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C40 City Solutions Platform Online co-creation workshop

City of Milan’s urban greening challenge June 2020

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Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

CHALLENGE SUMMARY 4

KEY IDEA SUMMARY 5

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW 6

GROUP ACTIVITY DISCUSSION AND OUTPUT 8

Group 1: Green Schools from the ground to the rooftop (Scuole Verdi dal pian terreno al tetto) 8

Group 2: Going out to bring people in 10

Group 3: My green backyard (Il mio cortile verde) 12

Group 4: Nature Based Solutions – connecting in comfort 15

Group 5: Seeds of the future: from green schools to nature corridors 17

Group 6: Community Foodscapes 19

CONCLUDING REMARKS AND NEXT STEPS 22

ANNEX 1: ATTENDEES LIST 23

ANNEX 2: CONCEPT POSTERS 26

ANNEX 3: WORKSHOP AGENDA 26

ANNEX 4: USEFUL LINKS 27

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Executive Summary

On the 4th and 5th June 2020, C40 Cities joined the city of Milan (Comune di Milano) to host the

two-day “Online co-creation workshop: Milan’s urban greening challenge”; the first-ever virtual

City Solutions Platform (CSP) workshop.

In this unprecedented co-creation event, participants unpacked Milan’s challenge to develop

scalable ideas to improve urban resilience to the climate crisis through forestation in schools.

This project is in line with the objectives of Milan’s Resilience Strategy, which aims to improve

the City’s capacity to adapt to climate change and to educate its citizens on climate issues and

sustainable lifestyles. The project is also aligned with the City’s plan to plant 3 million trees in its

metropolitan area by 2030, as part of ForestaMI. This challenge is also shared by other cities

across Europe such as Barcelona, Madrid and Paris. These cities are not only are focusing their

efforts on urban forestation and nature-based solutions (NBS) implementation, but they are also

reconsidering schoolyards as important spaces for the transition that is going to take place in the

next years (refer to Annex 4 for relevant links).

The purpose of the event was to bring local and international solution providers together with

city officials to understand the context around the greening challenge and thus co-create

innovative solutions through facilitated design-thinking. The solution providers were private

companies, NGOs, academic representatives, consultants, entrepreneurs and actors from

municipalities, from 14 different countries and 5 continents.

The workshop was hosted by the C40 CSP along with the Chief Resilience Officer of Milan, Piero

Pelizzaro, and other representatives from the City of Milan. The facilitation support was provided

by CLEAN, Connected Places Catapult and Arup.

Key discussion topics of the first day centred around the following entry points identified by the

city:

• Alternative use of school space;

• Indoor and outdoor spaces;

• Tools for engagement;

• Spreading the greening into the city.

The CSP program offers the unique opportunity to catalyse pre-procurement city-business

collaboration and generate ideas to solve climate challenges in cities across the globe. Today,

digital connection is key to foster innovation and creativity; this project is an exemplification of

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how online collaboration between experts from different sectors works effectively to generate

tangible, innovative and replicable solutions. The City of Milan, supported by the CSP team, will

analyse and evaluate the solutions pitched in the workshop to outline a pathway for

implementation that is in line with Milan’s Resilience Strategy & ForestaMI.

Challenge summary

The City of Milan is trying to address the urban forestation challenge while using schools as

strategic trigger points for citizens’ engagement.

The first step was to identify a pilot school to prototype ideas. The Civico Polo Scolastico “A.

Manzoni” (“A. Manzoni” Municipal Educational Hub) has been selected for this purpose. Today,

this educational hub includes two different schools and hosts 1700 students (considering daily

and evening courses).

The City of Milan is looking for solutions that will:

▪ Involve the active participation of all the children and schools’ staff during the process;

▪ Maximize the plantable ground inside the pilot school;

▪ Engage the community;

▪ Ensure good security, hygiene and cleaning standards;

▪ Implement alternative use of school spaces;

▪ Include recreational/educational activities involving nature;

▪ The model should be implementable in the next 10-12 months.

