Cross Sector Knowledge & Collaborative Pathways

#insights post : The era of interconnected challenges requires cross-sector thinking across new partnerships combined with a deep understanding of diverse voices

This month was a great example of reviewing such issues across key landscapes: global, local, industry and educational contexts.

>Trends Across Contexts

#systems #climate-conscious #regenerative #co-benefits #narrative-setting

• The need for cross-sector systems change across Energy, Transport, Buildings & Industry, Food and Land, Climate Finance and Equity.

• Climate literacy for decision makers across government and industry is essential for meaningful impact.

• Design can facilitate cross-sector collaboration and re-imagined solutions especially if utilising the power of storytelling in finding climate solutions.

• Necessary to work laterally and outside of linear, extractive processes and thinking.

>Global

🔶 1 Springboard For Action - Unpacking The Global Stocktake Report – World Resource Institute - Link

Attended an informative conversation discussing this historic report which ‘marks the most extensive assessment of global climate action to date and illuminates a path forward for governments’. It echoes the IPCC for transformative change – calls for decarbonisation of all sectors and systems led transformation. Link to @worldresource institute #transformativeshifts

>Local

🔶 2 Climate Change – Transferable Actions for Local Authorities

Attended an interesting #publicpracticetalks discussing the unique position of ‘councils to address the climate crisis’ and pinpoint where cross-collaboration could be most efficient and scalable. The areas of focus: Culture, Planning and Procurement provided useful context of where to press for change. Areas for transferable action sat across emphasis on climate training at all levels of governance, interim guidance, revised procurement processes. Link to @Public Practice Article #climateliteracy #infrastructureinnovation

@Ella Kaleta @Una Haran @David Mulligan

>Design

🔶 3.Attended engaging discussions at the #london design festival @globaldesign forum.  link

💥Material Systems

Interdisciplinary processes enable innovation - using natural materials such as salt and microbes to create change in façade design and plastic packaging from product to processes and infrastructure surrounding it. @Ateliar Luma and @Shellworks @Henna Burney @Insiya Jafferjee @Sujata Burman #materialsinnovation #infrastructureinnovation #regenerativeapproaches

💥Interconnectivity of Systems: Designing for fairness @Alon Schwabe @Daniel Fernandez Pascual @Chris Hildrey @Darryl Chen @Meneesha Kellay

Combined theme around how humans affect planet: through food and its cultural implications Climavore, through the concept of home and redesign of systems @proxyaddress, through the built and natural environment @hawkinsbrown #planetaryimpact

💥Speculative Re-imaginings

Using technology to break boundaries of what is possible, of what is real – through 3D video, film, art, animation, stills and experiential led processes . ‘Building research through images and visualising in 3D’ link - ‘Telling the visual story of a world that celebrates the power of community and advocates for transformative change’. link #climatefutures - @ZongboJiang @Costas Kazantzis @Carrie Chan

>Vision Co-Building

🔶 4 How Storytelling Advances Solutions - link - #SolutionsHouseNYC

Attended as part of #ClimateWeekNYC to discuss how the climate and biodiversity crisis is part of the story of the 21st century and solving it is an integral part of the solution. Conversation highlighted the importance of story as a form of community and communion with climate as part of every narrative. Interventions could be subliminal such as removing plastic packaging off screen to more intensive climate action such as infiltrating climate knowledge into world-building, intersectional character creation and focussed storylines – a necessary part of cross-sector communication and solution finding.

 Kat Coiro, Tory Stephens, Solitaire Townsend, and Ali Weinstein 

>Education

🔶 5 The past in the future – @LSA

#insights #transdisciplinary #knowledgestitching

Attended @Neil Shashore’s reflections on ‘formative moments in the formation of the modern architectural profession’ where he highlighted the importance of placing contemporary moments along a wider arch to understand context and critically engage in history. A useful process for those looking to create change and deeply influence.