Latest Breaking News On - Orking towards restoration of resources and natural systems withina thriving circular economy world gbc are coordinating best practice actions to achieve circularity in the built environment globally working through its 70 chapters across ata local level with much strategy focusing on aim accelerate adoption drive resource efficiency building construction sectors quot this means recycling reuse - Page 1 : comparemela.com
BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ With more than 59% of global waste attributed to construction, the importance of this project cannot be understated. Globally the built environment is responsible for almost 40% of global energy related carbon emissions, and is extracting an estimated 50% of the worlds resources. It has been estimated that to reduce the worlds emissions to the extent required, to even cap global warming estimates at 1.5 degrees, industry needs to move up to 10 times faster than the current rate in adopting carbon reducing processes. The recent announcement of the Circularity Accelerator project represents WorldGBC'scontinuedworktoadvancesustainablebuildingandnetzerobestpractices,onaglobal scale. As a global action network comprised of around 70 Green Building Councils around the world, and as members of the UN Global Compact, WorldGBC works with businesses, organizations, and governments to drive the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Go