TNOC Summit Outputs

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This is a page for emerging outputs from The Nature of Cities Summit, in Paris 4-7 June. New items will appear here over the coming months, so check back periodically.

A good pace to start an exploration of TNOC Summit output is with our general Summit Report.

The Program can be seen here.

And over 1,500 photos of the event can be viewed on Flickr.

Over the next few months a variety of essays and roundtable will appear here, products of the Seed Session workshops held at the Summit. All of the Dialogues and individual plenary talks will appear here at short videos. So, check back here regularly. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see what is there so far.

As always, we are immensely grateful to our partners and sponsors. They are:

About TNOC Summit logo

We are the nature of cities, and the word “of” modifies nature to mean the “character” of cities, which we view through a green and blue lens. Our Summit logo, designed by Frida Larios, conveys a sense of a human connection among us as we steward nature and community in cities. The circles depicted in the logo are shared seeds, or ideas, both dispersed and gathered. Similar drawings of hands are common in Mayan symbology, and can mean both to “throw or scatter” and “to receive.” And in many traditions, the open hand signifies greeting, welcome, and openness.

Images from TNOC Summit.

About the Festival
Karen Tsugawa

TNOC Festival pushed boundaries to radically imagine our cities for the future. A virtual festival that covered 5 days with programming across all regional time zones and provided in multiple languages: 22-26 February 2021, 2200 participants from 72 countries. Outputs and new emerging projects will appear in this space soon....

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Including Diverse Voices in Adaptation Planning
Marthe Derkzen,  Arnhem/Nijmegen Timon McPhearson,  New York Huda Shaka,  Dubai Marion Lacourt,  Paris Frida Larios,  Antiguo Cuzcatlán, Copán, and Washington

This contribution is the result of a thought-collecting Seed Session during the TNOC Summit in Paris, held on June 5, 2019. Pitches, group breakouts, and a facilitated discussion addressed the question: Including diverse voices in adaptation planning, how do we make it happen? Two illustrators, Frida Larios and Marion Lacourt,...

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A Walk Along the Bièvre River
Carmen Bouyer,  Paris

Since 1912 in Paris, the river Bièvre, once the city’s second-largest river, has disappeared from our landscape. It used to cross the whole left bank from south to north, flowing through the 13th and 5th arrondissements before reaching the Seine between “Le Jardin des Plantes”, our historical botanical garden, and...

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TNOC Summit Dialogue: How can professors help mobilize knowledge?
Thomas Elmqvist,  Stockholm Nina-Marie Lister,  Toronto David Maddox,  New York Francois Mancebo,  Paris

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TNOC Summit Dialogue: How can we provide living space for people?
Samarth Das,  Mumbai Elisa Silva,  Caracas David Simon,  London Xin Yu,  Shenzhen

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TNOC Summit Dialogue: Demanding access to green space as a right for everyone
Isabelle Michele Sophie Anguelovski,  Barcelona Adrian Benepe,  New York Samarth Das,  Mumbai David Maddox,  New York

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Neither Above Nor Below
Claire Stanford,  Los Angeles

Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater —New York Times headline, 12/21/17  A flash of silver-green in the water. That is all Hasan sees, but it is enough. He runs after, alongside, his small legs propelling him across the planks and platforms that crisscross the city. The...

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National Park City: What if your city were a National Park City, analogous to what London created? What it would be like? What would it take to accomplish?
Alison Barnes,  London Méliné Baronian,  Versailles Maud Bernard-Verdier,  Berlin Ioana Biris,  Amsterdam Timothy Blatch,  Cape Town Geoff Canham,  Tauranga Samarth Das,  Mumbai Gillian Dick,  Glasgow Luis Antonio Roman Diez,  Merida Eduardo Guerrero,  Bogotá Sue Hilder,  Glasgow Mike Houck,  Portland Sophie Lokatis,  Berlin Aletta Bonn,  Berlin Scott Martin,  Louisville Sebastian Miguel,  Buenos Aires Gareth Moore-Jones,  Ohope Beach Rob Pirani,  New York Daniel Raven-Ellison,  London Tom Rozendal,  Breda Snorri Sigurdsson,  Reykjavík Lynn Wilson,  Vancouver

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Free to Live Beautiful Lives
Rodolphe Deborre,  Lille

Good evening. I’m quite moved by the fantastic show we just had. So, I’m going to be experimental as well, because it’s going to be the first time in my life that I think in French, I try to speak in English, and it’s going to be translated back in...

