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X-WR-CALNAME:Alizé Carrère: Climatopia — Evaluating Radical Designs for
  the Climate Crisis
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\nSleek renderings of neighborhoods built on water\, sk
 yscrapers adorned with lush vegetation\, car-free carbon-negative cities o
 f the future — as the world grapples with the effects of climate change\
 , architects\, urban planners\, engineers\, real estate developers\, and e
 ven high-net-worth individuals are radically reimagining the future of our
  built environment. Even if never implemented\, these climate utopias\, or
  "climatopias\," represent a new form of aspirational city-making and futu
 re-building that seeks to integrate climate mitigation and adaptation goal
 s. But for whom are these so-called utopian futures\, and by whom are they
  created? How will they be designed\, built\, and monitored over time? Wha
 t can be done to ensure they do not repeat the mistakes of past utopian de
 sign experiments that began with similar excitement and intrigue? In this 
 talk based on the research of Ph.D. candidate (University of Miami)\, film
 maker\, and National Geographic Explorer Alizé Carrère\, learn about the
  fraught legacy of utopian experimentation in the built environment\, the 
 power of narrative and aesthetics in visualizing new futures\, and the pro
 mises and perils of climatopias in their diverse forms.\n\nBiography\nAliz
 é Carrère is a Ph.D. candidate at University of Miami's Abess Center for
  Ecosystem Science and Policy. Her research examines the rise of utopic pl
 ans for climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts\, particularly pr
 oposals by architects and urban planners. Drawing linkages between histori
 cal notions of utopia and current transformational adaptation goals\, Carr
 ère is working on defining "climatopias" — architectural works that mee
 t social\, political\, and spatial criteria for just\, inclusive\, and res
 ilient urban futures.\n\nPrior to joining UM\, Carrère earned both her B.
 A. and M.Sc. from McGill University in Environmental Science and Integrate
 d Water Resources Management (IWRM). For her master's she spent time in Is
 rael and Palestine\, conducting research on the sociopolitical impacts of 
 an emerging black market electronic waste industry. Carrère is a three-ti
 me National Geographic grantee and filmmaker and spent the last six years 
 working on a film series about local adaptations to environmental change t
 hat recently premiered on PBS. She brings her social science background an
 d extensive field experience to her filmmaking\, with the goal of document
 ing and elevating the human dimensions of climate change.
LOCATION:Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium
SUMMARY:Alizé Carrère: Climatopia — Evaluating Radical Designs for the 
 Climate Crisis
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/alize_carrere_climatopia_eva
 luating_radical_designs_for_the_climate_crisis
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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