An ongoing collecting of tools, frameworks and resources available to designers to help them address the climate emergency. Reviewed quarterly to keep links relevant/working.

Curated by the Design Council.

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Last changes made on May 5th 2023.

General

Listen to something

• Climify podcast, Climate Designers
• Circular Economy Podcast, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• Climate Salon by Dezeen x Sketchup

Calculate your carbon emissions

• Carbon Planner, Natwest

Learn on your own

• Climate Change class, Open University
• The Colonial history of climate, Climate in Colour
• Guide to carbon, Dezeen
• Terra.do lessons
• Creatives for Climate Academy

Learn with others

• Design for Planet Meetup, Design Council
• Design for Planet Festival, Design Council

Learn with your team

• Climate Literacy Project
• Climate Literacy Starter Kit, Anthropocene Architecture School
• Design Declares Toolkit (once you sign up)
• Swivel to sustainability guidebook, Swivel Skills
• Doughnut Design for Business, Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)
• Change the Brief Alliance Learning Modules

Work with others

• Global South Climate Database, Carbon Brief & Reuters Institute’s Oxford Climate Journalism Network

Change jobs

• Sustainability Skills Map, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
• Green jobs on Linkedin
• Climatebase
• Work on climate

Service and Systemic design

• Beyond Net Zero: A Systemic Design Approach , Design Council
• Design Value Framework, Design Council
• Systemic Design Toolkit
• Systemic Design Research conference
• Systems Thinking Essentials, Design Thinking Academy
• An introductory systems thinking toolkit for civil servants, GO Science
• Design Thinking & Strategy Frameworks, IDEO
• Systems Practice course, Acumen Academy
• Beyond Systems Thinking course, ETHx Zurich
• School of System Change courses
• New to Systems Practice, System Sanctuary
• System Innovation Network meetups
• System Dynamics Society lectures

Architecture, Landscape & Infrastructure

• Architects declare
• Arup & Ellen MacArthur Foundation Circular Buildings Toolkit
• Climate Emergency Conservation Area Toolkit, Architecture Climate Action Network
• Climate Framework, Mina Hasman
• Nature Tool for Urban and Rural Environments, WSP and the Ecosystems Knowledge Network
• Biodiversity net gain. Good practice principles for development, CIEMM
• Building with Nature training
• Construction Materials Pyramid

Interior design

• Interior design Declares
• Gallery Climate Coalition