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Dr Sandra Piesik is an award-winning architect and author engaged in climate change and sustainable development advocacy, specialising in adaptation of ecosystems and traditional knowledge, technology development and transfer, bio-circular economy and policy recommendations.

Founder of 3 ideas B.V. Amsterdam based practice, several R&D groups and consortia, Dr Piesik is working towards the programmes of UNFCCC, UNCCD, CBD and UN-HABITAT on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda.

Former Policy Support Consultant on Rural – Urban Dynamics The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Dr Piesik continues to be involved with policy support to UN-HABITAT on urban and rural linkages.

A passionate advocate of holistic and systems thinking in addressing climate change and other global challenges, she remains a committed advocate of foresight and is a Nexus Member of the UNFCCC Resilience Frontiers Initiative as well as the European Space Agency (ESA) space exploration programme. Dr Piesik lectures globally at universities and United Nations conferences.

Publications

 * 1) General Editor of Habitat: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet (2017) Thames & Hudson, Abrams , HABITAT: Traditionelle Bauweisen für den globalen Wandel (2017), Edition DETAIL , Habiter la Planete: atlas mondial de l’architecture vernaculaire (2017) Flammarion , HABITAT: Arquitectura vernácula para un planeta cambiante (2017) Blume.
 * 2) Author of Arish: Palm-Leaf Architetcure (2012) Thames & Hudson and over forty articles and opinion essays.