What is a climatopia?

Recent publications and press:

We should question the role of utopia in ideating climate solutions (for Architect’s Newspaper)

Climatopias 101: The Who, What, Where of Utopic Climate Adaptation Planning (for America Adapts podcast)

Academic publications:

University press release: New research reveals insights on climate-inspired urban design projects

Carrère, A., Broad, K., & Mach, K. J. (2024). Defining “climatopia”: An evaluation framework to support transformational adaptation in climate-inspired utopic design. One Earth, 7(10), 1692-1704.

Carrère et al. (2024). A typology of climatopias: visualizations, motivations, and transformations. Environmental Research: Climate, 3(4), 045024.