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Ewa Iwaszuk

MSc (Environment & Sustainable Development)
BA (Economics, Business and East European Studies)

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Ewa Iwaszuk works at Ecologic Institute as a Fellow. Her work focuses on nature-based solutions, climate policy and urban governance. Ewa's native language is Polish, she is fluent in English and Czech and speaks conversational Spanish, Russian and German.

At Ecologic Institute Ewa Iwaszuk conducts research combining topics of sustainable urban development, nature-based solutions and climate protection, including within the projects "International Cooperation to Restore and Connect Urban Environments in Latin America and Europe" (INTERLACE) and "Capacity Development for Long-term Climate Neutrality Strategies in Towns and Cities" (Ready4NetZero). She is a lead author of "Addressing Climate Change in Cities – Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions" and a co-author of "Addressing Climate Change in Cities – Policy Instruments to Promote Urban Nature-based Solutions", publications designed to promote implementation of nature-based solutions to address climate change in urban areas. Ewa is also a co-author of "Nature-based Solutions and Global Climate Protection", a publication assessing global mitigation potential of nature-based solutions.

Ewa develops science and policy communication materials such as podcasts. She is a co-host and content lead of "Green Deal – Big Deal?", a podcast that aims to familiarize the public in Europe with the contents, aims and ambitions of the European Green Deal. She also led the development of "Creating Green Cities", a podcast on urban nature-based solutions.

Before arriving at Ecologic Institute, Ewa Iwaszuk worked as a Research Assistant at the Development Planning Unit, University College London (UCL, United Kingdom) and the UCL department for Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy. Before starting her MSc degree, Ewa worked at International Young Naturefriends (IYNF), a pan-European network of youth environmental NGOs.

Ewa Iwaszuk received her Master’s degree at UCL. Her thesis analysed policy development, governance and planning processes that led to Durban (South Africa) having one of the most comprehensive local-level climate mitigation and adaptation strategies in the world. Ewa Iwaszuk holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Business and East European Studies from UCL. During her undergraduate studies Ewa spent a year at the Institute of Economic Studies at Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic).

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Selected projects by Ewa Iwaszuk
ProjectHorizon 2020International Cooperation to Restore and Connect Urban Environments in Latin America and Europe (INTERLACE)
 

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Cities and their peripheries are constantly confronted with challenges such as urban sprawl, climate change and pollution. These processes can exacerbate the degradation of natural ecosystems, and jeopardize ecosystem service provisioning with negative consequences for... Read more

International Cooperation to Restore and Connect Urban Environments in Latin America and Europe (INTERLACE)

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ProjectGreen Deal – Big Deal? Discussing Europe's Green Future
 
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Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) described the European Green Deal as "Europe's man-on-the-moon moment". With this plan, the European Union aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, protect and enhance nature, and sustainably transform the... Read more

Green Deal – Big Deal? Discussing Europe's Green Future

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ProjectCapacity Development for Long-term Climate Neutrality Strategies in Towns and Cities (Ready4NetZero)
 

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Ready4NetZero aims to support small- and medium-sized cities in Poland, Romania, Hungary and Croatia in the development and implementation of local strategies to reach climate neutrality. To do so, the project creates knowledge resources (written guidance) and provides... Read more

Capacity Development for Long-term Climate Neutrality Strategies in Towns and Cities (Ready4NetZero)

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ProjectClimate Mitigation Through Nature-Based-Solutions in Urban Poland - Fostering Awareness and Capacity (ClimateNBS Polska)
 
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Many Polish cities are undergoing intense development, which is placing investment pressure on undeveloped land. Individual sites would be able to deliver on urban climate change mitigation and reduce GHG emissions, with the resulting social, economic and environmental... Read more

Climate Mitigation Through Nature-Based-Solutions in Urban Poland - Fostering Awareness and Capacity (ClimateNBS Polska)

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ProjectHorizon 2020Nature Based Urban Innovation (NATURVATION)
 
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Nature is important for the urban environment: trees grant shade during the summer months, while parks and lakes function as areas for relaxation, as places where the urban population comes together, and as space where children can experience nature and learn about it... Read more

Nature Based Urban Innovation (NATURVATION)

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ProjectDialogue on Pathways and Policies for a Climate-neutral EU (Climate Recon 2050)
 

