BIG and landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations have revealed plans for a mixed-use development on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a beach that could protect the shoreline from flooding. More about BIG and Field Operations design resilient park and skyscrapers for Williamsburg waterfront
Foster + Partners has launched a sustainability manifesto that outlines its methodology for designing buildings that will go beyond current environmental certification schemes to meet the demands of the Paris Agreement. More about Foster + Partners launches sustainability manifesto
Climate change is likely to devastate our planet, says Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. In the second part of an exclusive interview, he tells Dezeen that architects need to use their skills to prepare for a new reality. More about Architects must plan for "armageddon situations" says Snøhetta's Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
American company Heliogen has managed to concentrate solar energy to temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Celsius – hot enough to provide a fossil-fuel-free way to make concrete. More about Heliogen's 1000C solar-heating technology could be key to low-emission cement
The United Nations announced this year that there is just over a decade to limit the effects of global warming. Here are six installations by architects, designers and artists that aim to raise awareness of the climate crisis and influence change. More about Six installations that call attention to the climate-change crisis
Construction experts discuss the ways that the building industry can move towards having zero carbon emissions in this panel discussion filmed by Dezeen for Kingspan at the Building Centre in London. More about "Demolition is sometimes the best option" says Bartlett professor at Net Zero Carbon talk
Norwegian architect Snøhetta has pledged to only design carbon-negative buildings, meaning their projects will generate more energy than they consume over their lifetime. More about Snøhetta aims to make all its buildings carbon negative within 20 years
Eco-Visionaries at London's Royal Academy of Arts looks at how art and architecture can help us respond to environmental change, and is the latest in a line of recent large-scale exhibitions on the theme. More about Eco-Visionaries is the latest exhibition about our destruction of the natural world
The American Institute of Architects has called for Donald Trump to reverse his "shortsighted decision" to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement amid the global climate crisis. More about AIA denounces Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
An optimistic vision of the future in an era of climate breakdown is one that doesn't involve humans, said British artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at Dezeen Day. More about "We're selfish – we're trying to solve problems for ourselves" says Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
Modular, plywood boxes have been self-built by climate change protesters Extinction Rebellion to build lock-on sites, towers and stages for London protests. More about Modular boxes used by Extinction Rebellion are "protest architecture"
British designer Vivienne Westwood has said that "we haven't got time to talk about fashion" in light of the climate crisis, and is instead calling for a ban on private land ownership with her One World Rent campaign. More about The "only way to save the world" is to ban land ownership, says Vivienne Westwood
Architects must urgently go beyond creating sustainable architecture that minimises damage to the planet and design buildings that help repair it, says Michael Pawlyn from Architects Declare. More about "We fooled ourselves that sustainability was getting us where we needed to go" says Michael Pawlyn of Architects Declare
Sea urchins, mussels and crabs are among the marine creatures that are expected to take up residence in a floating structure in the San Francisco Bay that was created by a multidisciplinary team at the California College of the Arts. More about Float Lab designed to serve as "new kind of architecture for climate adaptation"
Extinction Rebellion staged a funeral march to close London Fashion Week. Dezeen spoke to organiser and activist Sara Arnold about the need to redefine creativity in the climate crisis, rather than making "more stuff". More about Creativity in fashion "doesn't mean creating more stuff", says Extinction Rebellion's Sara Arnold
New York architecture firms and designers including Snøhetta, Selldorf Architects and Joe Doucet are participating in the city's climate strike today, joining a wave of industry figures taking part in demonstrations around the world. More about New York's architects and designers join Greta Thunberg for Global Climate Strike
Experts and activists at the Architecture of Emergency climate summit in London have called upon architects to fight climate change by ditching concrete. More about Architects should give up concrete say experts at Architecture of Emergency climate summit
Architecture studios Stanton Williams, Grimshaw and dRMM and designers Usman Haque, Sebastian Cox and Ben Terrett are among the creatives taking to the streets to protest political inaction over climate change in today's Global Climate Strike. More about Architects and designers join Global Climate Strike to demand government action
Creative networking organiser Glug has launched its #ProtestByDesign campaign that aims to create the world's biggest database of protest posters in support of the global climate strike today. More about Glug creates digital database of protest posters for today's climate strikes
The American Institute of Architects has released a five-point action plan for climate change after announcing it a "critical issue" for the architecture profession. More about AIA makes climate crisis "top priority"