Jennifer Lenhart is WWF’s Global Cities Lead, convening a programme which has engaged over 650 cities in 50 countries, namely via the One Planet City Challenge. She holds a PhD in urban climate governance from Wageningen University, an MSc in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (MESPOM) from Lund University and Central European University and has 15 years’ experience addressing urban environmental challenges via holistic approaches.

She previously worked at UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya; the City of Malmö, Sweden; an urban sustainability consultancy in Seattle, USA and hosts a blog, the Urban Observer, recognized by the Guardian Cities. She recently moved back to Stockholm from Santiago de Chile.