The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has released the first update to its Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap report. The original roadmap document was
UK authorities must urgently commit to an expanded national retrofit programme to better encourage heat pump use and cut domestic emissions, a new report
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to use this month’s Spring Statement to ramp up commitments to cleaner and more
Seize the momentum of COP26 to make architects’ voices heard
COP26’s potential as a global event offers an opportunity to accelerate a change for more sustainable building, says
Hattie Hartman
COP26 did not take place in 2020, and it may not take place in 2021. Yet, as the scheduled November date of the international climate conference in Glasgow approaches, the race to net zero is on. And the term ‘accelerator’, borrowed from start-up lingo, is percolating into the climate sphere. An accelerator implies intense, rapid, and immersive networking and learning which fast-tracks innovation.
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Acceleration is desperately needed, since we are not currently on course to meet the commitments of the 2015 Paris Agreement, largely because of the discrepancy between what needs to be done, what countries have pledged and actions to date. The UK is no exception. While Boris Johnson announced in December that the UK would aim to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at le