Gabriel Tenenbaum is C40 Director of Implementation for Latin America and holds twelve years of experience working with climate action and sustainability in the region. He has a Masters in Transport Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in Generalist Engineering from École Centrale de Lyon, France.
Gabriel is responsible for the operations of all regional programmes, including UCAP CAI, Laneshift, Breathe Cities, ZEBRA, TUMI, and for ensuring that regional work is coordinated with C40’s global strategy, increasing C40 technical support to cities effectively.
Before this role, Gabriel was C40’s Head of Zero Emission Vehicles, managing The Climate Pledge Laneshift Initiative for freight decarbonisation and the ZEBRA Partnership for zero-emission bus implementation in the region. Gabriel’s relationship with C40 started in 2018 when he joined the organization as Mass Transit Network Manager, and then as the ZEBRA Programme Manager in 2019. He spent 2 years at the Rio de Janeiro Transport Department from 2021 to 2023, leading the promotion of governance reform in the city public transport system before returning to C40. Before C40, Gabriel worked at other public, non-profit and private sector organisations focusing on transport and infrastructure.
Gabriela is the Senior Manager for C40’s Zero Emission Freight programme in Latin America. She holds more than 10 years of experience working with local governments in Mexico, mostly on sustainable urban development, metropolitan governance, and urban mobility policies with a strong focus on gender equality and social inclusion mainstreaming.
Prior to C40s, she led the “TUMI E-Bus Mission” Initiative at the World Resources Institute (WRI Mexico), working closely with Mexican and Colombian cities. Her work contributed to scale e-buses adoption from an inclusive approach, focusing on the social and health benefits for workers and users. Prior to this, as Research and Gender Policy Manager for the Metropolitan Institute of Planning and Development Management of the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara (IMEPLAN), she led and coordinated the mainstreaming of social inclusion, gender and diversity criteria for the metropolitan planning instruments of nine municipalities.
Gabriela holds a Master’s in Governance, Development and Public Policy from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex and a Bachelor’s in International Relations from ITESO University (Guadalajara, Mexico). She was a fellow of the first program on “Leadership, Urban Mobility and Gender: Women Leading the Change in Latin America”. She is a passionate book reader and loves literature of women writers, food, design and listening to music.
Georgina serves as Senior Business Manager at C40. She leads the operational support to the Management Team to ensure effective strategic and operational planning and decision-making. She supports the Deputy Executive Director across a range of activities, such as fundraising and partnership support, and manages select projects on his behalf. Gina has previously worked on the delivery of C40’s role in the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, including the development of new sectoral declarations. Before joining C40, Gina worked for the Coalition for Urban Transitions supporting the development of new strategic partnerships and governmental diplomacy efforts and managing engagement activities, such as events at international conferences. Gina was formerly a corporate lawyer in the City of London, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. She holds an MSc (Environmental Policy and Regulation) from the London School of Economics, postgraduate qualifications in law from BPP Law School and a BA Hons (English and French) from the University of Warwick.
As the Deputy Regional Director for Africa for C40 Climate Leadership Group, Gifti Nadi works closely with the political and technical leadership and climate ambitions of 12 African cities. Previously at C40, Gifti served as City Diplomacy Manager – Global Campaigns focusing on the lead up to the CitiesIPCC campaign and conference held in March 2018 in Edmonton, Canada. Gifti began her C40 tenure as City Adviser for Addis-Ababa where she primarily worked with the political and operational leadership within city government to facilitate the delivery and public engagement plan of the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. Gifti has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of capacity building, media and communications, public policy, gender equality, health and rural development. She has worked with the Ethiopian Development Research Institute and Ethiopian Economics Association as part of the Think Tank Initiative’s Policy Engagement and Communications program. Her previous roles also include time at UNDP’s Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) in Nairobi, and at the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) in Washington DC, as the Senior Program Officer for Africa. Gifti holds a Master’s degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland.
As Senior Manager for Climate & Migration, Giovanni is responsible for the delivery of the C40-MMC Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration, in partnership with the Mayors Migration Council (MMC), and other activities related to climate migration and inclusive climate action.
Prior to C40, Giovanni worked as Deputy-Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Barcelona (Spain) – developing the city’s resilience strategy on affordable housing, demographic change, urban migration and environmental stresses, among other issues – and as Urban Resilience Specialist for UN-Habitat, supporting the development and implementation of a City Resilience Profiling Tool.
Giovanni has a BA in Architecture and Planning from the Polytechnic School of Milan; he holds an MSc in Middle East Politics from the London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and a Master in Public Policy from the Pompeu Fabra/John Hopkins University.
Giovanni Tedesco serves as Senior Manager, Business Planning and Reporting supporting the C40 flagship Deadline 2020 Programme around city 1.5°C ambition and Paris Agreement delivery as well as regional and C40-wide data needs. Giovanni works closely with the Global Initiatives team and Regional Directors to deliver locally-specific and valuable data analysis to further enhance C40’s efforts to address climate change mitigation and adaptation. Giovanni holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Bologna and a MSc in Environmental Management from the University of Reading.
