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World Green Building Council Forum to Help Keep a 1.5°C Scenario Within Reach

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DESCRIPTION: Leaders in the building and construction sector joined forces at London Climate Action Week yesterday to engage in a purposeful event to help devise and deliver solutions necessary to combat the climate crisis, in the wake of COP26. KEYWORDS: ACRE, London Climate Action Week, COP26. C scenario. C future within reach.".

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The Business Imperatives of Sustainable Buildings

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The report was launched at COP26 in Glasgow in November during the day dedicated to Cities, Regions and the Built Environment. First, we have to get the carbon out of buildings, not only in the way they are used – reducing the impacts of heating and cooling for example, but also in the way they are built.

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Comment: Carbon net zero – we’re halfway there

Envirotec Magazine

While the pandemic initially provoked a swift and immediate short-term reaction, the vaccine’s rollout can now afford key legislators the chance to plan for the ‘next normal’, with 2021 assuming extra significance as the UK hosts the UN’s COP26 in Glasgow later this year. So where does this put us?