Big things are coming to Governors Island! After a two-year global competition, the noted architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been selected as the lead architect on the New York ...

Governors Island is set to get a sprawling, $700 million “living laboratory” to help fight climate change, city officials announced Monday. The 172-acre island off Lower Manhattan will be home to what ...

Pratt Institute is proud to be a core partner on the team selected to develop The New York Climate Exchange, a non-profit world-class climate center on Governors Island. Led by Stony Brook University, ...

The city’s efforts to transform Governors Island into a $700 million environmental research center are taking shape. The design includes a structure made of climate-friendly mass timber, linked by a ...

The New York Climate Exchange, a first-of-its-kind organization working to implement innovative climate solutions in New York City and across the globe, has announced Stephen Hammer as its founding ...

Stephen Hammer brings 30 years of local and global experience to the new role Stephen Hammer, a leading global climate policy expert and top climate advisor at the World Bank, has been named to lead ...

Stony Brook University will anchor the New York Climate Exchange on Governor’s Island. The news was announced with great fanfare earlier this week from New York City Mayor Eric Adams and The Trust for ...

When Stephen Hammer, newly appointed head of the New York Climate Exchange, looks over the site on Governors Island, he can envision its transformation that will take place over the next few years. It ...