About Daniela Rizzi

Daniela is an architect and urban planner who is part of the Sustainable Resources, Climate and Resilience Team at ICLEI Europe. She has been joining efforts to perform local action and drive global change via the planning and implementation of nature-based solutions in cities to address complex environmental, social and economic challenges, promoting peer learning and partnerships between civil society, businesses and all levels of government to accelerate sustainable development. Daniela holds a PhD from the Technical University of Munich, where she has researched the revitalization of river landscapes in the urban environment through the planning, design and management of blue-green infrastructure.