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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 14 (IPS) - The building sector may be overdue for a significant overhaul of the processes in which infrastructure is built to be more environmentally conscious and reduce carbon emissions, a new UN report reveals.
A UN report advises significant overhaul of the processes in which infrastructure is built to be more environmentally conscious and reduce carbon emissions.
A new report outlines pathways to decarbonize the buildings and construction sector, already responsible for 37% of global CO2 emissions and rising, with rapid urbanisation worldwide adding the buildings equivalent of a new Paris every five days. Global floor space, raw materials use may nearly double by 2060 This first-of-its-kind report was developed by leading experts from six continents and designed to unite stakeholders from across the industry to cooperate on new pathways to radically accelerate the ethical decarbonization of materials by 2050. The report, "Building materials and th...
The buildings and construction sector must cut emissions massively, according to a new report by UNEP and the Yale Center for Ecosystems and Architecture.
The construction sector -- the most polluting and difficult to decarbonise -- must build less, use more sustainable materials and clean up conventional ones to slash its emissions, the United Nations said on Tuesday.