Mons Badia

Mons Badia is an expert in eco-innovation, sustainable and resilient urban development and creative and cross-cutting urban solutions. She has been working at Anteverti since 2017, where she is a senior specialist of the Smart City Expo World Congress team and content coordinator for Tomorrow.city. She has also developed smart city and smart region strategies as a consultant. Mons serves as the President of the College of Environmental Scientists of Catalonia, and has previous professional experience working in the United Nations Global Compact, in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and in the Universitat de Barcelona, as well as in the consulting firm Inèdit. Mons Badia has a degree in Environmental Sciences and Fine Arts (Universitat de Barcelona), and is currently studying a Master's Degree in Philosophy for Contemporary Challenges (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).

Gender Balance in Conferences: Challenging? Yes, but doable too

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Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture

Why are women still underrepresented at most major world conferences? Anteverti experts explain how it is possible not only to reverse this situation, but also to create a much enriching global conversation on our cities' future.

What will 2023 bring for cities? Our 10 predictions

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Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture

This is Anteverti team's prediction on the topics that will shape the conversation on cities in 2023.

A decarbonized recovery against climate emergency: 3 lessons cities have learned during the pandemic

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Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture

During the pandemic, cities found that they could contain the virus while fighting the climate emergency through quick and low-cost solutions. Now, how can we translate these learnings – and the European Green Deal – into zero-carbon cities?

Covid-19 and the future of cities: 5 keys to keep moving towards local sustainability

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Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture

Our analysis | How can cities mitigate the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 while preserving the positive environmental side effects of the quarantine?

Urban innovation matters: 10 articles and resources to highlight why

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Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture

The importance of data, research and experiment; thinking outside of the box; a human-centered digitalization approach; putting people at the core: these are some of the keys to foster smarter cities, according to our team's expertise.

Creativity is boosting urban sustainability – and here are 10 examples

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Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture

Believe it or not, there is still an ongoing debate on whether climate change and global warming are an anthropogenically provoked reality or a human-made …

Cities leading the fight against climate change

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Senior Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Eco-Innovation, Circular Economy and Urban Agriculture

Cities hold the key to tackling climate change given that they are responsible for 80% of global emissions.