Gloriela is the C40 Manager of US Health, Climate, and Equity. In this role, she collaborates with six US cities working on initiatives at the intersection of public health, climate change, and social equity to facilitate peer learning and co-create public-facing deliverables to amplify implementation lessons.
Before joining C40, she co-led and co-designed evaluations of social service programs and provided technical assistance to improve service delivery for low-income people at MDRC as a qualitative social policy researcher. Her work experience covers multiple institutions, including public housing authorities, community colleges, financial counselling centres, and philanthropic organizations. She also served as the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advocacy Council Chair working with organizational leadership and employees to set and advance goals towards improved workplace practices and equity-centred research methods.
Gloriela has a degree from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor in Public Policy with a focus on Environmental Justice and Health Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
Outside work, she loves dancing, practising yoga and mindfulness, walking in nature with friends and family, and being anywhere in her beloved Puerto Rico.
Grace is an experienced strategic leader with a 16-year track record spanning African local government operations and the US private sector. While working at County Government of Machakos (Kenya), she designed and executed sustainable development programmes across multiple departments and stakeholders. She set up the Machakos Climate Change Unit and supported the department in drafting the Climate Act, finance and climate change policies, and securing funding for the financial locally-led Climate Action Program.
Grace holds a Doctor of Business Administration from California Southern University and has a certification in Monitoring and Evaluation. Grace is also passionate about empowering the girl child and actively volunteers in her community, providing mentorship to support young girls. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her family, hiking, and cooking.
Guilherme Macieira serves as C40’s Project Assistant for the Zero Emission Bus Rapid-Deployment Accelerator (ZEBRA) project, led by C40 Cities and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). In this role, Guilherme supports the coordination and delivery of the programme, through administrative tasks, communication activities, and sharing best practices for deploying zero-emission buses in Latin America.
Before joining C40, Guilherme worked as an Institutional Relations and Advocacy intern at ICLEI South America, where he developed a keen interest in urban climate action, supporting the engagement of mayors and city representatives at COP26 and other international forums and implemented projects focused on climate justice and climate action. Guilherme has also worked at Solidarity Center, an international workers’ rights organisation, implementing cooperation projects with local unions to strengthen the collective voice of workers, especially underrepresented groups, around the world.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Guilherme holds a B.A. in International Relations from the Federal University of São Paulo, where he focused on international public policies and cooperation.
Guillermo is the Inclusive Climate Action Senior Manager, UCAP CAI/CFF, supporting integrating and mainstreaming inclusive climate action across different programmes.
Prior to C40, he worked in different public sector roles in Mexico and Australia. He lived over six years in Melbourne (Australia) where he studied urban planning and had the opportunity to work in designing sustainable transport policies across different government settings, including the Victorian Parliament, Glen Eira City Council, and the Victoria State Government.
In Mexico, he worked for over five years in the departments of the environment at Guadalajara City Council and Jalisco State Government across different policy areas, including waste management, climate change, and air quality.
Guillermo holds a Master’s in Urban Planning from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor’s in Environmental Engineering from ITESO university (Guadalajara, Mexico).
Gunjan Parik serves as Director for Transportation at C40. Prior to joining the C40, Gunjan worked at Transport for London (TfL), most recently as the Head of Paralympic Transport and Accessibility, where she was responsible for ensuring TfL capacity to operate a robust transport network able to meet the unique challenges of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. She also worked as a Senior Associate at the TfL Policy Unit where she served as an advisor on issues of strategic importance for TfL. Previously, Gunjan was based in India where she worked as a Senior Consultant for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, working across a range of government institutions at local and national levels. Gunjan holds an Masters of Science in Management and Regulation of Risk, and an Master’s of Science in Information Systems, both from the London School of Economics.
Hanie is the C40 City Adviser for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Before joining C40, she worked with a design association and was leading the James Dyson Foundation in Southeast Asia. To enhance engineering education provision, she has established relevant networking with science, technology, and education ministries, government agencies, engineering bodies, and universities. She collaborated with different non-governmental organisations in Southeast Asia to support engineering education, medical research, and the local community.
Hanie has over a decade of project management experience and specialises in strategic planning, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement, enabling her to drive projects from conception to successful implementation.
She holds a Masters Degree in Design Technology from Universiti Teknologi Mara.
Hazirah serves as the Senior Manager of Engagement and Partnerships for East, Southeast Asia and Oceania. She is responsible for supporting C40 Vice Chairs in their leadership and assisting mayors across the region to amplify their voices and raise their profile across various platforms. This also includes building stronger partnerships in the region and engaging with various key stakeholders, crucial to member cities’ delivery of their climate action and advocacy priorities.
