Designing for a Regenerative Future
2026 Emory Climate Design Challenge
April 10–11, 2026 | In Person | Emory Atlanta Campus
Atlanta prepares to host the 2026 World Cup, the city is entering a period of accelerated growth and global attention. Moments like this create opportunity, but they also place pressure on systems that shape everyday life.
Day-and-a-half immersive design thinking experience exploring circular systems, economic value, and equity in Atlanta.
The Emory Climate Design Challenge invites students to explore how circular systems influence climate-smart outcomes, economic value, and equity in Atlanta.
Rather than treating climate as purely technical, the Challenge builds systems fluency through a real, place-based case.
Designed for current Emory and Georgia Tech students early or new to the climate space, you will learn by doing, reflecting, and collaborating.
Participants will examine how people, infrastructure, markets, policies, and mindsets interact to shape outcomes — mapping where systems break down and where leverage for change exists.
Build Across Boundaries + Engage Real-World Leaders
Collaborate with students from Emory and Georgia Tech in interdisciplinary teams.
Connect with luminaries shaping circular and regenerative systems in Atlanta and beyond.
Learn by Doing
Apply climate-smart, human-centered systems thinking to a real Atlanta challenge.
Lead with Credibility
Earn your Circular Futures Certificate and signal your readiness to shape regenerative futures.