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The EU has agreed to become climate neutral by 2050. Achieving climate neutrality in the next 30 years is a great societal, economic and political undertaking, presenting many challenges and opportunities. The Climate Recon 2050 project addresses the central process of... Read more

Dialogue on Pathways and Policies for a Climate-neutral EU (Climate Recon 2050)

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Selected publications by Ewa Iwaszuk
PublicationBookAddressing Climate Change in Cities – Catalogue of urban nature-based solutions
 
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are solutions that are inspired and supported by nature. They can be used in urban settings to complement or replace "traditional" or "grey" solutions to perform functions, such as thermal insulation and stormwater retention and filtration.... Read more

English version: Iwaszuk, E., Rudik, G., Duin, L., Mederake, L., Davis, M., Naumann, S., Wagner, I., 2019: Addressing Climate Change in Cities. Catalogue of Urban Nature-Based Solutions. Ecologic Institute, the Sendzimir Foundation: Berlin, Krakow.

Polish version: Iwaszuk, E., Rudik, G., Duin, L., Mederake, L., Davis, M., Naumann, S., Wagner, I., 2019: Błękitno-zielona
infrastruktura dla łagodzenia zmian klimatu w miastach. Katalog techniczny. Ecologic Institute, Fundacja Sendzimira: Berlin, Krakow.

PublicationReportAddressing Climate Change in Cities – Policy Instruments to Promote Urban Nature-based Solutions
 
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are solutions that are inspired and supported by nature. They can be used in urban settings to complement or replace "traditional" or "grey" solutions to social and environmental challenges, such as air pollution, the heat island effect,... Read more

Naumann, S., Davis, M., Iwaszuk, E., Freundt, M., Mederake, L., 2020: Addressing climate change in cities – Policy instruments to promote urban nature-based solutions. Ecologic Institute, the Sendzimir Foundation: Berlin, Krakow.

Naumann, S., Davis, M., Iwaszuk, E., Freundt, M., Mederake, L., 2020: Błękitno-zielona infrastruktura dla łagodzenia zmian klimatu w miastach. Narzędzia strategiczne. Ecologic Institute, Fundacja Sendzimira: Berlin, Krakow.

PublicationReportNature-based Solutions and Global Climate Protection
 
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Nature-based solutions (NBS) are playing an increasingly prominent part in discussions of global climate change mitigation. This study, for the German Environment Agency (UBA), has critically examined the potential impact of NBS. The results show that the potential of... Read more
Judith Reise, Anne Siemons, Hannes Böttcher, Anke Herold, Cristina Urrutia, Lambert Schneider, Ewa Iwaszuk, Hugh McDonald, Ana Frelih-Larsen, Laurens Duin, McKenna Davis 2022: Nature-Based Solutions and Global Climate Protection. Assessment of their global mitigation potential and recommendations for international climate policy. Climate Change 01/2022. German Environment Agency, Dessau-Roßlau.

Green Deal – Big Deal podcast

PublicationPodcastFrom Packaging to Microplastics: Unwrapping EU plastics policies
 
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Since we learned how to produce plastic, humans have manufactured more than 8.3 billion tons of it – most of which ended up as waste somewhere on the planet. This leads plastic waste to enter the landscape, rivers, beaches, and eventually ocean. We asked our listeners... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2022: From packaging to microplastics: unwrapping EU plastics policies. Podcast. 17 October 2022. Online: https://greendealbigdeal.podigee.io/6-plastic

PublicationPodcastEuropean Green Deal – What is Europe trying to achieve and where are we now?
 

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The European Green Deal is the European Union's fundamental response to the challenges of the 21st century. From addressing climate change and nature degradation to creating conditions for sustainable and inclusive economic growth, the plan aims to revolutionise the way... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2022: European Green Deal – what is Europe trying to achieve and where are we now?. Green Deal – Big Deal?. Podcast. 7 April 2022. Online: https://greendealbigdeal.podigee.io/

PublicationPodcastIt's Electric! The future of mobility in Europe.
 