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Key Idea Summary

Milan’s Urban Greening Challenge

Scoping the challenge → Brainstorming & Co-creating Ideas

→ Pitching Solution → Implementation Pathways

Add greening, trees and vegetation in all possible school spaces to reduce the urban heat island effect and

use this as a learning process for students.

Transform the school into an intergenerational hub where students become ambassadors and engage the

community to create a shared vision for a resilient future in the neighbourhood. This brings the school

into the neighbourhood and vice versa.

Create a green area for all the community, from elderly to kids, to meet and learn; the school becomes a

centre point linked to the City by green corridors and bike lanes generating a new ecosystem of

stakeholders engaging in the urban forestation programme and generating new microclimate through the

greening of the schoolyards

Focus on the experience of the child. Transform schools from hot concrete to shaded, cool and green,

thus creating a connection with nature and using that connection to create learning opportunities.

Green the school, the neighbourhood and the city with a staged approach. The school becomes a seed

bank and pupils are ambassadors of the sustainable transition and owners of the project. In the long-term,

the city is centred around nature.

Organize a mixed-use park operating as a community garden, run by school students and staff, to enhance

social connection through community-led food production.

“Green Schools from the ground to the rooftop (Scuole Verdi dal pian terreno al tetto)”

“Going out to bring people in”

“My green backyard (Il mio cortile verde)”

“Nature Based Solutions – connecting in comfort”

“Community Foodscapes”

“Seeds of the future: from green schools to nature corridors”

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Workshop overview

The online workshop was hosted on the Zoom video conferencing platform and Mural was the

main tool used for visual collaboration and brainstorming ideas. The detailed workshop agenda

is outlined in Annex 3.

Day 1 (3 hours)

Introduction session

The workshop started with an opening from:

• Olivia Bedworth (Business & Innovation Manager) on the value of the CSP in connecting

cities and solution providers to solve city climate challenges;

• Piero Pelizzaro (Chief Resilience Officer) about the Milan challenge and the key

stakeholders, as well as the project roadmap and KPIs;

• Giulia Tosoni (Organization CIA “A. Manzoni”) presenting the pilot school, the ongoing

projects on environmental action, the current emergency situation due to COVID-19, as

well as the main goals and expectations.

Empathy mapping & Defining the challenge questions

Participants were pre-assigned to six groups of 5-8 people to unpack the topics (alternative use

of school space, indoor and outdoor spaces, tools for engagement, spreading the greening into

the city) in more detail. Participants were split according to their competencies and to ensure a

good mix of stakeholders in each group.

In the individual group break-out rooms, groups were tasked with choosing a stakeholder, among

the seven user profiles identified by the City (student, parent, janitor, elderly, cafeteria manager,

head of the local association, teacher). Groups then filled out a detailed empathy map to analyse

the users’ needs, pains and gains. This exercise allowed groups to design some key problem

questions, or “how might we” (HMW) questions, based on the topic assigned, the group

discussions and the stakeholder analysis.

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Mapping the user and identifying the questions

Each group then presented their top 3-5 HMW questions to all participants in the main room,

which allowed groups to offer and receive feedback through Q&A and a voting exercise. This

session prompted the groups to narrow the scope of their ideas and the City to better understand

which HMW questions would elicit the most effective and focused idea co-creation on Day 2.

After the first day of the workshop, the City and CSP team convened to discuss and select the

most relevant HMW. Participants were invited to pick their favourite HMW and were assigned to

the corresponding group for Day 2.

Day 2 (4 hours)

Groups on Day 2 began to innovate feasible and replicable ideas to answer their assigned HMW

question, with the aim to develop one key idea into a pitch for the City.

Ideation & Developing one big idea

Participants were divided into groups according to their selected HMW. After brainstorming

ideas, clustering into themes and filtering out the best proposals, the groups developed and

elaborated one big idea into concept posters.

Pitches & Closing remarks

Groups presented their concept posters to all participants in a 5-minute pitch to inspire one another and gain feedback from a panel of senior city officials. The panel was formed by Isabel Riboldi (Executive instructor of administrative services, Giulia Tosoni (Organization CIA “A. Manzoni”), Piero Pelizzaro (Chief Resilience Officer) and Susanna Molteni (Head of Partnership Office). The Q&A session was productive and enriching; some recurring themes and ideas between projects were also identified.

