{"id":278798,"date":"2023-09-15T11:38:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=278798"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:38:42","slug":"you-will-build-nothing-be-happy-un-report-urges-massive-emission-cuts-in-construction-sector-by-using-govt-regs-enforcement-to-achieve-net-ze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=278798","title":{"rendered":"You Will Build Nothing &#038; Be Happy: UN report urges \u2018massive emission cuts in construction sector\u2019 by using \u2018gov\u2019t regs &#038; enforcement\u2019 to achieve \u2018Net Zero\u2019 \u2013 Replace \u2018concrete &#038; steel\u2019 with \u2018stone, timber, &#038; bamboo\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"485\" data-attachment-id=\"278799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=278799\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?fit=1458%2C978&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1458,978\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-443\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?fit=723%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?resize=723%2C485&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?resize=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?resize=1200%2C805&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-443.png?w=1458&amp;ssl=1 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/13UKC42gmP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ClimateDepot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UN Environment Program Press Release of new study with Yale Center for Ecosystems &amp; Agriculture: &#8220;Rapid urbanization worldwide means every five days, the world adds buildings equivalent to the size of Paris, with the built environment sector already responsible for 37 percent of global emissions. A report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA), under the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), offers solutions to decarbonize the buildings and construction sector and reduce the waste it generates.&#8221; &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cUntil recently, most buildings were constructed using locally sourced earth, stone, timber, and bamboo. Yet modern materials such as concrete and steel often give only the illusion of durability, usually ending up in landfills and contributing to the growing climate crisis,\u201d said Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, Director of UNEP\u2019s Industry and Economy Division. \u201cNet zero in the building and construction sector is achievable by 2050, as long as governments put in place the right policy, incentives and regulation to bring a shift the industry action,\u201d UNEP&#8217;s Aggarwal-Khan added.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Government regulation and enforcement is also required<em>&nbsp;<\/em>across all phases of the building life cycle \u2013 from extraction through end-of-use \u2013 to ensure transparency in labeling, effective international building codes, and certification schemes&#8230;\u201cThe decarbonization of the buildings and construction sector is essential for the achievement of the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatedepot.com\/author\/marcmorano\/\">By&nbsp;Marc Morano<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/news-and-stories\/press-release\/un-plan-promises-massive-emission-cuts-construction-sector-most\">https:\/\/www.unep.org\/news-and-stories\/press-release\/un-plan-promises-massive-emission-cuts-construction-sector-most<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"485\" data-attachment-id=\"278801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=278801\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?fit=1458%2C978&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1458,978\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?fit=723%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?resize=723%2C485&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?resize=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?resize=1200%2C805&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-17.31.44.png?w=1458&amp;ssl=1 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nairobi, 12 September 2023&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 Rapid urbanisation worldwide means every five days, the world adds buildings equivalent to the size of Paris, with the built environment sector already responsible for 37 per cent of global emissions. A report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA), under the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), offers solutions to decarbonize the buildings and construction sector and reduce the waste it generates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report,&nbsp;<em>Building materials and the climate: Constructing a new future<\/em>, offers policy makers, manufacturers, architects, developers, engineers, builders and recyclers a three-pronged solution to reduce \u201cembodied carbon\u201d emissions and the negative impacts on natural ecosystems from the production and deployment of building materials (e.g., cement, steel, aluminium, timber, biomass):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Avoid<\/strong>&nbsp;waste through a circular approach: building less by repurposing existing buildings is the most valuable option, generating 50-75 per cent fewer emissions than new construction; promote construction with less materials and with materials that have a lower carbon footprint and facilitate reuse or recycle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shift<\/strong>&nbsp;to ethically and sustainably sourced renewable bio-based building materials, including timber, bamboo, and biomass. The shift towards properly managed bio-based materials could lead to compounded emissions savings in many regions of up to 40 per cent in the sector by 2050. However, more policy and financial support is needed to ensure the widespread adoption of renewable bio-based building materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improve<\/strong>&nbsp;decarbonisation of conventional materials that cannot be replaced. This mainly concerns the processing of concrete, steel, and aluminium \u2013 three sectors responsible for 23 per cent of overall global emissions today \u2013 as well as glass and bricks. Priorities should be placed on electrifying production with renewable energy sources, increasing the use of reused and recycled materials, and scaling innovative technologies. Transformation of regional markets and building cultures is critical through building codes, certification, labelling, and the education of architects, engineers, and builders on circular practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three-pronged&nbsp;<em>Avoid-Shift-Improve<\/em>&nbsp;solution needs to be adopted throughout the building process to ensure emissions are slashed and human health and biodiverse ecosystems are protected. The solution also requires, in its implementation, sensitivity to local cultures and climates, including the common perception of concrete and steel as modern materials