Urban Systems Lab
@uslnyc.bsky.social
Research, design, and engagement for more equitable and resilient cities. @NYU
https://urbansystemslab.com/
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New episode of IPBES Nature Insight 🎧
USL’s Loan Diep joins the conversation on why urban biodiversity is essential as cities rapidly expand, especially in the Global South.
Episode: Space to Grow: The Vital Importance of Biodiversity in Concrete Jungles
Listen here: buff.ly/wrP8Sed
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USL’s Loan Diep joins the conversation on why urban biodiversity is essential as cities rapidly expand, especially in the Global South.
Episode: Space to Grow: The Vital Importance of Biodiversity in Concrete Jungles
Listen here: buff.ly/wrP8Sed
@ipbes.net
Space to Grow: The Vital Importance of Biodiversity in Concrete Jungles
Is it possible to balance the needs of people with nature in our “concrete jungles”? That is the question under scrutiny in this episode of ‘Nature Insight’. As the global population becomes ever…
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January 14, 2026 at 10:38 PM
New episode of IPBES Nature Insight 🎧
USL’s Loan Diep joins the conversation on why urban biodiversity is essential as cities rapidly expand, especially in the Global South.
Episode: Space to Grow: The Vital Importance of Biodiversity in Concrete Jungles
Listen here: buff.ly/wrP8Sed
@ipbes.net
USL’s Loan Diep joins the conversation on why urban biodiversity is essential as cities rapidly expand, especially in the Global South.
Episode: Space to Grow: The Vital Importance of Biodiversity in Concrete Jungles
Listen here: buff.ly/wrP8Sed
@ipbes.net
Thank you to everyone who joined us at #AGU in New Orleans.
Our team shared work on urban flood resilience, ClimateIQ, AI and physics-based risk modeling, and urban climate data.
#AGU24 #UrbanResilience #ClimateScience
Our team shared work on urban flood resilience, ClimateIQ, AI and physics-based risk modeling, and urban climate data.
#AGU24 #UrbanResilience #ClimateScience
December 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at #AGU in New Orleans.
Our team shared work on urban flood resilience, ClimateIQ, AI and physics-based risk modeling, and urban climate data.
#AGU24 #UrbanResilience #ClimateScience
Our team shared work on urban flood resilience, ClimateIQ, AI and physics-based risk modeling, and urban climate data.
#AGU24 #UrbanResilience #ClimateScience
Final day of COP30 in Brazil 🌎
USL’s Loan Diep is sending updates from the field.
The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is now out 🌿
Executive summary and regional reports: buff.ly/0oxqs3D
More on the way.
#nbsroadmap
USL’s Loan Diep is sending updates from the field.
The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is now out 🌿
Executive summary and regional reports: buff.ly/0oxqs3D
More on the way.
#nbsroadmap
November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Final day of COP30 in Brazil 🌎
USL’s Loan Diep is sending updates from the field.
The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is now out 🌿
Executive summary and regional reports: buff.ly/0oxqs3D
More on the way.
#nbsroadmap
USL’s Loan Diep is sending updates from the field.
The NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions is now out 🌿
Executive summary and regional reports: buff.ly/0oxqs3D
More on the way.
#nbsroadmap
Great to see Veronica Olivotto (USL / The New School) featured in a Floodlight/Guardian piece about Edgemere, Queens — a community still waiting for promised #flood protections. 
Watch the linked video to hear residents’ stories: buff.ly/YpcGf1T
#NYC
Watch the linked video to hear residents’ stories: buff.ly/YpcGf1T
#NYC
‘We are forgotten here’: As NYC builds seawalls, this Queens community feels left behind.
A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as vulnerable.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Great to see Veronica Olivotto (USL / The New School) featured in a Floodlight/Guardian piece about Edgemere, Queens — a community still waiting for promised #flood protections. 