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Finally, Piero Pelizzaro (Chief Resilience Officer) and Milan City Resilience Officers (Serena Chillè

& Pietro Nuti) closed the workshop by thanking all the organisers and participants for their

valuable contributions. Olivia Bedworth (Business & Innovation Manager at C40) thanked all

participants and highlighted the next steps. Overall it was a thoroughly enjoyable and productive

event, considering that it was the first online workshop for many participants, giving rise to many

innovative, tangible and creative solutions.

Group Activity Discussion and Output

All group concept posters are available to view on Google Drive in Annex 2.

Group 1: Green Schools from the ground to the rooftop (Scuole Verdi dal pian terreno al tetto)

HMW: How might we reduce the carbon footprint of schools so that we ensure a liveable outdoor

and indoor environment?

Group members: Kasia Horodynska (Silos Works), Carsten Vammen (Microshade AS), Sarahi

Coronado (BEA), Ranee Cheung (CKP Sustainability Consultants), Viviana Cordero

(Huasipichanga), Antonietta Russo (Independent Architect), Elisa Torricelli (Comune di Milano)

Facilitator: Andrea Tassone (ARUP)

Mission: Add greening, trees and vegetation in all possible school spaces to reduce the urban

heat island effect and use this as a learning process for students.

Target Group: School staff, city administrations, students, community.

Problems addressed:

• CO2 emissions, the heat of buildings, energy costs, air quality, social benefits, heat island

effect, indoor air quality, noise

• Poor sensitivity and knowledge about the carbon topic and urban greening

Value for the target group: Create a habitat for wildlife, boost biodiversity, improve connectivity

between humans and nature, promote health and well-being. Community engagement and

learning during the design and implementation process through various tools including a digital

app.

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How it works:

• Digital app mapping all new trees and greenery, with social media features and

connectivity to share content about wildlife and trees

• Provision of vertical greening and of green roofs which will capture carbon, release

oxygen, absorb particulates, reduce noise and cool buildings

What to prototype/test?

• Measurement methodologies inside and outside the building (for light, heat, CO2eq

avoided, etc.)

• Digital app development

• Test the frame for the plants

Measure of success:

• Heat reduction (inside and outside the building)

• Light in the classrooms, CO2 emissions, Evaporation

• Number of new trees/greeneries

• Number of students engaged

Obstacles:

• Reluctance from the administration to have plants on the roof and facades

• Protected buildings might not be able to implement the solution

• Health and safety issues

• Measuring and monitoring challenge (i.e. heat, CO2, noise)

Budget and Timeframe:

Cost of basic greenery 30/35 euro/m2; LWS (Living W… System) 370/1100 euro/m2; Maintenance

15 euro/m2. Potential revenue 20$/tree.

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Group 2: Going out to bring people in

HMW: How might we engage diverse community groups in school projects to create a common vision for a more resilient neighbourhood?

Group members: Méliné Baronian (Ville de Versailles), Maria Sitzoglou (European Commission-

Urban Innovative Actions Initiative), Aimee Maron (Independent), Martina Francesca (The

Democratic Society), Michela Gariboldi (Chatham House), Marta Mauri (Comune di Milano)

Facilitator: Grit Hartung (Connected Place Catapult)

Mission: Transform the school into an intergenerational hub where students become

ambassadors and engage the community to create a shared vision for a resilient future in the

neighbourhood. This brings the school into the neighbourhood and vice versa.

Target Group: students, school staff, community ambassadors

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Problems addressed:

• Lack of accessible and diverse channels of communication, as well as intergenerational

knowledge exchange

• Lack of connection between the school and surrounding neighbourhood

• Stakeholder engagement

• Wide variation in awareness, knowledge and understanding about resilience

Value for the target group: co-create a common and resilient vision; intergenerational exchange;

increased responsibility/leadership of students.