of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUntil recently, most buildings were constructed using locally sourced earth, stone, timber, and bamboo. Yet modern materials such as concrete and steel often give only the illusion of durability, usually ending up in landfills and contributing to the growing climate crisis,\u201d said Sheila Aggarwal-Khan, Director of UNEP\u2019s Industry and Economy Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNet zero in the building and construction sector is achievable by 2050, as long as governments put in place the right policy, incentives and regulation to bring a shift the industry action,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, most climate action in the building sector has been dedicated to effectively reducing \u201coperational carbon\u201d emissions, which encompass heating, cooling, and lighting. Thanks to the growing worldwide decarbonisation of the electrical grid and the use renewable energies, these are set to decrease from 75 per cent to 50 per cent of the sector in coming decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since buildings contain materials produced in disparate regions across the globe, reducing \u201cembodied carbon\u201d emissions from production and deployment of building materials requires decisionmakers to adopt a whole life-cycle approach. This involves harmonized measures across multiple sectors and at each stage of the building lifecycle \u2013 from extraction to processing, installation, use, and demolition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Government regulation and enforcement is also required<em>&nbsp;<\/em>across all phases of the building life cycle \u2013 from extraction through end-of-use \u2013 to ensure transparency in labelling, effective international building codes, and certification schemes. Investments in research and development of nascent technologies, as well as training of stakeholders in the sectors, are needed, along with incentives for cooperative ownership models between producers, builders, owners, and occupants to the shift to circular economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe decarbonisation of the buildings and construction sector is essential for the achievement of the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5\u00b0C. By providing cutting-edge scientific insights as well as very practical recommendations to reduce embodied carbon, the study \u201dBuilding materials and the climate: Constructing a new future\u201d advances our joint mission to decarbonise the sector holistically and increase its resilience\u201d, said Dr. Vera Rodenhoff, Deputy Director General for International Climate Action and International Energy Transition of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), which together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has funded the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Case studies from Canada, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, and Senegal, demonstrate how decarbonisation takes places using \u201cAvoid-Shift-Improve\u201d strategies: developed economies can devote resources to renovating existing ageing buildings, while emerging ones can leapfrog carbon-intensive building methods to alternative low-carbon building materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cities worldwide can drive the implementation of decarbonisation. Many are already integrating vegetated surfaces, including green roofs, fa\u00e7ades, and indoor wall assemblies to reduce urban carbon emissions and cool off buildings, increase urban biodiversity and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTE TO EDITORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/\">UNEP<\/a>&nbsp;is the leading global voice on the environment. It provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded at COP21, hosted by&nbsp;UNEP&nbsp;and with 289&nbsp;members, including 40 countries, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalabc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GlobalABC<\/a>&nbsp;is the leading global platform for all buildings stakeholders committed to a common vision: A zero-emission, efficient and resilient buildings and construction sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yale CEA unites researchers and practitioners across multiple fields, synthesising innovations in science, art and humanities towards ecosystems that prioritise the requirements of living organisms and ecologies. Our mission is to transform the DNA of the Built Environment, which is currently the sector responsible for the largest real-time climate change impacts and the consumption\/production of toxic, non-renewable resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:%20unep-newsdesk@un.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">News and Media Unit<\/a>, UN Environment Programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"485\" data-attachment-id=\"278803\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=278803\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?fit=1458%2C978&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1458,978\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-444\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?fit=723%2C485&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?resize=723%2C485&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?resize=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?resize=1200%2C805&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-444.png?w=1458&amp;ssl=1 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UN Environment Program Press Release of new study with Yale Center for Ecosystems &amp; Agriculture: \u201cRapid urbanization worldwide means every five days, the world adds buildings equivalent to the size of Paris, with the built environment sector already responsible for 37 percent of global emissions. A report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (Yale CEA), under the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), offers solutions to decarbonize the buildings and construction sector and reduce the waste it generates.\u201d \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UN plan promises massive emission cuts in the construction sector \u2013 the most polluting and toughest to decarbonize\u2026building materials (e.g., cement, steel, aluminum, timber, biomass)\u2026materials that have a lower carbon footprint\u2026[to] promote construction with less materials and with materials that have a lower carbon footprint and facilitate reuse or recycle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shift to ethically and sustainably sourced renewable bio-based building materials, including timber, bamboo, and biomass\u2026Priorities should be placed on electrifying production with renewable energy sources, increasing the use of reused and recycled materials, and scaling innovative technologies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cUntil recently, most buildings were constructed using locally sourced earth, stone, timber, and bamboo. 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