Watch the linked video to hear residents’ stories: buff.ly/YpcGf1T
#NYC
Watch the linked video to hear residents’ stories: buff.ly/YpcGf1T
#NYC
🌿 TODAY at #COP30:
Launching the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS—the FIRST global assessment of urban nature-based solutions
✨ 1000+ publications
✨ 150+ case studies worldwide
✨ 80+ expert contributors
✨ 7 regional teams
🎥 New video live now
📄 Get the reports at nbsroadmap.org
#NBSRoadmap
Launching the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS—the FIRST global assessment of urban nature-based solutions
✨ 1000+ publications
✨ 150+ case studies worldwide
✨ 80+ expert contributors
✨ 7 regional teams
🎥 New video live now
📄 Get the reports at nbsroadmap.org
#NBSRoadmap
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌿 TODAY at #COP30:
Launching the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS—the FIRST global assessment of urban nature-based solutions
✨ 1000+ publications
✨ 150+ case studies worldwide
✨ 80+ expert contributors
✨ 7 regional teams
🎥 New video live now
📄 Get the reports at nbsroadmap.org
#NBSRoadmap
Launching the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS—the FIRST global assessment of urban nature-based solutions
✨ 1000+ publications
✨ 150+ case studies worldwide
✨ 80+ expert contributors
✨ 7 regional teams
🎥 New video live now
📄 Get the reports at nbsroadmap.org
#NBSRoadmap
Blue Sky:
🌿 TOMORROW at #COP30!
USL's Timon McPhearson & Loan Diep launch the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS
📅 Nov 20 | 9-10:30 AM BRT
📍 Planetary Science Pavilion (PV-B47)
"Taking Stock, Rooting Change" 🌍
#NatureBasedSolutions #Resilience
🌿 TOMORROW at #COP30!
USL's Timon McPhearson & Loan Diep launch the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS
📅 Nov 20 | 9-10:30 AM BRT
📍 Planetary Science Pavilion (PV-B47)
"Taking Stock, Rooting Change" 🌍
#NatureBasedSolutions #Resilience
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Blue Sky:
🌿 TOMORROW at #COP30!
USL's Timon McPhearson & Loan Diep launch the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS
📅 Nov 20 | 9-10:30 AM BRT
📍 Planetary Science Pavilion (PV-B47)
"Taking Stock, Rooting Change" 🌍
#NatureBasedSolutions #Resilience
🌿 TOMORROW at #COP30!
USL's Timon McPhearson & Loan Diep launch the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban NbS
📅 Nov 20 | 9-10:30 AM BRT
📍 Planetary Science Pavilion (PV-B47)
"Taking Stock, Rooting Change" 🌍
#NatureBasedSolutions #Resilience
Week 2 of #COP30! 🌍
This morning: USL's Timon McPhearson & Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos (PIC-Rio Director, UCCRN-LA) launch the UCCRN Scientific Assessment Reports (ARC3.3 series)
What does this mean for urban adaptation & climate justice?
Watch: buff.ly/KZsFe0t
#ClimateJustice #UrbanResilience
This morning: USL's Timon McPhearson & Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos (PIC-Rio Director, UCCRN-LA) launch the UCCRN Scientific Assessment Reports (ARC3.3 series)
What does this mean for urban adaptation & climate justice?
Watch: buff.ly/KZsFe0t
#ClimateJustice #UrbanResilience
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Week 2 of #COP30! 🌍
This morning: USL's Timon McPhearson & Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos (PIC-Rio Director, UCCRN-LA) launch the UCCRN Scientific Assessment Reports (ARC3.3 series)
What does this mean for urban adaptation & climate justice?
Watch: buff.ly/KZsFe0t
#ClimateJustice #UrbanResilience
This morning: USL's Timon McPhearson & Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos (PIC-Rio Director, UCCRN-LA) launch the UCCRN Scientific Assessment Reports (ARC3.3 series)
What does this mean for urban adaptation & climate justice?
Watch: buff.ly/KZsFe0t
#ClimateJustice #UrbanResilience
Our team made it to COP30! 🌿✈️🇧🇷
NYU & USL's Timon McPhearson, Loan Diep & Ivonne Serna are in Belém for something special…
Join us Thursday, Nov 20 at 9am for the GLOBAL LAUNCH of the Urban NbS Roadmap! 🌍
📍 Planetary Science Pavilion, Blue Zone
🌱 Taking Stock, Rooting Change
#COP30 #NBS
NYU & USL's Timon McPhearson, Loan Diep & Ivonne Serna are in Belém for something special…
Join us Thursday, Nov 20 at 9am for the GLOBAL LAUNCH of the Urban NbS Roadmap! 🌍
📍 Planetary Science Pavilion, Blue Zone
🌱 Taking Stock, Rooting Change
#COP30 #NBS
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Urban Systems Lab Director Timon McPhearson is featured in TIME’s article about NYC’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and the city’s evolving climate priorities.
Read here: buff.ly/ctLfg5X%EF%B...
