Cities are often where people experience the impacts of climate change and of climate action, which can raise living costs and socio-economic inequalities.
In a series of local research cycles, IHRB is spotlighting eight cities, focusing on their built environment decarbonisation and resilience plans. This research series asks: how is each city minimising the negative social consequences of climate action, and maximising the positive impacts that built environment can have for inhabitants and the environment? And what are recommended actions from the government, investors, and the private sector?
The Jakarta summary report will be published soon.
Visioning Workshop
The IHRB research team conducted a three-month fieldwork mission in Jakarta from July to September 2023 to investigate the status of the just transition in the city and co-create, with local stakeholders, potential pathways to strengthen social justice in climate action in the built environment, through a human rights approach.
As part of this process, IHRB partnered with ICLEI Indonesia to host and facilitate a “visioning workshop” in Jakarta on September 5th. The workshop brought together a uniquely diverse group of more than 50 built environment stakeholders including national and local government, private sector, NGOs, universities and research centers, and civil society organisations. Participants worked collectively and in smaller groups to develop a unified vision for a just and sustainable Jakarta for 2050.
Read the write-up from the visioning workshop
Cities of the future: Visions for a just and climate-resilient built environment
We commissioned young artists in Jakarta, Prague, Copenhagen, Lagos, Lisbon and Melbourne to bring the visions of a fairer, greener future for each city to life through visual art pieces that can serve as a unifying vision for a locally-grounded, fairer transitions.
Jakarta Artwork by Syifa Hykmanto
The Building for Today and the Future project
These research summaries are part of The Building for Today and the Future project, which benefits from guidance and insights from its thematic partners including ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Building and Woodworkers International, and the International Union of Tenants.
The Building for Today and the Future project is made possible with support from Laudes Foundation and Ove Arup Foundation.
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