Author • Speaker • Researcher
Joan Fitzgerald is a Professor of Urban and Public Policy at Northeastern University. She focuses on urban climate action and strategies for linking it to equity, economic development, and innovation. In her fourth book, Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change (Oxford Univ. Press, 2020), she argues that the climate strategies of too many cities represent random acts of greenness rather than integrated and aggressive action. She points to leading cities in North America and Europe and offers strategies for lagging cities to accelerate their action. Her ongoing Climate Just Cities Project examines strategies for post-Covid urban climate action to emphasize equity. She blogs on viral inequality and urban climate action on Planetizen. LEARN MORE
Cities have long been places of innovation; this book showcases what is possible. Joan Fitzgerald captures in her stories the true essence of how cities have faced the crisis of climate change and responded with novel solutions that utilize energy efficiency and renewable energy.”
—Former Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, City of Los Angeles on Emerald Cities
Viral Inequality and Climate Justice, Planetizen
Cleaner Air Should Not Require Sheltering in Place, The American Prospect
Cities on the Front Lines, The American Prospect
Sustainability…Climate action planning…Urban climate action…Cities…Social Justice…Economic Development…Climate Change…Eco-districts
To get her message out, Joan publishes in academic journals and writes magazine articles and op-eds. She blogs for the London School of Economics’ U.S. Politics and Policy website. Her fourth book, Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change was published March 27, 2020.
Bogota… Amsterdam… New York… Medillin, Colombia… Hamburg, Germany… Seattle… Boston… Paris… Washington, D.C… Stockholm… The Hague… Philadelphia… San Francisco…