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When Weather Becomes a Design Challenge

Community Architect

All these places were turned upside down overnight when their systems couldn't digest the tropical downpours for which they were not designed. It isn't no longer enough to point to the higher powers. Louisiana devastation after hurricane Ida 2021. As the politicians say, climate change is no longer a future threat, it is already here.

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How climate, pandemic, and war shape the "future proofing" of buildings, cities and regions

Community Architect

Uncertainty makes preparedness for a decade or more seemingly unattainable. Average annual GHG emissions during 2010-2019 were higher than in any previous decade The snappy slogan "future is what we make of it" assumes optimism. Nationally orderly transition of power doesn’t seem to be guaranteed any longer. Unattainable summit?

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