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The built environment is crucial to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) extraordinary and rapid ascent: since its foundation in 1971, the country has constructed the world's tallest...
The Deep Dive model, pioneered in Mexico City, is now helping other cities transcend individual projects to promote transformative city-wide change across systems. Photo: WRI México Achieving transformation in today’s cities requires the active and ongoing participation of many stakeholders, from the public sector, to civil society, private companies and academia. Non-government organizations can play…
Sitabuldi Market in Nagpur, India, one of the new cities in the Zero Carbon Building Accelerator working to advance building decarbonization goals. Photo by Gppande/Wikimedia Commons While building construction and operations are among the largest contributors to climate change, accounting for nearly 40% of energy-related CO2 emissions globally, they also remain the most cost-effective climate…
Colombia was selected in 2020 receive technical and financial support to develop a national Zero Carbon Building Roadmap and two local action plans for implementation as a part of WRI’s Zero Carbon Building Accelerator (ZCBA).
Bogotá is one of several Building Efficiency Accelerator cities that participated in COP26. Photo by Random Institute/Unsplash For the building and construction sector, COP26 in Glasgow marked a crucial moment to bring consensus around systemic change in the industry. It was the first time in COP history that the Built Environment had a dedicated day,…