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To achieve the EU's goals, we need to rethink mobility from the ground up. This involves many aspects, including electric mobility, walking, cycling and public transport. The second episode of the "Green Deal – Big Deal?" podcast examines the challenges and issues that... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2022: It's Electric! The future of mobility in Europe. Green Deal – Big Deal?. Podcast. 9 May 2022. Online: https://greendealbigdeal.podigee.io

PublicationPodcastSustainability in Style: Circular fashion in the European Green Deal
 
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For some, fashion is an expression of personality or culture. For others, clothes are something that ensures comfort or survival. One thing is certain: clothing is something that everyone, everywhere, deals with every day. However, its production has an enormous... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2022: Sustainability in style: circular fashion in the European Green Deal . Podcast. 9 June 2022. Online: https://greendealbigdeal.podigee.io

PublicationPodcastThe European Green Deal Symphony: Conducting the net-zero transition
 

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The journey to net-zero emissions requires thousands of different policy interventions at all sorts of different times and across all sectors. Similarly, an orchestra is made up of many different instruments – all of which have to play the same tune at the right time!... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2023: The European Green Deal symphony: conducting the net-zero transition. Podcast. Online: https://www.greendealbigdeal.eu/podcast/episode-8/

PublicationPodcastFarm to Fork: Feeding a continent without wrecking a planet
 

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Food production is a sector completely dependent on healthy environment and predictable climatic conditions. At the same time, modern agriculture is among the major contributors to climate and biodiversity crises. From food production to consumption, Europe is facing a... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2022: Farm to Fork: feeding a continent without wrecking a planet . Podcast. 2 August 2022. Online: https://greendealbigdeal.podigee.io

PublicationPodcastFifty Shades of Green: Sustainable finance and the EU taxonomy
 

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How do we classify which investments are the right ones to power the transition to a climate and nature-friendly economy? This is a pretty big question, and one that is crucial to a successful implementation of the European Green Deal. The EU taxonomy – the subject of... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2022: Fifty shades of green: sustainable finance and the EU taxonomy. Podcast. Online: https://greendealbigdeal.podigee.io/7-sustainable-finance

Creating Green Cities podcast

PublicationPodcastValuing Nature: Can Money Really Grow on Trees?
 

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Hans Pijls, founder of the "Food for Good" urban farm in Utrecht, believes his project generates different types of value for the city, such as improving the economic value of surrounding buildings, boosting employment, and generating positive effects for health, well... Read more

Ecologic Institute, 2020: Valuing nature: can money really grow on trees?. 10 August 2020. Online: https://creating-green-cities.podigee.io/4-valuing-nature

PublicationPodcastInnovating with Nature, People and Places
 

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The city of Barcelona is reinventing the work soil; a social entrepreneur in Utrecht is trying to challenge the way the government cooperates with local green initiatives; and a housing company in Malmo is redefining neighbourhood design for the 21st century. All these... Read more

Ecologic Institute, 2020: Innovating with Nature, People and Places. 24 August 2020. Online: https://creating-green-cities.podigee.io/5-innovating-with-nature-people-and-places

PublicationPodcastAll Hands on Deck: Governing Urban Green
 

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The city of Barcelona has an entire strategy dedicated to taking care of its trees, called the Tree Masterplan. To create this Masterplan, the city talked to over 700 different people – from gardeners to urban planners and from restaurant owners to street cleaners – to... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2020: All Hands on Deck: Governing Urban Green. Creating Green Cities. Podcast. 27 July 2020. Online: https://creating-green-cities.podigee.io/3-governing-urban-green

PublicationPodcastUrban Trees and Gardens: How Good Are They Really for You?
 

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Living in a neighborhood with lots of trees will make you live longer… or will it? Urban nature is said to bring diverse health, social, economic and environmental benefits to cities and their populations. Understanding the scale of and access to these benefits is... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2020: Urban Trees and Gardens: How Good Are They Really for You?. Creating Green Cities. Podcast. 13 July 2020. Online: https://creating-green-cities.podigee.io/2-urban-trees-and-gardens

PublicationPodcast Bringing Nature Back into Cities
 

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Green roofs make buildings cool. Literally. As cities deal with the impacts of climate change, green roofs can offer solutions and help with rainwater management, insulation and cooling, amongst other benefits. No matter the weather, installing a green roof also... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2020: Bringing Nature Back into Cities. Creating Green Cities. Podcast. 25. June 2020. Online: https://creating-green-cities.podigee.io/1-bringing-nature-back-into-cities

Selected presentations by Ewa Iwaszuk
PresentationLectureAddressing Climate Change in Cities: Integrated concepts and strategies for local development
 
first presentation slide "Przeciwdziałanie zmianom klimatu w mieście: zintegrowane koncepcje i strategie rozwoju lokalnego"

