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COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is around the corner! Are you up-to-date with what’s happening in the #builtenvironment? Join us for the last #BuildingToCOP Forum on 31 October for the latest developments. 🎟️ Register here: https://lnkd.in/eHdVQ8x7 ⏰ 14:00—15:00 GMT These Forums will keep you up-to-date with the latest COP29 developments and opportunities like: 🟡 How the built environment will be represented at COP29 in the blue zone, green zone and beyond by the #BuildingToCOP Coalition. 🟡 How to unlock advocacy and collaboration opportunities and work towards shared COP29 goals. We’re #BuildingTheTransition to COP29 and beyond. Are you joining? #BuildingToCOP29

How can the #builtenvironment in Europe be transformed to address #climatechange and social inequality? Laudes Foundation recently released its ‘Laying the Groundwork’ report, which highlights the importance of accountability tactics to ensure corporate ambition is turned into climate action. Tactics include: 🔵 Implement embodied carbon legislation to address an important segment of built environment sector emissions. 🔵 Increase the sector’s transparency around its use of raw materials by regulating their use, legally or financially. 🔵 Create tools to hold companies accountable to their climate and social commitments, such as roadmaps. In our #BuildingLife project with Laudes Foundation and IKEA Foundation, Green Building Councils (GBCs) in Europe have been using their National Decarbonisation Roadmaps as a tool for driving both corporate and political accountability. Roadmaps give clarity to leaders across the value chain on the actions they need to take to accelerate the green transition. With 11 national roadmaps now launched, GBCs are already using them to help build positive peer pressure for change, track progress against roadmap goals and hold business and political leaders to account. Read Laudes Foundation’s new report here: https://bit.ly/482suku #BuildingTheTransition #BuildingToCOP #BuildingToCOP29

Have you registered for the #BuildingToCOP Forum happening today? Find out how the Coalition is elevating the #builtenvironment as a critical climate solution ahead of COP29 Azerbaijan in Baku. 🎟️ Secure your spot and join us at 14:00 BST today: https://bit.ly/4gSPDd4 We’re #BuildingTheTransition to COP29 and beyond. Are you joining? #BuildingToCOP #BuildingToCOP29

During #WGBW24, our Climate Action team hosted a webinar on reducing Whole Life Carbon emissions in the #builtenvironment. If you missed the webinar or just want a recap, then follow this link to watch the full recording: https://bit.ly/4dyOAvP Matthew Black, Climate Action Manager at WorldGBC, was joined by Elinor Huggett, Global Real Estate Sustainability Leader at Deloitte Tessa Brunette, Associate Director at Arup, and Sophia Kee, Head of Future Ready at WSP. This is what they discussed: 🟢 Deloitte's Buildings Toolkit and how the business is implementing it across its global leased portfolio 🟢 Arup's Whole Life Carbon masterplan and research on carbon factors 🟢 How WSP retrofits and reuses existing building structures and future-proofs assets As a sector, we need to see the widespread implementation of more ambitious actions that support #decarbonisation at scale. Our network is #BuildingTheTransition. Are you ready? #NZCBCommitment #BuildingToCOP #BuildingToCOP29

🏗️ How do we reduce emissions in the building sector? Finland shows us how. Green Building Council Finland has worked with organisations across construction, real estate and investment to develop 20 bespoke decarbonisation roadmaps.   By providing the framework for organisations across the country to develop these roadmaps, companies can more effectively advance their #decarbonisation efforts by knowing where and how to reduce both embodied carbon (the carbon emissions associated with the creation of a building, such as materials) and operational carbon (the emissions related to the running of the building, such as energy use). This is known as Whole Life Carbon.    Reducing a building's carbon output is crucial to demonstrating the #builtenvironment as a climate solution, as it currently contributes almost 40% of global energy related emissions.     A spokesperson for the real-estate developer in Helsinki, Sponda Ltd, spotlighted that working with Green Building Council Finland reminded them that all the industries within the built environment are connected. She said: “Dialogue and joint innovation are crucial for us all to reach our carbon neutrality goals.”     Green Building Council Finland produced these roadmaps as part of the European Regional Network (ERN) #BuildingLife project, which works across EU countries to ensure the entire lifecycle of a building is decarbonised. Read more about our #BuildingLife project here: https://lnkd.in/eN_ayGdS    #BuildingTheTransition #BuildingToCOP #BuildingToCOP29 #WholeLifeCarbon #EUGreenDeal