More than 53 nations gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia for the first International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. With renewable energy now outcompeting fossil fuels on price in many markets, attendees and UN officials alike declared the global transition to clean energy not just an environmental goal, but an urgent security and economic imperative.
Across fields, pastures, forests, rivers and seas, countries are showing that the choices that put food on the table can also build resilience, reduce emissions, halt biodiversity loss and bring degraded land back to life.
With its tree-filled garden, soaring ceilings and earthen-brick walls, the Hikma Community Centre on the edge of the Sahara Desert is viewed by many as an example of what architecture will need to become as the world warms.