#NYC #Mamdani #climate
Read here: buff.ly/ctLfg5X%EF%B...
#NYC #Mamdani #climate
What Mamdani's Win Means for Climate Action
Affordability and climate action, can go hand in hand, argues Mamdani.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Urban Systems Lab Director Timon McPhearson is featured in TIME’s article about NYC’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and the city’s evolving climate priorities.
Read here: buff.ly/ctLfg5X%EF%B...
#NYC #Mamdani #climate
Read here: buff.ly/ctLfg5X%EF%B...
#NYC #Mamdani #climate
USL's Timon McPhearson and Loan Diep are headed to COP30. In advance of this critical event, they are excited to announce the launch of "Resilience Science Must-Knows": Nine things every decision-maker should now about resilience.
Learn more : buff.ly/33ZHm1v
Learn more : buff.ly/33ZHm1v
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
USL's Timon McPhearson and Loan Diep are headed to COP30. In advance of this critical event, they are excited to announce the launch of "Resilience Science Must-Knows": Nine things every decision-maker should now about resilience.
Learn more : buff.ly/33ZHm1v
Learn more : buff.ly/33ZHm1v
USL’s @Timonm will join colleagues from Google DeepMind, the Beijer Institute, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research for the launch of “AI for a planet under pressure”. Digital launch in Brussels on November 5, 2025.
Register online here: buff.ly/O5labJU
Register online here: buff.ly/O5labJU
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
USL’s @Timonm will join colleagues from Google DeepMind, the Beijer Institute, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research for the launch of “AI for a planet under pressure”. Digital launch in Brussels on November 5, 2025.
Register online here: buff.ly/O5labJU
Register online here: buff.ly/O5labJU
Join USL's Timon McPhearson and Loan Diep at COP30 in Belém, Brazil where they will launch the Global Roadmap for Urban #NaturebasedSolutions.
The Roadmap is a landmark effort bringing together 80 experts from across the world to explore NbS across 7 regions. Learn more: nbsroadmap.org
The Roadmap is a landmark effort bringing together 80 experts from across the world to explore NbS across 7 regions. Learn more: nbsroadmap.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Join USL's Timon McPhearson and Loan Diep at COP30 in Belém, Brazil where they will launch the Global Roadmap for Urban #NaturebasedSolutions.
The Roadmap is a landmark effort bringing together 80 experts from across the world to explore NbS across 7 regions. Learn more: nbsroadmap.org
The Roadmap is a landmark effort bringing together 80 experts from across the world to explore NbS across 7 regions. Learn more: nbsroadmap.org
At #IUCN2025 in Abu Dhabi, the NATURA network will pre-launch the Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions — a landmark global assessment charting a path to scale NbS for more resilient, equitable, and sustainable cities.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Bd1qoHh
#NbS #UrbanResilience #NatureInCities
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Bd1qoHh
#NbS #UrbanResilience #NatureInCities
October 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
At #IUCN2025 in Abu Dhabi, the NATURA network will pre-launch the Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions — a landmark global assessment charting a path to scale NbS for more resilient, equitable, and sustainable cities.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Bd1qoHh
#NbS #UrbanResilience #NatureInCities
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Bd1qoHh
#NbS #UrbanResilience #NatureInCities
Upcoming Event!
ClimateIQ: Unlocking Urban Climate Intelligence for Resilience
📅 Tuesday, Sept 23 | ⏰ 11AM ET
Join us during NYC Climate Week for a look at ClimateIQ, an AI climate risk tool.
🎤 Speakers from C40 Cities, ICLEI Africa, Transitions Research. 🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/4Uvm8lj
ClimateIQ: Unlocking Urban Climate Intelligence for Resilience
📅 Tuesday, Sept 23 | ⏰ 11AM ET
Join us during NYC Climate Week for a look at ClimateIQ, an AI climate risk tool.
🎤 Speakers from C40 Cities, ICLEI Africa, Transitions Research. 🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/4Uvm8lj
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Upcoming Event!
ClimateIQ: Unlocking Urban Climate Intelligence for Resilience
📅 Tuesday, Sept 23 | ⏰ 11AM ET
Join us during NYC Climate Week for a look at ClimateIQ, an AI climate risk tool.
🎤 Speakers from C40 Cities, ICLEI Africa, Transitions Research. 🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/4Uvm8lj
ClimateIQ: Unlocking Urban Climate Intelligence for Resilience
📅 Tuesday, Sept 23 | ⏰ 11AM ET
Join us during NYC Climate Week for a look at ClimateIQ, an AI climate risk tool.
