Dr. Kongjian Yu advocates for rethinking our relationship with water and land, promoting blue-green urban ecotones that adapt to the increasing severity of disruptions to Earth’s water cycle caused by human-induced climate change. Sponge City design offers a rapidly scalable, nature-based, and carbon-positive alternative to traditional, carbon-intensive, gray infrastructure solutions for climate change adaptation. Yu's work integrates ecology, culture, and beauty, serving as an inspirational model for architects, urban planners, and landscape architects globally.”