How it works: School becomes a hub at the centre of the community, facilitating a two-way

communication including data collection and sharing. Schools, with the support of local

associations, map out the current resources to produce green maps and empathy maps tapping

into historical knowledge, as well as future gazing. A strategy is planned to leverage these

resources. Organization of activities, events, ‘living labs’ and community games (i.e. parties to

plant trees) with students involved in the design of such initiatives. Student ambassadors lead

tours of the school.

What to prototype/test?

• Pupils lead on the empathy maps to get to know their neighbourhood

• Student ambassadors lead tours

• Participatory mapping activities

Measure of success:

• Creation of green maps and empathy maps

• Number of neighbourhood visits

• Number of stakeholders engaged

• Number of events organized inside/outside the school

• Articles published

Obstacles:

• Outreach is not successful

• Low community engagement

• Sudden changes in the neighbourhood

• Budget

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Budget and Timeframe:

Low funding requirements:

1st phase: Students create a green/resilient map (no budget)

2nd – 3rd phase: Tours of the neighbourhood (no budget)

4th phase: Tour of the school and urban greening activities

5th phase: Creating communication tools

6th phase: Open access to schoolyard after school hours

Group 3: My green backyard (Il mio cortile verde)

HMW: How might we create ‘design-for-all’ alternative spaces connecting schools to the

neighbourhood?

Group members: Maria Valentina Giraldo (CLEAN), George Parsons (Sweco NL), Laura Gatti

(Laura Gatti), Ana Gaby Chavez Martinez (Systematica), Carolina Mazza (ADFC Allgemeiner

Deutscher Fahrrad-Club Berlin e.V.), Isabel Riboldi (Comune di Milano)

Facilitator: Scott Allison (CLEAN)

Mission: Create a green area for all the community, from the elderly to children, to meet and

learn. The school becomes a centre point linked to the City by green corridors and bike lanes

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generating a new ecosystem of stakeholders engaging in the urban forestation programme and

generating new microclimate through the greening of the schoolyards.

Target Group: All the community – residents, kids, elderly, parents, young students

Problems addressed:

• Lack of green spaces in private buildings for people (ex: courtyards, gardens, general

public space). This has been emphasised during the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Urban heat island effect

• No connection between schools and their neighbourhoods

Value for the target group: Increased community engagement and quality of the surrounding

environment

How it works: Schools become central courtyards with a microclimate, linked to the City by green

corridors. The idea is to turn schools into central green points for the community to meet and

cool down during hot summers. The schools will specifically become spaces for cultivating

greenery, becoming biodiversity walkways with drinkable water fountains and sun-powered

electricity charging infrastructure to attract all members of the community. The green corridors

in the neighbourhood will include green urban furniture which can also be used for informative

purposes to keep the community interested. This project will be integrated into other city

projects such as the Piazze Aperte project (plan to reallocate street space to cycling and walking).

The wider green corridors can be connected to the cities network of drinking fountains.

What to prototype/test?

• Participatory processes: connecting the community in the use of schoolyards

• Communal water fountains or biodiversity pathways with informative plaques

• Solar charging points with the schoolyards

• Urban green furniture throughout the neighbourhood

Measure of success:

• Measuring air quality and temperature before and after

• Asking the community

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Obstacles:

• Communication

• Schools not in a strategic position to promote the project

• Accessibility (i.e. schools not open to the city during classes)

• Lack of skills and resources (for the implementation and maintenance) of potential

prototypes. There is a need to educate the community to the wider benefits and to train

school staff / students (or other community members) to maintain the new

infrastructure.

Budget and Timeframe:

Key steps

1. Integration with other initiatives in the city

2. Create green backyard elements

3. Communicate & promote green backyards

4. Identify & implement green connecting corridors

5. Testing of features

6. Create flexible modifications

7. Expand green corridors throughout the neighbourhood

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Group 4: Nature Based Solutions – connecting in comfort

HMW: How might we bring nature into the school as part of a curriculum and physical

environment so that students feel cooler and inspired?

