• Meet the 2023 Climate & Equity Challenge projects

    These three projects represent different and inspired approaches to addressing the pressing issues of climate and equity.
    At CNU 30 in Oklahoma City, New Urbanists launched the Climate & Equity Challenge to engage all our members, chapters, affiliates and allies to meet the most pressing issues of our time: the climate emergency and the equity imperative. The Challenge was intended as a way for our members,...Read more

  • Electric cars shouldn’t distract us from changes to the built environment

    News that mining of lithium comes up short to solve the climate crisis highlights a need for walkability and micromobility.
    Governments and car manufacturers are touting electric vehicles (EVs) as the wonder antidote to climate change. EVs will need abundant mined lithium, a key component of EV batteries. A recent report by the Climate and Community Project at the University of California, Davis, Achieving Zero...Read more

  • Receiving zones and adaptation villages: A vision for climate change

    Korkut Onaran, author of Urbanism for a Difficult Future, has developed community planning ideas around self-sufficient places that rely on local technology.
    “ Receiver places ” are often conceived as communities in safe regions of the country, less subject to storms, floods, wildfires, and droughts associated with climate change. The name refers to the likelihood that such places will gain migrants from more dangerous regions. Korkut Onaran, an...Read more

  • It’s time to be honest about the impending costs of climate change

    The passage of the Biden Administration’s climate change package , the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” has predictably split along partisan lines, with Republicans characterizing the bill as an act of reckless government spending, certain to raise taxes and fuel further inflation. But does...Read more