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The notion of designing for climate change, broadly speaking, could be understood under two categories: “Adaptation” is about adjusting to current and future effects of climate change. “Mitigation” is about preventing or reducing the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) into the atmosphere to reduce the risk from and severity of climate change. However, the efficacy of such efforts and initiatives differs significantly across the world depending on the specific socio-economic circumstances of the society. Designing (cities) for climate change is as much about global geo-politics and international information exchange as about the conservation of natural resources and the reduction of fossil fuel dependence at a national and local level. In this issue, we contribute to this complicated ongoing dialogue by discussing ways in which the looming threat of climate change is interrogating, expanding, and even challenging methods of city design.