Group members: Angela López (Private Consultant), Letícia Corradi Oliveira (Weber

Empreendimentos e Tinto Arquitetura Paisagística), Johana Sanabria (Agua Urbana V&B), Sarah

Forde (BCSD Australia), Caterina Laurenzi (comune milano), Francesco Pirri (Comune di Milano)

Facilitator: Chris Taylor (Connected Places Catapult)

Mission: Focus on the experience of the child. Transform schools from hot concrete to shaded,

cool and green, thus creating a connection with nature and using that connection to create

learning opportunities.

Target Group: students, parents, teachers, residents

Problems addressed: Comfort, shade, heat, biodiversity, lack of connection with nature, feeling

of belonging

Value for the target group:

• Learning opportunity, educational cross-over into curriculums

• Greater connection to nature

• Increased mental health and wellbeing

How it works:

• Removing concrete

• Green places for outdoor classes: some classes (especially younger students) can be

moved outside to these spaces, benefitting students with a new environment, fresh air

etc.

• Some classes (especially for older students) would still be inside but could incorporate

data about the green spaces into the lesson material. e.g. biology, maths, physics

coursework, circular economy etc.

• Shaded green outdoor pathways

• Use vines and creepers

• Rainwater collection

• Use recycled material, the possibility of involving local organisations

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What to prototype/test?

• Variety of plants and vegetation; understand what types of vegetation are best suited.

Factors for consideration include suitability to Milan's climate, growth rate, etc.

• What types of technology (walkway covers, pergolas, swales etc) to use and how best to

lay them out so that students have places to play, have shade etc.

• How to incorporate recycled materials from local organisations so that students can learn

about the circular economy with a strong sense of place

Measure of success:

• Improved academic scores of the students

• Tons of CO2 avoided/captured

• Number of activities held outside (incl. classes)

• Air quality

• Interviews or surveys with students and school staff to understand subjective

perceptions. Questions would be on changes in ability to concentrate during class,

perceived wellbeing, energy levels, sense of community, how well they feel their lessons

apply to real life etc.

Obstacles:

• Planning permissions

• Variation in school designs

• Vegetation and resistance to extreme temperatures

• Difficult to fund in the long-term

Budget and Timeframe:

The initial budget is for the cost of installation; local organizations need to sponsor in the long-

term.

Timeline is variable according to the size of corridors and plant growing time.

Key Steps

Installation -> Vegetation -> School adapts class locations -> Teachers embed into the curriculum

-> Measure & Evaluate results then scale-up

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Group 5: Seeds of the future: from green schools to nature corridors

HMW: How might we maximise the implementation of nature-based solutions in and around the

school building?

Group members: Bruno Flavia (Liceo Artistico Caravaggio), Neil Bancroft (HOK:Lon), Luca Sittoni

(EcoShape/Deltares), Olga Chepelianskaia (UNICITI), Thomas Balke (tbam + #transitioncitynow),

Pietro Nuti (Comune di Milano)

Facilitator: Chiara Fraticelli (ARUP)

Mission: Green the school, the neighbourhood and the city with a staged approach. The school

becomes a seed bank and pupils are ambassadors of the sustainable transition and owners of the

project. In the long-term, the city is centred around nature.

Target Group: Children, senior citizens, local businesses, health system, residents

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Problems addressed:

• Environmental issues: heat island effect; climate change; pollution

• Cultural and educational issues, poor knowledge about nature and growing seeds

• Health & Liveability: air pollution levels, lack of walking/cycling paths

Value for the target group: Learning process, more sustainable and liveable environment

How it works: Staged approach starting from the school as a seed bank and gradually expand to

the surroundings through green corridors

What to prototype/test?

• Map the territorial characteristics that have an impact on plant health and growth

• Seeds and plants in schools

• Pedestrianizing streets around the school

• Planting outside the school

Measure of success:

• Temperature change

• Pollution reduction

• The appearance of new species

• Community feedback through surveys to understand users' satisfaction about the project,

identify potential criticalities to improve or opportunities for a further development

Obstacles:

• Lack of community participation and stakeholder engagement

• Issues with growing seeds

• Heavy bureaucracy and poor commitment

• Ownership & maintenance

Budget and Timeframe:

• The first phase of implementation will be 1 year

• Funds will be raised through Crowdfunding projects and Public entities (i.e. EIB Loans)

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Group 6: Community Foodscapes

HMW: How might we create ‘design-for-all’ alternative spaces connecting schools to the

neighbourhood?

