Illya Azaroff

Founding architect of +LAB Architect PLLC, expert in resilient building design and community preparedness. Advising, educating and working globally

[Illya Azaroff @PlusLab]

Join me! I'm speaking at Building Innovation 2025 - this year's theme is Thrive: Strategies for #Resilient #Communities. Join me to connect, collaborate, and design solutions for the built environment. @Pluslabnyc #bethechange https://t.co/2thCzMme15

[U.S. EPA @EPA]

California Wildfire Cleanup Updates:

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

🌳Forests in a virtuous cycle not only remove carbon during their lifetime but continue to store it in wood products.

Learn more with this infographic👇
via @FAO

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

⏱️ Adapting to a changing climate is possible, but the current investment in adaptation is far below what is needed.
Every day lost increases the potential losses.
Discover the actionable steps that can be taken, in @UNEP's 2023 #AdaptationGap Report 👉 https://t.co/cM7NLFDZoT

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

💡SDG 7 calls for affordable and clean energy.

Disasters can disrupt energy supplies, but energy infrastructure can be made resilient by stress testing power grids & using renewables.

🌐More about #SDG7 and #DRR ➡️ https://t.co/UGlE6nWuiX

#WorldCleanEnergyDay #ClimateAction

[Opportunity Starts at Home @OppStartsatHome]

How can housing design promote healthy living and environmental resiliency, and how can architects best support these outcomes? Episode 3 of our podcast series with @AIANational explores these questions - featuring guests @PlusLab and @katherinerw. https://t.co/QR5UVXTTd8

[World Bank Group Climate and Environment @WBG_ClimateEnv]

Building resilience has never been more important, and while there is evidence of cash transfer programs building household resilience, they need to be complemented by layered investments at the household, community, and local economy level: https://t.co/VhW6yWjgJx

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Extreme weather, biodiversity loss, and other environmental challenges top World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025 as the most severe long-term risks, underscoring the urgent need for action to protect our planet.

Via @WEF: https://t.co/QNE2pxc767 #WEF25 #Risks25

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

💡Countries and organisations can implement the Sendai Framework to protect development gains from the risk of disaster. 🛡️

➡️ https://t.co/3BZwmSUiCW

[NOAA Climate.gov @NOAAClimate]

ICYMI: In 2024, there were 27 individual weather and climate disasters with at least $1 billion in damages, trailing only the record-setting 28 events analyzed in 2023.

Read more in our Beyond the Data Blog: https://t.co/Kj58sWTFLR

[Illya Azaroff @PlusLab]

Excellent work! And honored to have worked on the Buildings sector assessment over several years as part of an increasable team #climateaction #bethechange

[NYS Energy Research and Development Authority @NYSERDA]

Just in: The NYS Climate Impacts Assessment is officially published in the Annals of @NYASciences. Check out this important addition to academic literature on climate change impacts in New York State. https://t.co/sxuS2YBa1C

[UNDP Planet @UNDPplanet]

We need bold and urgent solutions to tackle the climate crisis. But what does positive climate action actually look like around the world?

@UNDP’s video series #ClimateActionExplained takes a closer look at impactful and innovative climate solutions: https://t.co/6HG1pLoSSA

[Illya Azaroff @PlusLab]

This year we worked with amazing people across the world.
It takes hands, feet and voices #Trust effort and unwavering #partnership, together we build stronger #communities, foster #innovation and honor the wisdom of #indigenous #cultures. In 2025 our shared journey continues

[World Bank Group Climate and Environment @WBG_ClimateEnv]

About 1.2 billion people are at high risk from climate-related hazards, but much can be done to make people, businesses, communities, and countries more resilient.

New #RisingToTheChallenge report: https://t.co/5ugHdBXwLJ

[Weather Monitor @WeatherMonitors]

Cars Swept Away by Massive Flooding in São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 (December 22, 2024)

Heavy rainfall causes widespread destruction and chaos. TG

[Weather Monitor @WeatherMonitors]

Heavy Rains Devastate Capital City, Causing Widespread Flooding in Caribbean Region, Hispaniola Island 🇩🇴 (December 22, 2024)

SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Stay informed!

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

Christmas boxes, or “lotes”, are a popular holiday tradition in Spain. They're often given as gifts and are filled with different traditional food and drinks to celebrate the holidays. WCK teams are putting a spin on our lotes to include both essential food items and Christmas treats like turrón de Alicante y Jijona, or nougat. We are distributing 20,000 boxes to families affected by the recent flooding. #ChefsForSpain

[UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity]

Forests are crucial in helping us adapt to #ClimateChange.

They:

💧help ensure water availability
🌊 protect against landslides and floods
🏜️ prevent desertification
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 provide alternative livelihoods for people

via @FAOForestry

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

💧A couple of centimeters of sea-level rise won't make much difference, right?

❌WRONG!

@UNSW_CCRC expert Tom Mortlock explains why in this video 👇

💡We need to understand the effects of rising seas so that we can act to reduce risks.

[World Bank Group Climate and Environment @WBG_ClimateEnv]

Estimates from 103 countries, which make up 87% of the global population, show that 1.2 billion people were exposed in 2021 to at least one climate-related hazard. This includes floods, drought, cyclones, or heatwaves. Learn more: https://t.co/p8dfDeGqzQ #LivablePlanet