ASLA has recently released a statement from Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA, executive vice president and CEO of the American Society of Landscape Architects, in the wake of the report, released October 8 by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:
“Already, the dire effects of climate change are visible in every corner of the globe. But the startling new report of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes clear that if significant actions aren’t taken immediately, the world could see a rise in atmospheric temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2040, triggering catastrophic effects worldwide. Landscape architects work at the intersection of the built and natural environments and have embraced their responsibility to design and plan healthy, climate-smart and resilient communities. The ominous U.N. report further reinforces the need for all those responsible for shaping human environments to urgently redouble their efforts to both mitigate climate effects and to ensure the resilience of communities already being threatened by the consequences of inaction.”
American Society of Landscape Architects also released a report earlier in 2018 entitled Smart Policies for a Changing Climate [pdf], spells out design and planning solutions, as well as public policies, that can help engender resilient and climate-smart communities and can be downloaded here [pdf].
