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Kate Orff speaks on CNN
Kate Orff speaks on CNN to Christiane Amanpour on the need to decarbonize, invest in nature based solutions, and to imagine expansive and inclusive climate adaptation projects in the built environment.
“It’s time for a broad investment in the natural systems and landscapes that can sustain us and anticipate these climate risks of the future.”
https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/08/09/amanpour-climate-change-landscape-architect-kate-orff.cnn
Kate Orff profiled in the New Yorker
In the August 9 print issue of The New Yorker, sociologist Eric Klinenberg profiled Kate Orff, faculty director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes. Kate talks about designing nature-based solutions to the climate crisis.
Thad Pawlowski talks about Climate Resilience with the Times of India
“Climate compassion must be globalized now.”
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The Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes (CRCL) uses planning and design to help communities and ecosystems adapt to the pressures of urbanization, inequality, and climate change. CRCL works with public, nonprofit, and academic partners to deliver practical and forward-thinking technical assistance through interdisciplinary research, visualization of risk, project design scenarios, and facilitated convenings. CRCL integrates resilience thinking into design education and academic programming, bringing real-world challenges into the classroom to train future design leaders.
Established in 2018 at Columbia University’s Graduate School for Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), CRCL extends Columbia’s leadership in climate-related work and supports the interdisciplinary collaborations and external partnerships needed to engage the most serious and challenging issues of our time.
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