Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for the Timber Trade Federation's Conversations about Climate Change design competition and exhibition, which offers a platform for "urgent" climate debates. More about Call for entries to Timber Trade Federation's Conversations about Climate Change competition
The "qualities of the countryside" should be introduced to urban areas to help tackle climate change, says architect Chris Precht. More about Bring wilderness into cities to help solve climate change says Chris Precht
Rewilding is a better way of fighting climate change and biodiversity loss than planting trees, according to designer Sebastian Cox. More about "I'm not an enormous advocate of the planting of trees" says Sebastian Cox
Six pine buildings form this storm-resilient marine research centre in Mississippi designed by US architecture firm Lake Flato Architects. More about Pine pavilions form Marine Education Center in Mississippi by Lake Flato Architects
The Architects Climate Action Network's Save Safe Structural Timber campaign urges the UK government not to ban the use of cross-laminated timber and glulam as it could have a serious environmental impacts. More about Architects Climate Action Network launches campaign to save structural timber
Luxury fashion house Balenciaga has presented its autumn/winter 2020 collection on a purposefully flooded catwalk to draw attention to the threat of climate change and rising sea levels. More about Balenciaga floods runway for apocalyptic Paris Fashion Week show
Plans to expand UK's Heathrow airport by architecture firm Grimshaw are in disarray as a court has deemed a third runway illegal due to climate change implications. More about Grimshaw's Heathrow airport expansion in jeopardy as third runway ruled illegal
Companies from across the architecture, engineering and construction industries have collaborated to create a free digital embodied carbon calculator that they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and counter climate change. More about Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator launches to tackle industry emissions
A scientist employed by the Dutch government has suggested building two dams to enclose the North Sea and defend northern Europe from rising sea levels. More about Scientist suggests damming the North Sea to protect Europe from climate change
The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. More about French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent wood
Indigenous communities are pioneers of technologies that offer solutions to climate change, according to designer and environmentalist Julia Watson. More about Indigenous technologies "could change the way we design cities" says environmentalist Julia Watson
A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. More about Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans
Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter has pledged that every building it designs will be carbon neutral by 2030. More about Achieving zero-carbon architecture is "the biggest challenge we have" says Alexandra Hagen of White Arkitekter
Dutch architects Powerhouse Company has designed a floating office in Rotterdam for the Global Center on Adaptation that will be carbon neutral and function off-grid. More about Powerhouse Company reveals floating off-grid office in Rotterdam
London creative agency Justified wanted to create a "rallying symbol" when developing the visual identity for the Museum for the United Nations, which is designed to engage the younger generation. More about Justified creates smudged blue fingerprint logo for United Nations museum
Designing more sustainable structures is not about deciding what is good or bad, but making more carefully considered design decisions, says architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. More about "We have to be careful not to condemn" in the face of the climate crisis says Diébédo Francis Kéré
Design studio Superflux has built a vision of a typical Singapore home in 2219, with features including homemade hunting tools, snorkelling equipment and a mini hydroponic farm. More about Superflux shows how future homes might face realities of climate change in 2219
Goldsmiths student Nicholas Bennett has created waterproof footwear for commuters, that can be integrated into a suit to protect it from the floods that might become our daily reality due to climate change. More about Nicholas Bennett designs flood-proof commuter suit for rising sea-levels
The Royal Institute of British Architects has published the Sustainable Outcomes Guide to help its members and the wider architecture industry avert the climate disaster. More about RIBA launches sustainability guide to "deliver real and lasting reductions in carbon emissions"
Artist Anne Hardy has decorated the facade of London's Tate Britain gallery to make it look like a temple marooned by rising sea-levels, in a bid to raise awareness about the impact of climate change. More about Anne Hardy transforms Tate Britain into a ghostly Christmas ruin