Science Policy & Climate Resilience: Built Environment

How can our built environment adapt to the impacts of climate change? What needs to be done to decarbonise the industry to future-proof our urban, rural and coastal environments and what can new development look like in our race to resilience? 

In the final episode of our 4-part mini-series - Science, Policy and Climate Resilience - Host Emily So is joined by Chris Wise, an award winning designer and Senior Director at the consultancy Expedition Engineering, and Peter Fisher, Director at the architectural firm Bennetts Associates. Both are certified B Corporations, businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental performance.

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Season 6 is produced in partnership with the research project Expertise Under Pressure, Centre for the Humanities and Social Change at the University of Cambridge.

CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Jessica Foster. Research for this series is supported by CSaP Policy Researcher Nick Cosstick.

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Further reading on this episode:

• About Expedition engineering consultancy:https://expedition.uk.com/about/
• About Bennetts Associates: https://www.bennettsassociates.com/about-us/
• B Lab's 'B Corp Certification': https://bcorporation.uk/b-corp-certification/
• About UK Green Building Council (UKGBC): https://www.ukgbc.org/about-us/
• About Space for Architecture, Carbon and Environment (SpACE): https://www.space-edinburgh.com/
• The Race to Zero Campaign: https://unfccc.int/climate-action/race-to-zero-campaign
• Mark Carney on private sector commitment for climate finance (COP26): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1104812
• About the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS): https://www.nabers.gov.au/about/what-nabers
• Article: Embodied carbon vs operational carbon: What’s the difference, and why does it matter?
  • Design Museum exhibition: Waste Age: What Can Design Do?

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