Co-hosted by Pratt Institute School of Architecture & The New York Climate Exchange
Islands don’t just adapt to rising seas - ideally they innovate with them. From Manhattan’s waterfront neighborhoods reimagining their relationship with the New York Harbor, to Singapore's historic integrated water management practices and future off-shore artificial barrier islands to Helsinki’s bold experiments with living shorelines in the Baltic, island cities are writing the playbook for climate resilience.
Island(ing) Adaptations brings together visionaries from government, design, finance, academia and policy who are gathering critical environmental data and turning water into opportunities across three key archipelagos. They will engage in a series of flash talks and moderated discussion focused on the interrelationships between data, design and implementation ranging in subjects from the deployment of instrumentation to the use of Artificial Intelligence and their combined importance in amphibious human/non-human environments.
Join leaders from UN Water, Arcadis, NYU’s Center for Urban Science and Progress, Singapore University of Technology and Design’s Center for Climate Adaptation, University of Helsinki’s Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center ACCC and Pratt Institute as they share and discuss breakthrough strategies that keep communities rooted while embracing an uncertain future, that we can work together to make more hopeful. This isn’t just about surviving climate change - it's about island ingenuity showing the world how to thrive.
The event marks the practical launch of the Governors Island Environmental Observatory, in collaboration with the Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC) at the University of Helsinki and will conclude with a networking reception hosted by the Consul-General of Finland.