Luciana Nery

More than 15 years of experience in the public sector in Brazil, in the fields of climate, sustainability and urban resilience. In the City of Rio co-founded and co-led a forward-thinking evidence-based unit that investigated Rio's main vulnerabilities and planned how to increase the city's resilience for the upcoming decades. Co-author of the book "Resilience Strategy of the City of Rio de Janeiro", prefaced by former US president Al Gore and built on ample consultation with citizens. Academically, Ms Nery holds an MBA (Brazil, France) and further studies in natural disasters (IASS, Potsdam) and Risk in the Real World, with Nassim Taleb. Ms. Nery has been invited to speak about sustainability, resilience and climate in more than 10 countries. She believes that climate change and inequality are the greatest challenges of our times and wishes to dedicate her professional life as a public servant to tackle those problems.