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UKGBC sets outs proposals for a green stamp duty incentive as government data reveals record interest for Green Homes Grant in its final month
The UK Green Building Council is calling for the government to reform stamp duty to incentivise houseowners to make their homes more energy efficient, warning that urgent action is needed to drive long-term consumer appetite for green home retrofits.
Ten ways in which architecture is addressing climate change
To honour Earth Day, we ve rounded up 10 ways architects are reshaping the built environment to benefit both people and the planet.
Architecture has a large environmental impact, with the built environment accounting for 40 per cent of the UK s carbon emissions in 2019, according to the UK Green Building Council.
With a 2018 United Nations report warning that humanity now has less than 10 years to slow down global warming, the architecture industry is one of many to have been forced to reassess the ways in which it works.
From reducing waste and maximising urban greenery to collaboration and lobbying for change, solutions to reduce pressure on the planet are now taking centre stage.
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A strict new target for cutting carbon emissions nationally by 2035 should rethink the role of policy and incentives that have seen the government falling short of previous Carbon Budget aims
Industry and policy specialists have welcomed the UK government’s decision to introduce a stricter national decarbonisation target that must be met by 2035. However, they have also warned that these targets must now result in decisive action with the country already behind schedule on meeting the requirements of its two previous Carbon Budgets.
The sixth iteration of the Carbon Budget was published this week. It saw the government commit to cut national carbon emissions by 78 per cent of 1990 levels within 14 years.
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Given what we’ve known for many years now about the pace of warming on the planet, the proposed 78% cut in carbon emissions by 2035 is the bare minimum necessary to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.It was the only choice available to any government that wanted to maintain any credibility when it comes to a sustainable future.But that shouldn’t detract from the political ambition in today’s announcement.No government has promised to go further, faster in cutting emissions than this one.
Extinction Rebellion is calling on the Government to declare a climate and ecological emergency, to act immediately to halt wildlife loss and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025. Credit: PA
By Jordan Marshall2021-04-20T12:18:00+01:00
Industry body wants sector to speed up process
The rate at which major infrastructure projects are decarbonising is not fast enough to hit the government’s goal of being net zero by 2050, the Construction Leadership Council has warned.
The Infrastructure Carbon Review (ICR) was published in November 2013 with the call to action to “reduce carbon, reduce cost”.
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Industry is currently not changing fast enough to hit carbon targets, the CLC has warned
Seven years on, the Green Construction Board – the net zero and sustainability technical lead for the CLC – has assessed industry’s progress to date on decarbonising infrastructure.