Ahead of COP26, a group of leading businesses and government networks have united as the #BuildingToCOP26 consortium to accelerate climate action and shape the agenda of the Cities, Regions and Built Environment Day.
#BuildingToCOP26 is working together to halve the built environment’s emissions by 2030 and establish the built environment as a major solution provider to the climate crisis. To do so, they have defined three outcomes for the sector:
- All countries include full building decarbonisation targets, concrete policies and measures and related implementation mechanisms in their NDCs.
- 1,000 cities and at least 20% of the largest built environment businesses by revenue committed to the UN’s Race to Zero.
- The sector’s stakeholders unite behind a single voice and ambition towards shared goals: By 2030, 100% of new buildings must be net-zero carbon in operation and embodied carbon must be reduced by at least 40%, and by 2050, all new and existing assets must be net zero across the whole life cycle (see UNFCCC Human Settlements Pathway)
The Coalition is led by the World Green Building Council, the Resilience Shift, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, C40 Cities, and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC).
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