He is the author of The Evolution of Great World Cities: Urban Wealth and Economic Growth. Holding qualifications in Civil Engineering, Economics, and Business, Kennedy has conducted consulting work on sustainable infrastructure and cities for clients including: governments of Canada, China, Saudi Arabia; UAE; and the UK; as well as the World Bank; Waterfront Toronto / Clinton Climate Initiative; UCLA / California Energy Commission; and the Ontario Ministry of Finance.
From 2011 to 2012, he was seconded to the OECD in Paris, to work on cities, green growth, and policies for Encouraging Investment in Low Carbon Infrastructure.
Kennedy has been a visiting professor at Oxford University and ETH Zürich. He is president of the International Society for Industrial Ecology.
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