{"product_id":"reconstructing-the-future","title":"Reconstructing the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003eBauhaus Earth and Pontifical Academy of Sciences conference, June 2022 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe built environment is a critical factor in the climate equation. Approximately 40 percent of global emissions derive from the construction, operation, and demolition of human settlements. The 21st century must be the century of re-entanglement, where quintessential functions (housing, work, culture, recreation, etc.) are reintegrated within urban spaces; where socioeconomic and ecological systems form a mutually supportive network of networks; and where past, present, and future are perceived as interwoven waves in the river of time. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFortunately, opportunities exist to transform the built environment from a carbon source to a carbon sink through, e.g. timber construction high-rise buildings, circular bioeconomy methods, AI-assisted design, smart recycling technology, multifunctional land use, integrated regional resource management, and community-based urban development, to name just a few. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume compiles the papers presented by world-renowned scientists, architects, spatial planners, activists, and policy makers at the Reconstructing the Future for People and Planet conference, held at the Vatican in June 2022. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirst publication of the Bauhaus Earth think tank \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdeas to transform the anthropocene \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributions by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Ursula von der Leyen, Edgar Pieterse, Francesca Bria, Xu Tiantian, Shigeru Ban, Sheela Patel, Ana María Durán Calisto, and many others \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe look forward to the re-entanglement of our cities with the ingenuity of nature’s systems, and to forging closer alliances across Built by Nature, Bauhaus Earth, and all our partners in this endeavor.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonald Brenninkmeijer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Chair Built by Nature, Chair Laudes Foundation Investment Committee　\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie Johnston\u003c\/strong\u003e, CEO, Laudes Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Drinkwater\u003c\/strong\u003e, Head of Built Environment, Laudes Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"search-metadata\"\u003eCities as Carbon Sinks Bauhaus Earth, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Rocío Armillas Tiseyra 978-3-0356-2697-1\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53181884531016,"sku":"9783035626971","price":58.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0255\/9816\/files\/9783035626971.jpg?v=1779811462","url":"https:\/\/www.hochparterre-buecher.ch\/en\/products\/reconstructing-the-future","provider":"Hochparterre Bücher","version":"1.0","type":"link"}