Ideas into action
An Architects Declare event over two days

Including ‘Bold ideas’
20th April 16:00: Presentation by Jojo Mehta, co-founder Stop Ecocide International
16:45: Q&A with Farhana Yamin, and  Jojo Mehta.

Information from the host event web site:
’Developing a Strategy for Change, this event will focus on turning ideas into action to transform the way we shape the built environment.

About this Event

The Steering Group for Architects Declare has developed a Strategy for Change which describes how we want to transform the built environment by 2030 so that it is planned, constructed and operated within planetary boundaries, delivering positive social impacts for all.

This event, held over two consecutive afternoons, will be structured around the ‘Three Horizons’ model developed by Bill Sharpe, and currently being used to train many of the COP26 negotiating teams in how to manage uncertainty with a high degree of agency.

The first afternoon will involve bold ideas : Paris targets, long-term thinking, climate justice and a law of ecocide, with a series of inspiring talks interspersed with break-out sessions and concluding with a presentation on the AD Strategy for Change. Our speakers include Roman Krznaric, Farhana Yamin, Dr Gabrielle Walker and Jojo Mehta.

The second afternoon will open with three short talks from 'transformative companies' who will share some of the successes and challenges in how they have risen to the planetary emergency. These will be followed by a series of PechaKucha style presentations about emerging ideas and we will end the day with a plenary session to discuss the inputs that participants have fed into the Strategy for Change.

Architects Declare has always recognised that delivering change is partly about supporting signatories to transform the way we shape the built environment and partly about using the collective influence of the signatories to bring about the kind of changes that are hard to achieve at the level of an individual project or company. After the event we will be renewing our efforts to influence the UK Government and we will strive to engage with those leading the build-up to COP26.

This event is open to everyone working in the built environment and individuals interested in transforming the way we shape it.’