Ugo Guarnacci

Ugo Guarnacci works as Policy Officer at Directorate of "Climate Action and Resource Efficiency", Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), European Commission. Ugo is an applied economist by training, with a PhD on measuring resilience and subjective wellbeing in post-disaster, post-conflict Indonesia.  He is currently working on the development of a new Research & Innovation policy agenda on Innovating Cities with Nature-Based Solutions.

His areas of expertise include: sustainable urban development, beyond GDP indicators and environmental accounting, social innovation and citizen engagement.