THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Architects design community solutions for combatting climate disaster

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As another year punctuated by climate catastrophe draws to a close, densely-packed urban communities – from favelas in Brazil to slums on the outskirts of Mexico City – have again found themselves on the sharp end of extreme weather. So-called informal communities are often situated in undesirable, disaster-prone areas – such as low-lying flood plains that lack the infrastructure to drain off excess water. Despite this, more often than not, they are excluded from government-instigated adaptation plans and overlooked in climate funds.

But a number of pioneering architecture firms are now attempting to grapple with these interlinked challenges within vulnerable communities across the Global South.