Lilybell Evergreen

Lilybell is our go-to climate governance expert. We all know the need for a sustainable future but there are not many pathways to reach it. Governance, however, offers one and Lilybell knows how to utilise this. A key focus is know-how for tackling multi-level problems through means of better coordination and leadership. She thrives on complexity and often focuses on the intersection of challenges such as climate, security, and democracy.

These issues surpass country boundaries and so does Lilybell. An international mindset is set deep with her degree in International Studies and previous experience with international stakeholders. Before Demos Helsinki, she worked on various international cooperation and policy making projects, for example with the OSCE and Council of the Baltic Sea States.

At Demos Helsinki, Lilybell has worked with a range of clients and projects including NetZeroCities, a Horizon project supporting the EU Mission “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030.”. She leads Demos Helsinki’s role in SUN4Ukraine, a project supporting Ukrainian municipalities with their climate action, and her work focuses on developing governance and engagement guidance. Her work crosses levels of governance, also working at the national level including with the Scottish Government, and delivering leadership training for civil servants from Latvia to the Philippines.

After hours, Lilybell is ambitious with her Finnish studies and aims to eventually be part of a project in Finnish. Her current favourite word is “höpö höpö”.