British engineer Tom Greenhill is proposing painting the outside of windows with yoghurt as a low-cost, low-energy solution to keep UK homes cool during heatwaves. More about Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure
Suriname's Marciano Dasai is possibly the only government minister in the world who's also an architect. In this exclusive interview, he discusses the challenges facing the tiny rainforest nation. More about "We don't want to develop like Europe" says Suriname's architect minister
The inevitable transition from a take-make-waste society to a circular economy presents exciting and rewarding challenges for designers, writes Sarah Housley. More about "Design as we know it is doomed, but that's a good thing for designers"
The row over air conditioning in the athletes' village at the Paris 2024 Olympics demonstrates the scale of the challenge we face in gaining acceptance for sustainable building technologies, writes Smith Mordak as part of our Olympic Impact series. More about "The Paris Olympic Village air-conditioning debacle is a perfect illustration of the barriers to climate action"
If we don't change the fearful way in which we perceive climate change, "we will constantly reinforce this role of the future being fucked," said Disrupt Design founder Leyla Acaroglu at the Design and Climate: Rethinking Our Role conference. More about Unaddressed eco-anxiety "is just going to fester and become more problematic" says Leyla Acaroglu
Google's greenhouse gas emissions have increased by half over the last five years due to the energy demands of artificial intelligence, the company has revealed. More about Google reports 50 per cent jump in emissions due to AI energy use
Planning's importance in meeting the challenges of climate change in our cities should not be underestimated, writes Hélène Chartier. More about "The best climate activist is a good urban planner"
Dezeen has teamed up with The World Around to livestream its annual summit, featuring talks centred on "the intersection of architecture with ecological and social justice". Watch it live here from 1pm New York time. More about Watch The World Around Summit 2024 live
Design thinking should be substituted for "food thinking" to enable humans to create properly holistic systems that no longer cause ecological chaos, writes Sophie Lovell. More about "Food production is an ideal place to start rethinking how we design"
Students at Swiss design school HEAD Genève have created an installation of speculative furniture design depicting a dystopian campsite at Alcova during Milan design week. More about HEAD Genève illustrates post-apocalyptic future with nomadic aluminium furniture
The built environment is the fastest-growing consumer of materials in the world – but it also offers the most potential for improvement according to Julia Okatz, advisor on the UN's landmark Global Resource Outlook. More about Buildings "biggest lever" for improving global resource efficiency says UN report
In the final episode of our Climate Salon podcast series with SketchUp, architects discuss why sustainability should guide the aesthetics of a building, as opposed to the reverse. More about "Imperfections are a part of beauty" says Kathrin Gimmel in Climate Salon podcast
Royal Carribbean's near-10,000-capacity Icon of the Seas has set sail on its maiden voyage amid controversy over the environmental impact of its new fuel. More about World's largest cruise ship sets sail amid sustainability concerns
Climate fatalism stands in the way of a sustainable future but designers and architects are in an ideal position to overcome it, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "Our biggest climate challenge is no longer denial, but despair"
Promotion: design platform What Design Can Do has announced its Redesign Everything Challenge, calling designers to submit ideas that "radically redesign our world". More about What Design Can Do's climate action challenge returns for 2024
Industrial designer Mary Lempres has created a bio-cement structure developed to mimic naturally occurring oyster reefs that tackle coastal flooding, filter seawater and promote biodiversity. More about Reef Rocket is a bio-cement reef grown from plant enzymes
In the fifth episode of our Climate Salon podcast series with SketchUp, architects discuss the importance of designing with community resilience and empowerment in mind. More about Resilience means more than "capacity to respond to disaster" says Sara Candiracci in Climate Salon podcast
A grape-based leather alternative and sequins made from tree cellulose are among 15 material innovations on show as part of fashion house Stella McCartney's exhibition at the COP28 climate conference. More about Stella McCartney presents Sustainable Market of material innovations at COP28
MoMA curator Paola Antonelli believes humans will go extinct, quite possibly as a result of climate change, but is "very positive" about how designers can help to slow the decline, she tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "Our task is not to live forever" says Paola Antonelli
Several architects and designers have made it onto the inaugural Time100 Climate list, which recognises "true changemakers" who are making "measurable, scalable" progress in fighting climate change. More about Diébédo Francis Kéré named among Time's 100 most influential climate leaders