Climate Urbanism

Climate change, or climate crisis, is now understood less as a specific issue than as the existential condition that is shaping all aspects of our existence on earth — a quintessential “wicked problem,” a “permanent emergency,” the “most thorough and complete crisis our species and our civilizations have ever faced,” in the words of Bill McKibben.

The latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change emphasizes that urban centers are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and, for that very reason, potential leaders in mitigating the effects of global warming. “Climate Urbanism” features in-depth explorations of cities around the world that are struggling with the impacts of climate instability on their built and natural environments, their systems and infrastructures — and most crucially, on their people.

The series is made possible by a grant from the The Bartlett/UCL.