Johanna Sutton is an Associate Director at Resilient Cities Catalyst, leading RCC’s work with partner cities on neighborhood-scale climate resilience, extreme heat adaptation, and innovative financing strategies for local governments. She brings over a decade of experience working with city and regional governments across Europe and Australia to address climate risk, economic development, and urban regeneration. Johanna specializes in translating policy into on-the-ground action and building coalitions to deliver climate solutions.

Prior to RCC, Johanna served at the Greater London Authority, where she led key programs in climate adaptation, net zero, and economic development. She designed and launched Future Neighbourhoods 2030, a major initiative supporting communities to address environmental challenges and create good local jobs. She also helped deliver the Mayor’s Business Climate Challenge and supported the development of the London Climate Finance Facility. As advisor to London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy, Johanna worked on the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone and led policy coordination around the city’s response to the 2022 extreme heat event. She was also lead author of the London Climate Resilience Review (2024), which assessed the city’s readiness for climate impacts and issued 50 recommendations. Following publication, she led work with City Hall and functional bodies to begin implementation, including new budgeting and emergency preparedness efforts.

Johanna holds an MSc in Urbanisation and Development from the London School of Economics and a BA in Political Science from Monash University, where she received the Rufus Davis Memorial Prize for Best Honours Thesis in Politics.