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Here's the secret to cooling India’s buildings

Corporate Knights

A ballooning carbon footprint compounds matters, as globally the buildings and construction sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, accounting for 37% of global emissions, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Yet climate optimism springs eternal.

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A World of Opportunity

Chris Hall

But this is “pocket money” compared to the US$44 trillion of global GDP dependent on well-functioning ecosystems, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Climate Finance Unit (CFU). There is reason for cautious optimism in 2023, as the conditions emerge to propel NbS up the agendas of stakeholders globally.

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