Vanesa Castan Broto
@vanesilla
Working to deliver responses to climate change embedded in places and communities. Based at the Urban Institute, University of Sheffield. #climateurbanism
I took this photo on Monday, the day before my village was evacuated. Today 10,000 Has have been burnt.
It was a real pleasure to deliver the closing keynote at the RC21 conference in Vienna rc21-vienna2026.org
Anna Viebrock's Terminal Piece installation at mumok, Vienna, is a glorious journey of self exploration while also reflecting on the practice of disconnection through showcasing other artists' pieces
Among the many pieces in MOMA's exhibition Architects of Liberation, there is this map belonging to the Nigerian Federal Capitol Masterplan
Among the many discussions and stakeholder meetings over a week with the Independent Groupt of Scientists at the UN, NY we made a briefing to Member States presenting the key themes we are considering in the forthcoming 2027 Global Report on Human Settlements
So incredible seeing Ate Rubby from the Homeless Peoples Federation of the Philippines to create a constructive dialogue about risk during our visit to a HOA in Labo, Camarines Norte
Time for a selfie after an exahusting day of fieldwork, with Bev and Louie from the Technical Assistance Movement for People and the Environment (TAMPEI) and Mr Leopold, from one of the homeowners association (HOA) we work with in the project Rurbanise.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to explain our new project JustGESI to participants in the annual review of the Transforming Energy Access of the UK's Ayrton Fund. So glad to be part of this. The Ayrton Fund is but an example of the enormous impact of UK's ODA in the World.
Always a pleasure talking with David Dodman, from Rotterdam's Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, about informality, climate change and urbam futures
My photos will never make justice to Aïcha's beautiful presentation
After the break Aïcha Diallo give us a tour over the urban art history of Dakar and the cultural roots of refuge
Today we host our rising stars in the Sheffield Urbanism PhD conference, including the brilliant Pragya Roy, examines the spatial aspects of the maternity health journeys of Dalit women in Calcutta
What a privilege to welcome Dr David Dodman from IHS to celebrate Sheffield Urbanism with us
"Yet cities are more than just sites for action: they are also places where uneven vulnerabilities and inequalities related to climate change are produced and reproduced." Rice, Levenda and Long, 2023 May this beloved book help us walk our climate changed cities in new and bolder ways
EE Handbook on Gender and Cities edited by Linda Peake, Anindita Datta and Grace Adenyi-Ogunyakin My hope is for this handbook to become a foundational text for all of us that approach the City from a feminist perspective.
According to Spotify my favorite song this year was Nina Simone's I put a spell on you