rogercre.bsky.social
Climate Change, Complexity Economics, Cities, Cascading, Nexus, Data, Systems & Ecology. Assoc. Prof. at SRI Leeds Unlocking Urban Earth From Unsustainable Pathways. Novel Transdisciplinary Urban Synthesis https://is.gd/1alYNP More https://is.gd/PfiCiI
@andrewrumbach.bsky.social
Urban & regional scientist. Co-lead of the Climate & Communities program @urbaninstitute. Research & policy analysis on disasters, disaster recovery, precarious housing, land use, and adaptation. Sourdough enthusiast. https://andrewrumbach.substack.com
@sarameerow.bsky.social
Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University Working on urban resilience, climate change adaptation (especially heat and flooding), and green infrastructure
@zacharylamb.bsky.social
UC Berkeley, Department of City and Regional Planning. 'The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis' (MIT Press 2024) https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262549868/the-equitably-resilient-city
@kiangoh.bsky.social
Architect & urban planning professor @UCLA. Urban change & climate justice. Author of Form & Flow (MIT 2021) bit.ly/3Q92Mkd
@anuradhamukherji.bsky.social
Social scientist. Working at the intersection of coastal climate adaptation, disaster recovery, housing, policy & governance. Associate Professor|Community & Regional Planning @ ECU|www.anuradha.net Pirate Name - Pearl Alum, UC Berkeley & Texas A&M
@c40cities.bsky.social
A global network of nearly 100 world-leading cities that are united to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone can thrive. http://www.c40.org/
@jonburkeuk.bsky.social
Energy ⚡️ Waste ♻️ Transport 🚲 Public Realm 🌳 Words in HuffPost, Big Issue, Architects Journal. Climate Emergency UK Advisory Board. Enquiries - jonburkeuk@protonmail.com www.jonburkeuk.com
@trufahey.bsky.social
Messaging + strategy for sightline.org. Housing/affordable cities + democracy/elections + climate/energy. Opinions (mostly backed up by research). *Shares/likes =/= endorsements. See my parking = pavement feed.
@cplusc.bsky.social
Climate and Community Project is a progressive climate policy think tank developing cutting-edge research at the climate-inequality nexus in the US and around the world. 🌱 http://www.climateandcommunity.org
@taraconnolly.bsky.social
All things energy transition, climate justice and urban mobility in the EU. Formerly at Greenpeace, Friends of The Earth and Global Witness. Now working at @beyondfossilfuels. Irish immigrant in Brussels.
@silviomarcacci.bsky.social
Senior Director of Communications, @energyinnovation.org. Board Advisor, International Council on Clean Transportation. Tired dad. Advocate for clean energy, climate action, and Oxford commas. Me and karma vibe like that.