Billy Fleming presents "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions"

Billy Fleming presents "Building Postcarbon Futures: Land, Justice, and Energy Transitions"

Saturday, April 4th 2026
2:00 pm
Red Emma's
What would a postcarbon future look like? How would a more just, decarbonized world require us to change the way we live? What would it take to build this world?

This book offers a comprehensive account of the myriad ways in which people are transforming their social, ecological, and economic systems to create more just, beautiful places in response to the climate crisis. With contributions from more than a dozen leading scholars of climate justice, _Building Postcarbon Futures _takes readers through 30 exemplary works of climate justice spanning 43 nations and 6 continents. Together, these illustrated case studies foreground the often-overlooked tactics, strategies, and modes of practice being employed, often by marginalized peoples, to build a more just, decarbonized world—from Cuba to Kiribati.

_Building Postcarbon Futures _is both a celebration of action underway and a challenge to those tasked with bringing new works of climate justice into the built and natural environments—the planners, designers, policymakers, and activists pushing this planet toward a future of collective flourishing.

"A horizon of hope and a tour de force that is a must read for urban studies and social justice scholars and practitioners." Ananya Roy, Professor and Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Inequality and Democracy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs

Billy Fleming is a leading voice on the role that the design of our cities, communities, and landscapes plays in responding to the climate crisis. He is founding co-director of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive think tank focused on climate and political economy, and assistant professor of landscape architecture at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Fleming is coeditor of Design with Nature Now (Lincoln Institute 2019) and A Blueprint for Coastal Adaptation: Uniting Design, Economics, and Policy (Island Press 2021). Formerly, he cofounded and served as the inaugural Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center at the University of Pennsylvania and worked on urban policy development in the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Obama Administration.

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