Valerie Brown

Serving as Expert Reviewer for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities (SRCities) 2026.

Panel speaker at the Swimmable Cities Summit (Rotterdam) on the competitive and collaborative advantages of urban swimming.

Facilitated a session on nature-based heat resilience approaches at the EuroGEO Workshop (The Hague).

Presented the Zurich Urban Climate Resilience Program at Greater Manchester Climate Week.

Presented Leveraging Biowaste for Urban Climate Adaptation at the European Urban Resilience Forum.

Brown, V., Bouikidis, A., & Kapetas, L. Building Resilience to Heat in the City of Athens. Resilient Cities Network. — Interview in Cities Today

Lauren Sorkin & Valerie Brown. Heat Resilience: A Gateway to Solving Urban Challenges. Urban Solutions Magazine, Issue 25.

Valerie Brown. Leveraging Biowaste to Revitalise Urban Agriculture. Resilient Cities Network.

Valerie Brown & Leon Kapetas. Developing capabilities for cities to reduce their biodiversity impact. BIOTRAILS, EU Horizon. Report D4.3 · Report D4.4

F. Aili, G. Alonso, V. Brown et al. Mobilizing local resources for climate adaptation through innovative Public-Private Partnerships.

Valerie Brown. Building Urban Resilience With Communities. Resilient Cities Network.

Valerie Brown, Hlompho Vivian & City of Durban. A Guide to Creating a Business Case for Transformative Riverine Management. C40 Cities Finance Facility.

Aris Moro, Mehrnaz Ghojeh, Valerie Brown & WSP. Banking on a Just and Green Recovery: Lessons from 9 Cities. C40 Cities Finance Facility.

Jessy Appavoo & Valerie Brown. The strategic importance of building flood resilience in the Greater Dakar Region. C40 Cities Finance Facility.

Valerie Brown. Flooding in East Africa: The impacts on and implications for cities in East Africa. C40 Cities Finance Facility.

Matt Nohn, Tommaso Bassetti, Valerie Brown & Malte Lellmann. Integrating Benefits in Sustainable Infrastructure. C40 Cities Finance Facility.

Heather Allen, Tommaso Bassetti, Valerie Brown et al. Inclusive And Equitable Urban Transport: A Planning Guide for Cities. C40 Cities Finance Facility.

Shahid Solomon, Jessy Appavoo & Valerie Brown. Addressing Finance and Capacity Barriers For Nature-based Solutions Implementation At City Level. U20.

Arjan Wardekker, Bettina Wilk, Valerie Brown et al. A diagnostic tool for supporting policy making on urban resilience. Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning.

Anat Prag & Valerie Brown. Urban Farming and Reshaping Neighbourhoods. Cordaid.

Q&A: Urban Heatwaves, School Closures, and What Dutch Cities Must Do Now — Classroom temperatures in Dutch schools reached 40°C this summer. Repeated closures are not a solution — they move the heat problem somewhere less visible.