CIB commends the new report Building Materials and the Climate: Constructing a New Future published in September 2023 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture in the framework of the GlobalABC. The report offers solutions to decarbonize the buildings and construction sector and reduce the waste it generates, and offers policy makers, manufacturers, architects, developers, engineers, builders and recyclers a three-pronged solution to reduce “embodied carbon” emissions and the negative impacts on natural ecosystems from the production and deployment of building materials:
- Avoid unnecessary extraction and production.
- Shift to regenerative materials.
- Improve decarbonization of conventional materials.
A short video is available here.