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Why are we doing walking tours in African cities? To help us see and engage with small scale urbanism and urban tinkering.
Pippin Anderson,  Cape Town Celestine Collins,  Kisumu Julie Goodness,  Stockholm Jessica Kavonic,  Cape Town Odhiambo Ken K'oyooh,  Kisumu Viveca Mellegård,  Stockholm Benard Ojwang,  Kisumu Aiuba Oliveira,  Nacala Semakula Samson,  Entebbe Ellika Hermansson Torok,  Stockholm Thandeka Tshabalala,  Cape Town

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For Urban Sustainability, What Research Do We Need Now?
Mark Hostetler,  Gainesville

For over 25 years, as an urban ecologist working in academic institutions and collaborating with city planners, developers, and the public, I have seen the sustainability needle move ever so slowly. How can we speed things up? For scientists, if they are going to help make cities more sustainable, what...

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Co-creating Inclusive Green Cities: European Examples and Global Learning Opportunities
Katharina Hölscher,  Rotterdam Alice Reil,  Munich

“Co-creation” has garnered much buzz as a promising enabler of greener and better cities for all. During a hands-on session (“Co-creating inclusive green cities: European examples and global learning opportunities”) at the Nature of Cities Summit in Paris (June 4-7, 2019) with co-creation experts and cities—co-organised by Connecting Nature partners...

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How is the concept of “stewardship” and “care for local environments” expressed around the world?
Nathalie Blanc,  Paris Lindsay Campbell,  New York Zorina Colasero,  Puerto Princesa City Kirk Deitschman,  Waimānalo Johan Enqvist,  Cape Town Emilio Fantin,  Milan Artur Jerzy Filip,  Warsaw Carlo Gomez,  Puerto Princesa City Cecilia Herzog,  Rio de Janeiro Michelle Johnson,  New York City Kevin Lunzalu,  Nairobi Patrick M. Lydon,  Daejeon Romina Magtanong,  Puerto Princesa City Heather McMillen,  Honolulu Ranjini Murali,  Bangalore Harini Nagendra,  Bangalore Ferus Niyomwungeri,  Kigali Ragene Palma,  London Beatriz RuizpalaciosHuda Shaka,  Dubai Erika Svendsen,  New York Abdallah Tawfic,  Cairo Diana Wiesner,  Bogota Xin Yu,  Shenzhen

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WILD STRAY CARE: Exploring multiple ways people co-exist with urban nature
Ferne Edwards,  Barcelona Amy Hahs,  Ballarat Yun Hye HWANG,  Singapore

Human relationships with nature are highly complex and variable. Particularly now when the human connection to nature has been highly disrupted, and the sense of custodianship or stewardship has been displaced. Yet at the same time, there is a growing awareness and movement of the need to reconnect people and...

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One Minute of Dance a Day, at TNOC Summit
Nadia Vadori-Gauthier,  Paris

One of the One Minute of Dance a Day project. This dance was performed on the Sorbonne campus during the TNOC Summit, outside the main auditorium venue. Beats by 3’z. There are over 700 dances, and you can search them by Paris neighborhood, site type, nature element, and more.

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The Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework
Didier Babin,  Paris Oliver Hillel,  Montreal Elisabeth Chouraki,  Paris

The team working for the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework – EU Support project implemented by Expertise France participated to the international summit The Nature of Cities (TNOC) from the 4th to the 7th of June at the University of Paris Sorbonne of which the objective is to mobilize cities, metropolitan areas...

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The spirit of Dada welcomes you to TNOC Summit: What is the nature of the city of our dreams?
Carmen Bouyer,  Paris Lindsay Campbell,  New York Marcus Collier,  Dublin Katie Coyne,  Austin Samarth Das,  Mumbai Gillian Dick,  Glasgow Thomas Elmqvist,  Stockholm Cecilia Herzog,  Rio de Janeiro Jessica Kavonic,  Cape Town Patrick M. Lydon,  Daejeon Timon McPhearson,  New York Andrew Rudd,  New York City Chantal van Ham,  Brussels

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From City of Light to Ville Verte: How a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change Adaptation is Making Paris the World’s Green Innovator
Adrian Benepe,  New York

On a recent visit to Paris after an absence of more than a dozen years, I was struck by the comprehensive and visionary approach to urban resilience and livability that is transforming Paris into the global leader in innovative urban greening. Since my childhood, I have been entranced by the...

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