🏗️🏢 Buildings account for one-third of global emissions, and 80% of new construction through 2030 will be in emerging economies – making this a critical moment to build right from the start. But with 2.8 billion people lacking access to safe, resilient housing and one in seven lack adequate cooling in their homes, #ClimateAction in the built environment must put people first. #Cities are showing how to combine ambitious climate action with #equity, by: • Integrating affordable housing with energy efficiency • Ensuring vulnerable communities shape planning decisions • Creating green jobs through sustainable construction • Improving health outcomes through better #building design • Making cooling solutions accessible to all Through multilevel collaboration and community-led approaches, cities are transforming their #BuiltEnvironment to work for both people and planet. See how cities are creating more equitable, sustainable #buildings: https://bit.ly/49AMsSd #WUF12 attendees: Deep dive this topic ⬇️
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2.5 billion Urban populations are anticipated to increase by 2.5 billion by 2050, causing greater demand for new buildings. At the same time, buildings are playing a huge role in greenhouse gas emissions. How can the building sector address this? Although more than 140 countries have announced or are considering net zero targets, many still lack concrete quantitative targets and monitoring mechanisms for decarbonizing buildings at the local level. What is needed are: · New technologies · New processes and procedures · Good innovative projects and case studies · Innovative, forward-thinking in all stages of a project lifecycle · New initiatives and public-private partnerships. What would you add? How can we build more sustainable buildings and cities? https://lnkd.in/dpNvcwhP Josh Harbert Kammy Sanghera Lori Ziolkowski Kimberly Cheslak Susan Heinking AIA, LEED Fellow Tommy Linstroth Lucas Joppa John Messner
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A critical part of any decarbonization strategy in cities: Building decarbonization. #NewUrbanAgenda #ClimateAction #Cities #SustainableCities
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✍ As we are entering into a new policy cycle at EU level, and with the Buildings Directive being adopted lately (#transposition), we have brainstormed where we should go next in EU policy design for the built environment. 📗 Read BPIE's 10 Policy Priorities to achieve growth and social value, ultimately Building Prosperity: loom.ly/QumVsXs 💭 We're keen to hear your thoughts and feedback!
📢NEW! Building Prosperity: 10 Policy priorities to achieve growth and social value through *Resilient*, *Healthy* and *Affordable* Zero-Emission Buildings. 🔗 https://loom.ly/QumVsXs In this think piece, we present *10 policy priorities* that we strongly encourage the new European Commission to build into its strategic work plan. The new policy cycle at the end of 2024 is a pivotal opportunity to ask ourselves: - Are we taking the right approach towards decarbonising the built environment? - Are we making the link between buildings and EU prosperity, resilience, and equity? - And are we effectively harnessing the abundance of opportunities that renovating buildings offers – for our societies, our security, and our environment? That fact is that better buildings can be the answer to so many of the challenges we are facing today, and can help us achieve our common goals. We just need the right strategic approach. 📌 Our 10 Policy Priorities: 1. Successful implementation of the EPBD – design policy with impact and goals. 2. Boost Europe's industrial competitiveness and innovation with sustainable construction. 3. Optimise the institutional setup to further improve coordination and better grasp new challenges and opportunities. 4. Accelerate financial flows towards future-proof buildings. 5. Improve data availability, transparency, and quality through digitalisation. 6. Enhance energy security and resilience by combining energy efficiency and renewables in a smart energy system. 7. Future-proof clean, circular, sustainable buildings and construction sector. 8. Design policies with and for people to strengthen Europe’s social fabric. 9. Confront reality: adapt the built environment to be climate-resilient. 10. Elevate the EU’s experience into a “green buildings diplomacy” for enhanced energy security. We encourage all of those in our community to read this short paper, to discuss and share it with your colleagues and within your networks! #EUGreenDeal #Buildings #Resilience #ClimateAdaptation #Circularity #Sustainability #EnergyEfficiency
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