Climate change demands urgent action. This call is heard most loudly in rapidly growing urban areas. Cities are key to implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement; a coordinated policy effort to combat climate change and adapt to its effects.
By focusing on cities as the most appropriate site of action and prioritising the protection of infrastructures, climate urbanism is transforming the fabric of everyday life.
This theme examines the history, processes and implications of the rise of climate urbanism as a model for urban development.
Research Questions
– What is climate urbanism and how does it differ from other models of urbanisation?
– What perspectives inform climate urbanism and with what consequences for how we plan and govern our cities?
– How, where, and why is climate urbanism embraced, promoted, or contested?
– How is climate urbanism transforming the physical and social fabric of urban life?
News
Four approaches to urban air pollution after Brexit
Poor air quality causes over 7 million deaths a year worldwide, especially in large cities.
Read More
Welcoming new staff!
The Urban Institute are delighted to welcome a new member to the team. Linda Westman is a Postdoctoral research assistant working with Vanesa Castan Broto on the ERC-funded LO-ACT project
Read More
Vanesa Castan Broto: Changing Cities in a Changing Climate
Vanesa Castan Broto: Inaugural Lecture Changing Cities in a Changing Climate Wednesday 20th March at 17:30 in the Diamond Lecture Theatre 2 Debates around the need for urgent, radical action have brought cities to the centre of debates about climate change politics. Technology optimists…
Read More
Events
Upcoming Seminar Series: Eco-communities in an urban future
Professor Jenny Pickerill, along with colleagues in the Eco-Communities research group and the Urban Institute are organising a seminar series on Eco-Communities in an Urban Future. The series, funded by the Urban Studies Foundation, will involve three workshops during 2019…
Read More
Vanesa Castan Broto: Changing Cities in a Changing Climate
Vanesa Castan Broto: Inaugural Lecture Changing Cities in a Changing Climate Wednesday 20th March at 17:30 in the Diamond Lecture Theatre 2 Debates around the need for urgent, radical action have brought cities to the centre of debates about climate change politics. Technology optimists…
Read More