“At the World Health Organization’s Health Pavilion, a 21-foot-long recycled aluminium sculpture cast from fallen branches from Lebanon resembles a pair of lungs. It resonates at the frequency of the human body and pulsates when touched.” Artnet reports on the use of art installations at COP27, including John Bausor and Invisible Flock’s Bodies Joined by a Molecule of Air. More here

All students at the University of Barcelona will have to take a mandatory course on the climate crisis following a campaign by activists. All undergraduate and postgraduate students will have to take the course from the start of the 2024 academic year. More from The Guardian here

In today’s seaweed-related news, FastCompany reports on Umaro Foods, the California start-up using seaweed to develop “the first vegan bacon that’s actually good”. More here

“Of all the claptrap forced upon me as head of responsible investment at a global asset manager, the most egregious was net zero targets. Indeed, my industry’s response to the immense challenge of decarbonisation is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen in almost thirty years in finance.” A former head of responsible investment at HSBC Asset Management writes about banking’s response to the Climate Crisis in the FT. Read it here

Telling it like it is: Ahead of the start of COP27, Dezeen spoke to 11 architects and engineers, including URGE’s Michael Pawlyn. "It seems that Alok Sharma has done a good job as COP president but his efforts have been undermined by a system that increasingly resembles a kakistocracy rather than a democracy. It is therefore hard to find causes for optimism,” Michael tells Dezeen, while also pointing out the efforts of Architects Declare to meet with ministers to explain how architects and the broader industry could provide multiple solutions to the planetary emergency. “It's perfectly possible to address the cost of living crisis and climate change at the same time, with an emergency programme to upgrade the energy efficiency of our buildings,” he says. More here

Design Week reports on the progress of Design Declares! as discussed at last week’s Design for Planet Festival, and quotes designers who have signed up on how the movement has helped them. Story here

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