'More and faster': UN calls to shrink buildings' carbon footprint

The air in Bonn is getting cleaner – but by far not fast enough to reach the city's set climate targets. We show in which areas Bonn still needs to catch up.

UN Report Calls for Reduction of Building and Construction Emissions Worldwide

Building and construction consumes 32 percent of the world’s energy while contributing 34 percent of its carbon emissions. The sector depends on materials like steel and cement that are major contributors to construction waste and are also responsible for 18 percent of emissions worldwide. While more countries are working toward decarbonizing their buildings, slow financing and progress is putting climate goals at risk, according to a new report…

Kenya: Emissions From Building Sector Stopped Rising for the First Time Since 2020, UN Finds

Nairobi -- A growing number of countries are working to decarbonize buildings, but sluggish progress and financing puts global climate goals at risk.

'More and faster': UN calls to shrink buildings' carbon footprint

Countries must move rapidly to slash CO2 emissions from homes, offices, shops and other buildings—a sector that accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas pollution, the United Nations said Monday.

In defence of degrowth

This article defends the proposal of sustainable degrowth. A starting premise is that resource and CO2 limits render further growth of the economy uns…

The building, one of the most energy-intensive sectors and CO2 emitters, is making efforts to meet the decarbonisation targets of the Paris Agreement, but it remains insufficient, says UN Environment on Monday in a report. The post Climate: the building sector in the UN collimator appeared first on LesEco.ma.