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To achieve sustainable infrastructure, construction must adopt new technology and materials, the United Nations Environment Program reports. Its latest report reveals that the construction sector accounts for 38% of all energy-related CO2 emissions, increasing in 2019 to their highest level yet at around 10 GtCO2, and is failing to slow Climate Change or contribute to the 2016 Paris Agreement sustainability goals. This contrasts with the manufacturing, healthcare, and technology sectors, which ...

Posted: Apr 01, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 1 The Liberals released their platform on Tuesday at the partys headquarters in downtown Whitehorse. Leader Sandy Silver and Staci McIntosh, Liberal candidate for Porter Creek North, made the announcement.(Julien Gignac/CBC)

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 In early March, the House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee released their legislative blueprint for tacking climate change, entitled the  Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s Future Act, or the CLEAN Future Act . This bill is nearly 1,000 pages in length and touches almost every segment of the economy. While Congress is still a long way off from any bipartisan climate legislation being enacted, the CLEAN Future Act  is...

/PRNewswire/ -- The world is building more significant projects in larger numbers than at any time in history. Our planet must accommodate the equivalent of...

Unilever Label Change Influenced by Consumer Research 200 products will eliminate the word “normal” from product labels, as will all product advertising, in response to a 10,000 person, multi-country consumer study. Mar 11th, 2021 Unilever has announced it will eliminate the word ‘normal’ from all beauty and personal care brands’ packaging and advertising, as part of the launch of a new ‘Positive Beauty’ program, which is set to transform “how products are designed and for...

News Digital Twins Could Help CRE Reduce Emissions In A Big Way – But First, The Technology Needs To Become More Accessible The push for greener, more sustainable buildings and cities has been around for years, but that enthusiasm does not appear to have made a dent in global carbon emissions. Energy agencies agree that residential and commercial real estate account for about 40% of global energy consumption and emissions. Advocates of digital twin technol...

Courtesy of CityZenith. The advisory board for 2150, including former chief sustainability officer in the Obama administration and renowned urbanist and academic, Richard Florida, will review candidate firms working on everything from injecting carbon dioxide into concrete to monitoring energy use in buildings. Based across London, Copenhagen and Berlin, 2150 was instigated by the fact that half the world lives in cities, increasing to two-thirds by 2050, creating an environmental impact the ...

Unilever’s Clean Future programme is ambitious and bio-ingredients will play a major role in reformulation, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays

Power A Clean Future Power a Clean Future in Your Community Across the nation, we’re seeing communities determine what’s best for themselves when the people at the top won’t listen. Multiple states have passed aggressive clean energy laws and pledged to dramatically reduce their carbon emissions. Through local, community-driven change, we can make it happen in Ohio, too. Some Ohio cities have already taken steps towards a clean energy future. Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Lakewood have all c...

The Biden Administration Brings State Climate Leadership to the White House January 19, 2021, 12:30 pm Download the PDF here. There are many reasons to be inspired by the nominees that President-elect Joe Biden has selected to lead his all-of-government mobilization against the climate crisis. The Cabinet is a diverse and incredibly accomplished group that looks like America. It is capable of fulfilling the mandate that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris won decisively in November: to...