Immersive Nature in Cities – Bloomberg #CityLab2022
Andreas Kipar attended Amsterdam Bloomberg CityLab2022 in an inspiring dialogue - Immersive Nature in Cities - with Amanda Burden, Principal of Urban Planning, Bloomberg Associates, and Nuala McGovern, Broadcaster at BBC News.
“We need a new kind of nature, a new relationship with urban soil and biodiversity because we feel connected to nature when it is all around us, not just in parks, gardens and boulevards but in open free public spaces. We have so much asphalt we don’t use. Let’s break it up for new urban landscapes!” suggested Andreas Kipar today at Amsterdam Bloomberg CityLab2022 in an inspiring dialogue – Immersive Nature in Cities – with Amanda Burden, Principal of Urban Planning, Bloomberg Associates, and Nuala McGovern, Broadcaster at BBC News.
We understood that—after two years of the pandemic—immersive nature in cities is the radical choice we need to make. Citizens are looking for greener spaces where they can reconnect with nature and feel a new sense of belonging.
There is hope for the future: the UN established Natural Capital Accounting, a new mission to be translated street by street. That can be a new part of our story, for nature is something we need day by day. Let’s be hopeful together!
From the left: Amanda Burden, Andreas Kipar and Nuala McGovern
Thank you, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Aspen Institute, for giving us an excellent in-person edition of this #CityLab2022
You can watch the panel here (from time 4:31:00).
