During a green building event on Tuesday, SMU Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow, a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report, gave examples of how well-designed cities could also incorporate technologies that help to reduce the amount of its emissions. He added that making buildings more energy-efficient may not solve the problem of climate change on its own, but every action counts and it is imperative for cities to adapt to changing weather patterns driven by global warming.