Christopher Kennedy

Canada

University of Victoria

Ph.D.

I apply principles of Industrial Ecology to challenges of developing sustainable cities and global infrastructure systems. Much of my work has involved the study of urban metabolism – the energy and material flows through cities – which underlies greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts of cites. I also draw upon qualifications in Civil Engineering, Economics and Business to advise on policies and planning for sustainable infrastructure. Clients have included the governments of: Canada, China, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and the UK, as well as the World Bank, Ontario Ministry of Finance, and others. In 2011/12, I was seconded to the OECD in Paris, to work on Cities, Green Growth and Policies for Encouraging Investment in Low Carbon Infrastructure. I have been a visiting professor at Oxford University and ETH Zürich. I previously served as President of the International Society for Industrial Ecology. I am also a Senior Fellow at the Global Cities Institute and author of The Evolution of Great World Cities: Urban Wealth and Economic Growth.