Group members: Mounir Kabbara (PwC), Namita Kambli (The Democratic Society), Giulia

Gualtieri (Huasipichanga), Dean Berg (Path to a Green Home), Serena Chille (Comune di Milano)

Facilitator: Dominika Swierad (Connected Places Catapult)

Mission: Organize a mixed-use park operating as a community garden, run by school students

and staff, to enhance social connection through community-led food production.

Target Group: children, local business, restaurant owners, teachers, farmers, Milan City Council,

people who cannot afford organic food

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Problems addressed:

• Lack of green, public and usable spaces

• Engagement between community & school

• Community resilience

• Sustainability education & awareness

• Organic waste management

Value for the target group: Social cohesion; resilience; environmental justice; improved

inclusivity; a greater sense of belonging and local identity

How it works: Community garden run by students with food production, to be served in an on-

site café/restaurant. Local farmers can provide training. This centre can attract artists and talent

from the community and beyond. The engagement with elderly will be key (i.e. live cooking

classes from grandmothers!)

What to prototype/test?

• Participatory workshops with community

• Small-scale community garden

• Selecting a project champion from the community

• Gamified community challenge (i.e. gardening competition)

• Inclusive food provision from the pilot

Measure of success:

• Number of visitors and participants

• Community engagement for upkeep and maintenance

• Diversity of participants age

• Collaboration with local external institutions

• The volume of food produced

• Domino effect: new initiatives from the community

Obstacles:

• Lack of volunteer support

• Lack of agency within the community

• Poor transparency in the process

• Bureaucracy or policy barriers on food standards/hygiene/health

• Difficult positioning and framing of the scope

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Budget and Timeframe:

10-12 months

Initial steps

• Conversations with local businesses and volunteers

• Co-design of workshops

• Selecting community champions

• Gardening challenge

• Farmers market

• Crowdfunding campaigns

After 6 months

• Open cafeteria

• Scale-up the gardening

• Involve more actors and organize new activities

Outcomes

Opportunity for the community, creation of profit in the local redistribution networks.

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Concluding Remarks and Next Steps

The C40 City Solutions Platform (CSP) online co-creation workshop “Milan’s urban greening

challenge” was an all-round success as the first-ever CSP virtual co-creation experience. Both the

quality of the pitches and the engagement of participants were very high, in spite of the

considerable screen time and the novelty of the software & format for most participants. The

C40 CSP team would like to thank everyone who took part as a panellist, facilitator, organiser or

participant in the workshop.

Now more than ever, effective virtual collaboration is paramount; current times offer the

opportunity to go beyond geographical borders and expand the horizon of international

collaboration with a reduced carbon footprint. This CSP workshop connected the City of Milan to

solution providers from 14 countries across the world, facilitating the co-creation of ideas to solve

climate challenges.

The ideas proposed were innovative, tangible and inspiring given the short amount of time

allocated to group activities and the reliance on digital tools, impressing the City of Milan.

There was noticeable effort to adhere to the objectives defined by the City of Milan and the vision

of the City Resilience Department to increase urban greening by 2030 and boost the City’s

resilience. The C40 City Solutions Platform will continue to support Milan to identify the key

outcomes from the workshop and scope a pathway to implementing the selected solutions.

The recording of the pitching session can be found here. Additional comments and any updates

from the City on the project next steps will be shared on the C40 CSP online platform in the Milan

project space where all workshop participants are members. The non-commercial platform can

be accessed for free by registering here. To find out more about previous City Solutions Platform

challenges or how you could get involved in one of our future challenges, head to the CSP

website.

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Annex 1: Attendees list

Participants

Name Surname Organization

Aimee Maron Independent

Ana Gaby Chávez Systematica

Angela López Private Consultant

Antonietta Russo Antonietta Russo Architect

Carolina Mazza ADFC Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club

Berlin e.V.