🎤 Speakers from C40 Cities, ICLEI Africa, Transitions Research. 🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/4Uvm8lj
“Storms are holding more water and moving slower and dropping all the rain at once.”
“We need to get into the state of preparedness and action.”
USL's Timon McPhearson featured in @NYTimes article exploring the impacts of flooding across the US this summer: buff.ly/czipXOo
#Flood #ClimateChange
“We need to get into the state of preparedness and action.”
USL's Timon McPhearson featured in @NYTimes article exploring the impacts of flooding across the US this summer: buff.ly/czipXOo
#Flood #ClimateChange
September 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“Storms are holding more water and moving slower and dropping all the rain at once.”
“We need to get into the state of preparedness and action.”
USL's Timon McPhearson featured in @NYTimes article exploring the impacts of flooding across the US this summer: buff.ly/czipXOo
#Flood #ClimateChange
“We need to get into the state of preparedness and action.”
USL's Timon McPhearson featured in @NYTimes article exploring the impacts of flooding across the US this summer: buff.ly/czipXOo
#Flood #ClimateChange
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @nfrantzeskaki.bsky.social , Katinka Wijsman, Nadja Kabisch, and @timonm.bsky.social explore how #NatureBasedSolutions can support just urban transformations.
🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx
#NbS #UrbanJustice #UrbanSustainability #PNAS #JustTransitions
🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx
#NbS #UrbanJustice #UrbanSustainability #PNAS #JustTransitions
July 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @nfrantzeskaki.bsky.social , Katinka Wijsman, Nadja Kabisch, and @timonm.bsky.social explore how #NatureBasedSolutions can support just urban transformations.
🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx
#NbS #UrbanJustice #UrbanSustainability #PNAS #JustTransitions
🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx
#NbS #UrbanJustice #UrbanSustainability #PNAS #JustTransitions
📰 Just published in @pnas.org special issue: Scholars Melissa K. Nelson & Graeme Reed explore how Indigenous ways of knowing align with and challenge #NatureBasedSolutions frameworks.
🔗 Read: buff.ly/glYDsmF
#IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateJustice #PNAS #DecolonizeNbS
🔗 Read: buff.ly/glYDsmF
#IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateJustice #PNAS #DecolonizeNbS
July 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📰 Just published in @pnas.org special issue: Scholars Melissa K. Nelson & Graeme Reed explore how Indigenous ways of knowing align with and challenge #NatureBasedSolutions frameworks.
🔗 Read: buff.ly/glYDsmF
#IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateJustice #PNAS #DecolonizeNbS
🔗 Read: buff.ly/glYDsmF
#IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateJustice #PNAS #DecolonizeNbS
📰 Just published in @pnas.org special issue: @loandhi.bsky.social + @timonm.bsky.social offer 4 levers for transformative urban adaptation through #NatureBasedSolutions.
Read: buff.ly/FXggzzN
#NbS #PNAS #ClimateResilience
Read: buff.ly/FXggzzN
#NbS #PNAS #ClimateResilience
July 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📰 Just published in @pnas.org special issue: @loandhi.bsky.social + @timonm.bsky.social offer 4 levers for transformative urban adaptation through #NatureBasedSolutions.
Read: buff.ly/FXggzzN
#NbS #PNAS #ClimateResilience
Read: buff.ly/FXggzzN
#NbS #PNAS #ClimateResilience
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @timonm.bsky.social + 23 authors synthesize 60+ reviews & global regional knowledge on urban #NatureBasedSolutions.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/jGfYSqO
#UrbanSustainability #NbS #PNAS
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/jGfYSqO
#UrbanSustainability #NbS #PNAS
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @timonm.bsky.social + 23 authors synthesize 60+ reviews & global regional knowledge on urban #NatureBasedSolutions.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/jGfYSqO
#UrbanSustainability #NbS #PNAS
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/jGfYSqO
#UrbanSustainability #NbS #PNAS
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: Elizabeth M. Cook, Yeowon Kim, Nancy B. Grimm, and Weiqi Zhou introduce how #NatureBasedSolutions can make cities more resilient.
