Expert stories on Climate

William Milliken

William Milliken

Research Leader @ Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London, UK

ClimateHabitat Post 2030

The natural capital of the Amazonian rainforest

May 9, 2022

Sustainable forest management is not only needed to protect our natural resource supplies. It’s also crucial for the entire environment in which we all live. Renewable plant resources will play an increasingly important role in human life.

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Jeffrey Soule

Jeffrey Soule

Former Director of Outreach and International @ American Planning Association, USA

ClimateHabitat Post 2030

New Orleans lessons for climate change

May 2, 2022

To mitigate the impacts of climate change, climate action plans are necessary. The American Planning Association recently edited and endorsed the United Nations’ Habitats Climate Action Plan Benchmark Guidelines, which includes four key elements.

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Iftekhar Ahmed

Iftekhar Ahmed

PhD Associate Professor in Construction Management @ University of Newcastle

ClimateHabitat Post 2030Water

Vernacular buildings and adaptation to floods

April 4, 2022

In flood-prone areas of South and Southeast Asia, vernacular architecture has resulted in various forms of elevated buildings. As climate change causes a wider range of challenges, lessons from this architecture will be key to dealing with future risks.

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Rexford Assasie Oppong

Rexford Assasie Oppong

Professor of Architecture and Dean of International Programmes Office @ KNUST

ClimateHabitat Post 2030Health

Health and wellbeing in African cities

March 28, 2022

To ensure new buildings in tropical climates, such as Benin, Cameroon, Ghana and Ivory Coast, are not detrimental to human health, legislation on recently-introduced construction techniques is needed. Science and technology will be key to making it purposeful.

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Sandra Piesik

Sandra Piesik

PhD Architect @ 3 Ideas B.V.

Circular EconomyClimateFoodHabitat Post 2030

Territorial integration and agricultural capacities of drylands

March 21, 2022

Meeting regional food production is nearly impossible in drylands, which exist in over 110 countries. Oasis ecosystems contribute not only to the biodiversity of the ecosystem but also to the diversity of diet, whilst improving rural-urban territorial connectivity.

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Natalia J. Silva

Natalia J. Silva

PhD Researcher at the Department of Architecture @ University of Chile

ClimateHabitat Post 2030Water

Sustainable livelihoods of the Chipaya people in Bolivia

March 21, 2022

Climate change threatens the existence of the Chipaya people by making traditional water management practices non-viable. A sustainable future can be secured by introducing new, sustainable land management technologies.

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