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On 15 January 2023 Ewa Iwaszuk gave a lecture titled "Addressing climate change in cities: integrated concepts and strategies for local development" to the students of Intercollegiate Academy of Climate (Międzyuczelniana Akademia Klimatu), a post-graduate diploma course... Read more

Lecture:Addressing Climate Change in Cities: Integrated concepts and strategies for local development

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PresentationSpeechPolicy Instruments to Promote Implementation of Nature-based Solutions
 
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Ewa Iwaszuk, a Fellow at Ecologic Institute, held a presentation "Policy instruments to promote implementation of nature-based solutions" at a side-event "Nature-based solutions for building performance" during the global climate conference COP27 in Sharm-el-Sheikh ... Read more

Speech:Policy Instruments to Promote Implementation of Nature-based Solutions

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PresentationInterviewGreen Cities for the Heat
 

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Concrete and asphalt make cities up to 10 degrees hotter than the rural areas. In Poland, however, there is a persistent impression that greenspace is a nuisance that is best gotten rid of, says Ewa Iwaszuk of the Ecologic Institute in Berlin. She points out that the... Read more

Interview:Green Cities for the Heat

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PresentationSpeechGood Practices from Germany as an Inspiration for Polish Local-governments
 

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With around 75% of EU population living in urban areas, cites will play a key role in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing vulnerability to impacts of climate change and building resilience. Multifunctional nature-based solutions can be a powerful tool to jointly... Read more

Speech:Good Practices from Germany as an Inspiration for Polish Local-governments

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Recent content by Ewa Iwaszuk

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As a proud partner of the Nature of Cities Festival 2024, we cordially invite you to be part of an extraordinary three-week event that focuses on the importance and beauty of urban nature. This multifaceted festival offers a wide range of activities both online and in person - from inspiring discussions to collaborative workshops that allow participants from all over the world to actively engage at any time.

The Nature of Cities Festival 2024

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Presentation:Panel discussion
 
As part of the Polish Climate Congress from 19 to 20 March 2024 in Warsaw, Ewa Iwaszuk, a Fellow at Ecologic Institute, took part in a panel discussion on implementing nature-based solutions in urban areas. She was joined on the panel by Joanna Kiernicka-Allavena (Climate-KIC), Anna Banaszczyk (World Bank), Marcin Sadura (Warsaw Municipal Sewage Company) and Robert Skowroński (Szczecin Marshal’s Office). The discussion was moderated by Mateusz Kowali (Polish Green Network).

Green Synergies in Local Governments


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Publication:Podcast
 
In the latest "Green Deal – Big Deal?" podcast episode, the hosts Ewa Iwaszuk and Aaron Best from Ecologic Institute speak with interview guests Margherita Tolotto (Senior Policy Officer for Air and Noise at the European Environmental Bureau) and Agnieszka Warso-Buchanan (Senior Lawyer in ClientEarth). They discuss the problem of air pollution, the important role that lawsuits have played in forcing action, the current effort to bring the law in line with the science – and what citizens can do to have their voices heard in this debate.

The Fight for Better Air Quality in the EU

Nineth episode of the podcast "Green Deal – Big Deal?"

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Event:Digital Event
 
The EU's carbon-neutral future
On 6 March 2023, participants joined webinar hosts Ewa Iwaszuk and Aaron Best from Ecologic Institute and their expert guests Claire Dupont, Professor at the Department of Public Governance and Management, Ghent University, and Matthias Duwe, Head of the Climate Team at Ecologic Institute. Together, they discussed the central role climate policy plays in the European Green Deal and explored how policy can spur innovation and reduce net emissions to zero in the European Union.

The EU's Carbon-neutral Future: Achieving net zero by 2050


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Publication:Podcast
 
In the latest "Green Deal – Big Deal?" podcast episode, the hosts Ewa Iwaszuk and Nick Evans from Ecologic Institute discuss these questions, together with their interview guests Claire Dupont (University of Ghent) and Sharon Turner (independent expert associated with European Climate Foundation and University of Sussex). The two guests explain their understanding of EU governance, how it has evolved over the years, and its crucial role in shaping Europe's future.

The European Green Deal Symphony: Conducting the net-zero transition

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