Cecilia Polacow Herzog

Cecilia Polacow Herzog is an urban landscape planner. She is adjunct Professor at the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, where she is the Chair of the master?s degree on Ecological Landscape Planning and Design. Cecilia has worked as an expert/consultant in Nature-Based Solutions and Sustainable Cities for several Brazilian and international organizations, such as the Sectoral Dialogues III and IV - European Commission-Brazil (MCTI - Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation); CGEE (Center for Strategic Studies Management), CGEE, for the Interdisciplinary Observatory for Sustainable Cities and ecological sanitation research and publications), WRI (World Resources Institute-Brasil), ICLEI-SAMS (Local Governments for Sustainability South America, Codex Remote (Observatory of Infrastructure financed by the IDB ? Inter-American Development Bank for the Ministry of Economics). She works on several scales and on intersectoral themes. She has contributed as Lead Author to UCCRN's ARC3-2 (Second Assessment on Climate Change and Cities), in Chapter 8 (Urban Ecosystems and Biodiversity). She currently contributes to the "Central and South America" chapter of the IPCC AR6 Working Group II. She is member of national and international networks and societies: President of the Society for Urban Ecology - LATAM, and member of the Advisory Committee of the Society for Urban Ecology [https://www.society-urban- cology.org/executive-committee/]; Executive Committee of the Biophilic Cities Project [https://www.biophiliccities.org/steering-committee]; Steering Committee of the UrbioNet ? Urban Biodiversity Research Network [http://urbionet.weebly.com/]; Director of Environment at the National Landscaping Association (ANP); Advisory Board of the City of Rio de Janeiro. Cecilia curates, organizes, and gives lectures in Brazil and abroad in events related to: Sustainable and Resilient Cities, Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Urban Ecology, Urban Landscape Ecological Planning and Design, and Adaptation to Climate Change. She gave a talk at TEDx Metropolis in Rio de Janeiro in 2014. Cecilia is the author of the book 'City for All: (re)learning to live with nature', with the second edition out of print. Cecilia is the author of the book 'City for All: (re)learning to live with nature', with the second edition out of print. She is author and editor of books, book chapters, articles. She has been advocating for nature in cities for more than 15 years, has appeared in Brazil written and broadcast media. She has participated in hundreds of in person and remote events around the world.

Cecilia Polacow Herzog é paisagista urbana. Professora do Departamento de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, onde coordena a pós-graduação em Paisagismo Ecológico: planejamento e projeto da paisagem. Cecilia tem atuado como perita/consultora em Soluções baseadas na Natureza e Cidades Sustentáveis para diversas organizações brasileirais e internacionais, tais como Diálogos Setoriais Comissão Europeia-Brasil (MCTIC - CGEE), WRI, ICLEI, Codex Remote. Trabalha em diversas escalas e em diversas temáticas intersetoriais. Contribuiu como Lead Author para o ARC3-2 (Second Assessment on Climate Change and Cities) da UCCRN (Urban Climate Change Network) no Capítulo 8 (Urban Ecosystems and Biodiversity). Atualmente contribui para o capítulo "Central and South America" do Working Group II do AR6 do IPCC; e para o ARC3-3 (Third Assessment on Climate Change and Cities). É membro das redes e sociedades nacionais e internacionais: Presidente da Sociedade para Ecologia Urbana ? Brasil, e membro do Comitê Consultivo da Society for Urban Ecology [http://www.society-urban-ecology.org/executive-committee/]; Executive Committee of the Biophilic Cities Project [http://biophiliccities.org/about/]; Steering Committee of the UrbioNet ? Urban Biodiversity Research Network [http://urbionet.weebly.com/]; member of the Executive Committee Large Urban Parks Network, [https://www.worldurbanparks.org/en/committees/large-urban-parks-committee], diretora de meio ambiente da Associação Nacional de Paisagismo (ANP). Cecilia organiza e dá palestras no Brasil e exterior em eventos relacionados a: Cidades Sustentáveis e Resilientes, Biodiversidade Urbana e Serviços Ecossistêmicos, Ecologia Urbana, Planejamento e Projeto Ecológico da Paisagem Urbana, e Adaptação às Mudanças Climáticas. Ela deu uma palestra no TEDx Metrópole no Rio de Janeiro em 2014 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlcemqXZvXM]. Cecilia escreve desde 2014 para o reconhecido site internacional The Nature of Cities [https://www.thenatureofcities.com/]. Cecilia é autora do livro ?Cidade para Todos: (re)aprendendo a conviver com a natureza?,com a segunda edição esgotada. É co-autora e co-editora de outras publicações.