On the 12th of November 2024, over 300 key players in urban design, health and climate resilience met in the Barbican and online to discuss how to design cities, healthcare, schools, and homes better. Designers and practitioners from the NHS, Dept of Education, Wildlife Trusts, Real Estate owners and investors, Asset managers, media including the BBC, Stop Ecocide International and…
(l to r) Claudia Simms, Sasha Kier, Alison Gowman and Tosin Trim LCAG's website attracts many people and I was never more grateful than to hear from Claudia Simms of Deploy about their business – described as: "a British Sustainable Luxury Fashion Brand in City Road, Islington. Founded as a strategic action plan to reform the fashion industry back in…
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) concluded in Cali, Colombia, in early November 2024. While the summit achieved some notable advancements in Indigenous rights and benefit-sharing mechanisms, it fell short in critical areas such as establishing a global biodiversity fund (financing) and implementing effective monitoring frameworks (practice). What went well:…
