Climate Adaptation and Resource Scarcity

From guerrilla runways to rave-like shows, spring/summer 2027 broke fashion’s rules. These five personas decode the values and forces shaping contemporary fashion consumers and the sectors beyond.

Looking beyond A/C, urban cooling technologies are preparing architectural spaces for hotter climates in global cities.

Just as consumers have scrutinised what’s in their food and on their skin, they’re now asking the same questions about the materials their clothes are made from – starting with activewear.

As environmental stressors intensify, beauty is moving beyond traditional skincare to build a new ecosystem of protection around the skin.

More frequent extreme weather and the lived reality of climate change are creating new risks for states, businesses and people, while positive tipping points are being met with fragmented, uneven approaches to systems change itself.