🔗 buff.ly/KJPOGHX
#NbS #UrbanSustainability #Equity #ClimateResilience #GreenCities
🔗 buff.ly/KJPOGHX
#NbS #UrbanSustainability #Equity #ClimateResilience #GreenCities
July 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: Elizabeth M. Cook, Yeowon Kim, Nancy B. Grimm, and Weiqi Zhou introduce how #NatureBasedSolutions can make cities more resilient.
🔗 buff.ly/KJPOGHX
#NbS #UrbanSustainability #Equity #ClimateResilience #GreenCities
🔗 buff.ly/KJPOGHX
#NbS #UrbanSustainability #Equity #ClimateResilience #GreenCities
🌿 New from PNAS — Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Sustainability, a global special feature co-edited by Timon McPhearson (NYU) and Nancy Grimm (ASU/NAS), spotlights how urban NbS can address climate, health & equity challenges.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/K8aU853
#NBS #UrbanResilience #NATURA
Read here 👉 buff.ly/K8aU853
#NBS #UrbanResilience #NATURA
July 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🌿 New from PNAS — Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Sustainability, a global special feature co-edited by Timon McPhearson (NYU) and Nancy Grimm (ASU/NAS), spotlights how urban NbS can address climate, health & equity challenges.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/K8aU853
#NBS #UrbanResilience #NATURA
Read here 👉 buff.ly/K8aU853
#NBS #UrbanResilience #NATURA
USL's Timon McPhearson featured in @Politico speaking on the urgent need for investment in early warning systems and climate resilience. #climate #texasfloods #flooding @NYU.edu
July 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
USL's Timon McPhearson featured in @Politico speaking on the urgent need for investment in early warning systems and climate resilience. #climate #texasfloods #flooding @NYU.edu
@USL_NYC will be @agu.org Annual Meeting #AGU25 in New Orleans from Dec 15–19, 2025!
✅ Submit your abstract to our session: IN009 – Advancing Urban Risk Modeling: From Physics Foundations to AI Innovations
🔗 Link: buff.ly/x4qxS4b
⏱️ Abstract deadline: July 30, 2025 23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC
#AI
✅ Submit your abstract to our session: IN009 – Advancing Urban Risk Modeling: From Physics Foundations to AI Innovations
🔗 Link: buff.ly/x4qxS4b
⏱️ Abstract deadline: July 30, 2025 23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC
#AI
July 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@USL_NYC will be @agu.org Annual Meeting #AGU25 in New Orleans from Dec 15–19, 2025!
✅ Submit your abstract to our session: IN009 – Advancing Urban Risk Modeling: From Physics Foundations to AI Innovations
🔗 Link: buff.ly/x4qxS4b
⏱️ Abstract deadline: July 30, 2025 23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC
#AI
✅ Submit your abstract to our session: IN009 – Advancing Urban Risk Modeling: From Physics Foundations to AI Innovations
🔗 Link: buff.ly/x4qxS4b
⏱️ Abstract deadline: July 30, 2025 23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC
#AI
🌿 New article alert!
Former USL Visiting Scholar Shahryar Sarabi publishes a scoping review on XR + urban nature as part of his NATURA Early Career Fellowship. 🧠🌳
Former USL Visiting Scholar Shahryar Sarabi publishes a scoping review on XR + urban nature as part of his NATURA Early Career Fellowship. 🧠🌳
eXtended Reality for promoting people-nature relationships in cities: a scoping review - npj Urban Sustainability
npj Urban Sustainability - eXtended Reality for promoting people-nature relationships in cities: a scoping review
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July 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🌿 New article alert!
Former USL Visiting Scholar Shahryar Sarabi publishes a scoping review on XR + urban nature as part of his NATURA Early Career Fellowship. 🧠🌳
Former USL Visiting Scholar Shahryar Sarabi publishes a scoping review on XR + urban nature as part of his NATURA Early Career Fellowship. 🧠🌳
Reposted by Urban Systems Lab
During my time with @uslnyc.bsky.social, I had the opportunity to review @laurajmartin.bsky.social’s remarkable book Wild by Design for @publicseminar.bsky.social You can read the full review below 👇
publicseminar.org/2025/05/wild...
publicseminar.org/2025/05/wild...
publicseminar.org
May 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
During my time with @uslnyc.bsky.social, I had the opportunity to review @laurajmartin.bsky.social’s remarkable book Wild by Design for @publicseminar.bsky.social You can read the full review below 👇
publicseminar.org/2025/05/wild...
publicseminar.org/2025/05/wild...