This year’s Architects Journal Summit will “will focus on how architects and their industry colleagues can respond to the climate emergency by embracing the whole-life carbon agenda and the principles of the circular economy”. The one-day virtual event, on March 25, is free to attend. Details here

Today at 2pm, artist Olafur Eliasson will be speaking as part of the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative on a panel called ‘The Heart of the Matter: Inspiring Climate Action Through Culture and Art’. The discussion will seek to answer the following: “what does the climate crisis look like, feel like and sound like? How does Art trigger the cultural transformation of individuals and societies?” Register for free here

“Today the world faces a climate emergency and sport is floating on a sea of high carbon sponsorship,” claims a new report on “why sport should drop advertising and sponsorship from high-carbon polluters”. Sweat Not Oil, backed by  the New Weather Institute, the KR Foundation and the Rapid Transition Alliance, found more than 250 sports sponsorship deals from high carbon industries. Among other recommendations, it asks that sporting organisations “turn down any [sponsorship] from companies promoting clearly high carbon lifestyles, products and services, especially those in the automotive, airlines and fossil fuel industries”. Read the full report here

If you feel the need to develop your understanding of the central issues around the climate emergency and the solutions to it, Project Drawdown is offering free training to explain “climate change in essential simplicity”. It’s presented in six video units, which “combine Project Drawdown’s trusted resources with the expertise of several inspiring voices from around the world. Climate solutions become attainable with increased access to free, science-based educational resources, elevated public discourse, and tangible examples of real-world action”. Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that “seeks to help the world reach ‘Drawdown’ — the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.” Details here

According to The Observer “The last few years have seen an explosion in creative ways to tackle food waste by linking supermarkets, cafes, restaurants and individual households to local communities”. Its article namechecks several food waste apps including Olio, Too Good To Go and Karma which have all experienced major growth in users recently. Read the story here

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