Dan Hoornweg

Dan Hoornweg is a lead urban specialist in the World Bank's central Urban Advisory Unit. He has more than twenty years experience working in and with cities. He joined the World Bank in 1993 and has worked in all of the Bank's regions including Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and the Pacific Islands, South Asia and Latin America and Caribbean. During that time he has worked with more than 300 cities as they move toward 'sustainable cities.' Dan was lead author on Canada's first municipal Green Plan and started the first local government round table on sustainable development (City of Guelph). Dan also started Canada's first retail store for environmentally friendlier products (For Earth's Sake opened 1987). Dan's academic background includes degrees in Earth Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Beginning August 2008, he has led the Bank's Urban program on sustainable cities and climate change. Dan also maintains a personal blog. Check it out: http://urbanscape-sustainablecities.blogspot.com/