Lecturer:
The annual United
Nations climate conference COP27 is currently underway in Egypt. World leaders
have gathered to discuss how to slow down the pace of global warming and more
urgently how to adapt to the more frequent and stronger extreme weather events
such as severe droughts, flash floods and wildfires brought by a warmer
planet.
Urban activities are
major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, making cities a key contributor to
climate change. At the same time, cities where over half of the world's total
population live have been increasingly feeling the pain brought by climate
change in recent years.
Yu Kongjian, dean of
the College of Architecture and Landscape at Peking University and a member of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has been working on solutions to
improve cities' resilience in front of climate change both in and outside
China.
In an interview with
CGTN, he pointed out that the ancient wisdom in China could offer inspiration
as to how to regulate water in a city and reduce the frequency of urban
flooding.
At the same time, he
called for nature-based solutions, versus the currently prevailing gray
infrastructure in urban planning.
Watch the video to
learn more.