Nienke serves as Project Manager for Climate Action Planning, where she leads the reviews of Climate Action Plans for all C40 member cities.
Before joining C40, Nienke worked as a Junior Policy Fellow in Climate & Health at Imperial College London where she managed “Connecting Climate Minds”, a global research project focussed on the intersection of climate change and mental health.
Before this, she gained extensive experience working with cities as a key member of CDP’s Cities technical team. She was furthermore part of the urban health team where she spearheaded CDP’s contribution to the WHO Health & Climate Change Urban Profiles pilot project, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Pathfinder Initiative.
Nienke holds an MSc in Urban Development Planning from UCL and a BA in Latin American Studies from Universiteit Leiden.