Ethiopian Green Building Council (ETGBC)

Today, we join the global celebration of #WorldEnvironmentDay2024! This year, we're focusing on land restoration, combating desertification, and enhancing drought resilience. Ethiopia is hosting the celebration for the 31st time in Addis Ababa, featuring a special panel discussion!" 🌍 Did you know? While buildings occupy just 0.3% of the Earth's surface, 40-50% of raw materials extracted globally are used to manufacture building products and components. 🏢The #BuiltEnvironment has immense potential to regenerate natural systems. By adopting large-scale circular economy solutions, we can align with industry calls to action and make a significant positive impact. ETGBC, is actively partnering with businesses and local governments to achieve our 2030 climate goals. We can plant new forests, revive water sources, and restore soils. We are the generation that will make peace with our land. Join us in building a sustainable future. 🌱 #BuildingTheTransition #GenerationRestoration World Green Building Council

🗓️ Mark your calendars for a convergence of #sustainability trailblazers at the Future Cities-Africa Green Building Summit 2024! Green Building Council Nigeria, in collaboration with EDGE Buildings and World Green Building Council Africa Regional Network, is hosting this exciting event at Lagos Oriental Hotel 🏨, from July 16-19 at 9 AM GMT+1 daily. This year's summit is more than an event; it's a collaborative hub where over 1,000 professionals will chart the course for resilient and inclusive urban futures. It's also an opportunity for you to network with CEOs from Africa's Green Building Councils and city leaders from across the continent 🌍. Learn more and secure your free ticket at https://futurecities.ng/. Let's build sustainable futures together! Looking to elevate your organization's sustainable achievements? Reach out to discover our partnership opportunities for added visibility and impact 🤝. #FutureCities2024 #AfricaGreenBuildingSummit #GreenLeaders #SustainableDevelopment #GreenBuilding #CarbonNeutrality #CircularEconomy #ClimateResilience #ResilientFutures

Extremely proud to be a contributing voice to the The Private Infrastructure Development Group and University of Exeter's Africa Climate Solutions Report, which unpacks Investing in Infrastructure for Climate Resilience across Africa. The report launched yesterday, is timely, and provides a practical source of information that highlights the risks in different regions within Africa that investors and players in the region need to be mindful of. It also tackles the climate conversation, in a human centric approach, which makes it easier for the reader to understand. Africa is keen to take charge of its narrative, and this report creates a road map to drive an informed way forward to explore barriers to bankability and potential solutions in unlocking the same. It’s exciting to have this reference point especially after cities, the built environment, the urban agenda and local governments have built a lot of momentum at COP28, which is exciting for me both individually and for the Kenya Green Building Society, and wider green building movement at the World Green Building Council in Africa. Please read it it here : https://lnkd.in/dqb5SnnR

Several heads and representatives of international organizations and development partners of Ethiopia are visiting Ethiopian Green Legacy Pavilion at the UAE COP28 Climate Conference at Dubai. Here are their experiences and thoughts about our pavilion:

Investing in the built environment is essential for climate action. By unlocking sustainable finance, we can create energy-efficient buildings and resilient cities that benefit communities. Let's build a greener future together. #BuildingToCOP #cop28

As we kick off #CO28 today, policymakers must recognize the crucial role of the #BuiltEnvironment in tackling #ClimateChange. Its potential can address global warming, humanitarian crises, and economic uncertainties. “COP28 marks a critical moment where policymakers must revisit their commitments and set out an energy efficient, regenerative and just transition for the buildings sector, which World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC’s) network of 75+ Green Building Councils (GBCs) are ready to help guide and implement”, says Cristina Gamboa Read Cristina Gamboa's latest thought leadership to find out how WorldGBC and our network are #BuildingTheTransition, and how you can get involved ➡ https://lnkd.in/gauvrDBf #BuildingToCOP #BuildingToCOP28 #COP28

From food to water, health to education, climate change is a merciless storm wreaking havoc on the continent. But there is a glimmer of hope: climate finance. Climate finance is financial support for developing countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It is our shield, our way forward. With climate finance, we can imagine a future where renewable energy blooms across the savannah, fields brim with resilient crops, and thriving communities stand tall against climate's fury. Climate finance is the lifeline Africa needs. Let's unite for a sustainable, equitable future for all. #ClimateActionNow #AfricaClimateSummit23 #SustainableFuture

How do sustainable buildings and cities contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals? Our #WGBW23 campaign is led by a network of over 75 national Green Building Councils (GBCs) and their 46,000 members and together we’re #BuildingTheTransition. This week our network has highlighted the importance of the three transitions essential in creating a #sustainable #builtenvironment: the energy transition, regenerative transition and just transition. Our campaign leads into the UN’s SDG Summit and pinpoints 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals essential to catalyse a sustainable built environment. The time to act is now. Join us: https://bit.ly/3ODm3en #RaceToZero #BuildingToCOP28

We know that we need to take urgent #climateaction, but this can’t be at the detriment of vulnerable people and communities – many of whom will have contributed the least to environmental degradation and yet are suffering the biggest consequences. In the third of our thought leadership series this #WGBW23, we’re focusing on the #JustTransition, and exploring how the #builtenvironment has a central role to play in achieving climate justice without sacrificing social justice. With expert insights from Expo City Dubai, GHD, Holcim and Multiplex. Find out how you can join the just transition and ensure no-one is left behind. https://bit.ly/44RHyht #BuildingTheTransition