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Updated October 31, 2025

Climate UX Case Studies

These case studies demonstrate concrete ways that UX designers can have a positive impact on the climate crisis. Watch/listen to these interviews, and read the full articles here: https://medium.com/rosenfeld-media-climate-ux

6 items by Louis Rosenfeld
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Thursday, January 16, 2025 • Climate UX Interest Group
Turning awareness into action with Climate UX
by Tristin Oldani
"Excellent case study from Tristin Oldani, discussing helping Intel move from climate awareness to action. Tristin gets into the roles of allies, the benefits of workshopping, and the importance of persistence when trying to effect change within slow-moving enterprises."
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025 • Climate UX Interest Group
Decarbonising User Journeys: How minimising enables us to do more with less
by James Chudley
"Excellent and highly practical session with James Chudley, who is always creating new tools to support sustainability within the design process. Here James takes a deep dive into seeing how user journeys can be the focus of reducing a product's carbon footprint."
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Thursday, May 29, 2025 • Climate UX Interest Group
Scaling Sustainability: Complementary strategies that drive long-term success
by Amy Parness
"In all sustainability conversations that take place in corporate settings, it seems inevitable that the work will be seen as burdensome. Amy Parness does a great job countering that assumption and showing how she and her colleagues unlocked new business opportunities at Cisco Meraki."
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025 • Climate UX Interest Group
Embedding sustainability into enterprise design and development: A journey towards "sustainability consciousness"
by Chris Hammond
"Chris Hammond has played a pivotal role in embedding sustainability into IBM’s product strategy. In this session, he’ll share how a thought leadership initiative led to company-wide awareness and adoption—culminating in CEO Arvind Krishna integrating sustainability into IBM’s business approach. Chris Hammond, former Distinguished Designer at IBM, walks us through IBM's efforts to embed sustainability into its product strategy. You'll get some great lessons on to effect such a transformation at enterprise scale--from executive sponsorship and grassroots momentum to the small wins that pave the way. "
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025 • Climate UX Interest Group
The journey of building a sustainable design practice
by Tim Frick
"MightyBytes' Tim Frick has done some of the most important work in developing tools and guidelines to support sustainable design (including his work with the W3C). Check out this video to learn how he's incorporated climate UX into his agency's DNA and standard operating procedures. Spoiler alert: he's found that the work has created opportunities, rather than barriers."
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 • Climate UX Interest Group
A UXer’s 12-Month Journey from Climate Concern to Climate Credibility
by Sara Conklin
"If you're trying to figure out how climate can fit within your own design career journey, Sara Conklin's case study is a must-watch. She shared how she transformed from climate-anxious and feeling “climate-stuck” at work to driving climate impact through industry credibility without changing jobs."