COP28
To achieve the necessary speed and scale of change, we believe creativity must be woven into every climate action.
Humanity has arrived at a precarious state of existence. Too many of us are working in our own silos, and too many of us are waiting for others to take the lead. Humans are the cause of climate change but also the key to its mitigation and reversal.
Limiting climate change calls for:
- Creativity to play a role (in provoking, catalyzing, accelerating, and delivering solutions and changes with rigor)
- The kind of creativity that generates new, real-world solutions for the climate era.
From December 4–7, 2023, practical creativity took center stage at the inaugural kyu House at COP28. Hosted by the kyu Collective, in a converted warehouse in Dubai’s Alkersal Avenue, the four-and-a-half-day experience saw people and ideas coming together for panel discussions, interactive workshops and presentations to explore tangible solutions to climate change. Seven of kyu’s companies: ATÖLYE, BEworks, Gehl, IDEO, Lexington, Neol, and SYPartners, crafted the programming along with Public Digital, and kyu itself.
Leading climate and sustainability organizations Aspen Institute, Urban Partners, Kite Insights, Futerra, and NOW Partners joined the kyu companies in exploring a range of topics, including leveraging AI for urban design, moving from intention to impact, understanding Gen Z’s mindset around climate, and using storytelling for human connection.
- PAST SPEAKERS
Secretary General, UAE ne’ma initiative
Khuloud Al Nowais
Khuloud Al Nowais
ne’ma the National Food Loss and Waste Initiative, is a reflection of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, vision and call for action to address over-consumption and building a UAE-wide social norm around responsible and sustainable consumption, bringing back UAE’s rooted traditional values of social responsibility and good stewardship of national resources.
Khuloud Al Nowais
ne’ma the National Food Loss and Waste Initiative, is a reflection of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, vision and call for action to address over-consumption and building a UAE-wide social norm around responsible and sustainable consumption, bringing back UAE’s rooted traditional values of social responsibility and good stewardship of national resources.
Creative Director, The Museum of the Future
Brendan McGetrick
Brendan McGetrick
Brendan McGetrick is an internationally renowned writer, curator, and designer. His work has appeared in publications in more than thirty countries, including The New York Times, Wired, The Financial Times, Art Review, Der Spiegel, Domus, and Vogue Nippon. His projects include the books Content (Taschen), MAD Dinner (Actar), and Urban China: Work In Progress (Timezone 8).
Brendan McGetrick
Brendan McGetrick is an internationally renowned writer, curator, and designer. His work has appeared in publications in more than thirty countries, including The New York Times, Wired, The Financial Times, Art Review, Der Spiegel, Domus, and Vogue Nippon. His projects include the books Content (Taschen), MAD Dinner (Actar), and Urban China: Work In Progress (Timezone 8).
Head of Architectural Design/Director, ATÖLYE
Güray Oskay
Güray Oskay
ATÖLYE is a strategic design and innovation consultancy. Through our community-powered approach, we help organizations.
Güray Oskay
ATÖLYE is a strategic design and innovation consultancy. Through our community-powered approach, we help organizations.
Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners
Rie Nørregaard
Rie Nørregaard
Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners
- Strategic Leadership
- Innovative Design
- Design Education
Rie Nørregaard is a multinational creative director, business leader, and award-winning designer from Copenhagen. Her work examines the interactions that link cultures, people, and ideas.
She currently serves as Venture Partner and Executive Director, MENA, at SYPartners, where she drives transformation across cultural and sociopolitical institutions by equipping organizations and startups with the vision and belief to introduce systems-level change.
Rie Nørregaard
Venture Partner, Executive Director (MENA), SYPartners
- Strategic Leadership
- Innovative Design
- Design Education
Rie Nørregaard is a multinational creative director, business leader, and award-winning designer from Copenhagen. Her work examines the interactions that link cultures, people, and ideas.
She currently serves as Venture Partner and Executive Director, MENA, at SYPartners, where she drives transformation across cultural and sociopolitical institutions by equipping organizations and startups with the vision and belief to introduce systems-level change.
Stories From COP28