Carsten Vammen Microshade AS

Caterina Laurenzi Comune Milano

Dean Berg Path to a Green Home

Flavia Bruno Liceo Artistico Caravaggio

George Parsons Sweco NL

Giulia Gualtieri Huasipichanga

Johana Sanabria Agua Urbana V&B

Kasia Horodynska Silos Works

Laura Gatti Università degli Studi di Milano

Letícia Oliveira Weber Empreendimentos e Tinto Arquitetura

Paisagística

Luca Sittoni EcoShape / Deltares

Maria Sitzoglou European Commission- Urban Innovative

Actions Initiative

Martina Francesca The Democratic Society

Méliné Baronian Ville de Versailles

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Michela Gariboldi Chatham House

Mounir Kabbara PwC

Namita Kambli The Democratic Society

Neil Bancroft HOK:Lon

Olga Chepelianskaia UNICITI

Ranee Cheung CKP Sustainability Consultants

Sarah Forde BCSD Australia

Sarahi Coronado BEA

Thomas Balke tbam + #transitioncitynow

Viviana Cordero Huasipichanga

Facilitators

Name Surname Organization

Andrea Tassone ARUP

Chiara Fraticelli ARUP

Chris Taylor Connected Places Catapult

Dominika Swierad Connected Places Catapult

Grit Hartung Connected Places Catapult

Maria Valentina Giraldo CLEAN

Scott Allison CLEAN

Serena Girani ARUP

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City Officials from Comune di Milano

Name Surname Organization

Elisa Torricelli Resilience officer

Francesco Pirri Resilience officer

Marta Mauri Resilience officer

Pietro Nuti Resilience officer

Serena Chillè Resilience officer

Panellists from Comune di Milano

Name Surname Organization

Giulia Tosoni Organizational Position

Isabel Riboldi Executive Instructor of Administrative

Services

Piero Pelizzaro Chief Resilience Officer

Susanna Molteni Head of Partnership Office

CSP C40 Team

Name Surname Organization

Costanza De Stefani Business & Innovation Intern

Emily White Climate Action Planning Project Officer

Olivia Bedworth Business & Innovation Manager

Pamela Jouven City Business Climate Alliances Head

Regina Vetter Cool Cities Network Manager

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Annex 2: Concept Posters

The following links below will take you to the group concept poster PDFs on Google Drive

Concept poster group 1: Green Schools from the ground to the rooftop (Scuole Verdi dal pian

terreno al tetto)

Concept poster group 2: Going out to bring people in

Concept poster group 3: My green backyard (Il mio Cortile Verde)

Concept poster group 4: Nature Based Solutions – connecting in comfort

Concept poster group 5: Seeds of the future: from green schools to nature corridors

Concept poster group 6: Community Foodscapes

Annex 3: Workshop Agenda

Day 1

TIME (CEST) ACTIVITY

14.00 – 14.30 Introduction session

14.30 – 15.45 Group activity 1 / Defining the challenge questions Visualise the end-users, their needs and challenges. Identify the key challenge or design questions (HMWs)

15.45 – 16.00 Break

16.00 – 16.45

Group activity 2 / Feedback to the room Groups share their key HMW questions with the wider group + Q&A

16.45 – 17.00 Wrap up of day 1

Day 2

TIME (CEST) ACTIVITY

13.30 – 13.40 Briefing session

13.40 – 14.30 Group activity 3 / Ideation session Groups brainstorm, cluster and prioritise solution ideas to address the challenge questions

14.30 – 14.40 Break

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14.40 – 15.20

Group activity 4 / Developing one big idea Groups select and develop the best idea into a solution by preparing a 3-5-minute pitch

15.20 – 15.30

Break

15.30 – 17.20

Pitching Session Each group pitches their solution for 3-5 minutes to a panel of senior city stakeholders, followed by Q&A

17.20 – 17.30 Wrap up of Day 2 Next steps in the project, concluding remarks and acknowledgements

Annex 4: Useful Links

Scuole Aperte Project - Milan

Piazze Aperte Project - Milan

ForestaMi - Milan

OASIS Schoolyards - Paris