Hazirah was a city official at Kuala Lumpur City Hall, who assisted Mayors and Executive Directors as Special Officer. She has been highly involved with city networking for Kuala Lumpur City Hall since 2014 and was the focal point for international relations in the Mayor’s Office. Prior to joining C40, she was the Head of the Service Competency Unit, where she provided training and examinations for newly recruited city officials. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature (majoring in Linguistics) from the International Islamic University Malaysia and a Master’s from the University of Seoul in Urban and Administrative Planning.
Helen works in a transversal role supporting projects across C40’s Energy & Buildings and Food & Waste teams. These sectors, combined, account for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in many cities, and Helen relishes the wide-ranging urban systems perspective that the role provides.
Prior to C40, Helen worked in a small architectural practice tackling a range of projects, including maintenance and strategic reporting projects for public building portfolios. She has also worked with the Yale Sustainable Food Program.
Helen holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Architecture from Yale University, specialising in urban environments. She is based in Cape Town.
Helen leads the technical assistance part of C40’s Air Quality Program and works on deploying projects within cities in the areas of air quality monitoring, health impact assessment, air quality modelling, data analysis and policy development. Prior to this role, Helen led the Empowering Cities with Data Programme to support city governments to a) insitutionalise and transform their data management processes and systems and b) collect criticial data needed to develop and implement targeted policies across all sectors. She joined C40 in 2016 on the Research, Measurement & Planning team and previously worked on climate change, energy and transport policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). She holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BSc in Natural Sciences from University College London.
Hélène Chartier is the Director of Urban Planning and Design at C40. The team she leads develops programmes and activities that support cities to accelerate sustainable and resilient urban planning policies and design practices.
Her team leads the C40 Land Use Planning Network, which supports cities to institutionalise climate action through urban planning regulations; the Reinventing Cities competition, which delivers decarbonised and resilient urban regeneration projects; as well as the Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods programme and C40’s workstream on 15-minute cities.
Hélène previously served as an advisor to the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo. She also worked for the Paris Urbanism Agency and the global consulting firm Arup. Hélène holds a Master’s degree in science and engineering from the École Centrale with a specialisation in building and civil engineering. In the past 15 years, Hélène has lived and worked in Paris, London and New York.
Henrique Goes is C40’s Clean Construction Research Manager. In this role, Henrique works closely with the research and clean construction teams to assess the socioeconomic benefits and effects (jobs, equity and costs) of adopting clean construction in cities.
Before joining C40, he served in the City Government of São Paulo as one of the directors of the Public Innovation Department (011.lab), and he was also a policy advisor at the Special Ministry of Strategic Projects. In both instances, he worked to improve public service delivery in several agendas, such as environment, urban planning, education and health. Earlier on, Henrique worked for Article 19, researching and advocating for greater government accountability in environmental matters in Latin America. He has also collaborated as a graduate consultant with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Henrique holds a BSc in International Relations from the University of São Paulo, an MSc in Economic Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (with a focus on just transition and green jobs), and an MSc in Public Management at INSPER (with a focus on social housing and inequalities).
Henry supports the delivery of the Climate Budgeting Programme at C40. He focuses on a variety of topics, including working with cities to advance adaptation efforts and supporting them in their GHG quantification efforts for enhanced measuring and reporting as part of their climate budgets.
Prior to life at C40, Henry worked as a consultant to develop climate action plans with governments of all levels across the world, estimate GHG emissions, and create policies for adaptation measures. He also served at an NGO with a focus on transparency and long-term pathways to reduce GHG emissions with state and regional governments.
Hlengiwe Radebe serves as a Renewable Energy Technical Adviser as the technical lead and project manager for the new South African Renewable Energy project that will support five South African member cities (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane) to transform electricity systems in South Africa, by increasing renewable energy capacity.
Before joining C40, Hlengiwe worked with youth, labour unions, and civil society organisations on climate change and just energy transition at WWF South Africa as a Civil Society and Youth Engagement Officer. She also facilitated policy discussions between these stakeholders and the national government to push for more ambitious climate policies and accountability. Before she joined WWF, she worked at Sustainable Energy Africa as a Sustainable Energy Advisor focusing on policy advocacy and government capacity building, and coordinating large, multi-year programs to help cities in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa developing and implementing sustainable energy and climate change strategies, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy poverty.
Hlengiwe holds an MSc in Interdisciplinary Global Change Studies and BSc Honours in Geography from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Honorine works as a Benefits Research Senior Manager, exploring climate actions’ social and economic impact on communities. Over the past years, she has supported more than 40 cities in assessing the health and climate impact of urban projects, from school retrofits in Copenhagen to coal power transition in South Africa, and urban transport planning strategies in Latin American cities. Honorine has both an architecture and sustainable urban engineering education in France. She has questioned the interaction of health and sustainability at a building scale through her work in sustainable architecture firms in Taiwan and Rotterdam.