Aligned to our mission to maximise the impact that research and innovation in our sector can make towards the attainment of the UN Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs), CIB has joined the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (Global ABC). CIB members interested or with ideas on how they can contribute to CIB’s involvement in GlobalABC should contact CIB chief executive Don Ward, link below.
About GlobalABC
The Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) works towards a zero-emission, efficient, and resilient buildings and construction sector through:
- Raising ambitions to meet the Paris climate goals. While the sector is a major emitter, it also holds huge potential for improvement. GlobalABC works to raise the level of ambition in retrofitting existing buildings and future-proofing the investments that will go into new buildings over the next 15 years.
- Mobilizing all actors along the value chain. Faced with a fragmented value chain, all stakeholders – from design to construction, operations and demolition in the private and public sectors – need to play their part. GlobalABC encourages policy frameworks that promote both uptake of existing, cost-effective solutions and private sector innovation – using sustainable public procurement as a lever to create markets and investor security.
Launched at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), the GlobalABC is a voluntary partnership of national and local governments, inter-governmental organisations, businesses, associations, networks and think tanks. It functions as an umbrella or meta-platform – a network of networks – that brings together initiatives and actors focusing on the buildings and construction sector.
With 215 members, including 34 countries, the GlobalABC is the leading global platform for governments, the private sector, civil society and intergovernmental and international organizations to increase action in support of the SDGs.
Contact to learn more
To learn more about GlobalABC, see https://globalabc.org/. CIB members interested or with ideas on how they can contribute to CIB’s involvement should contact CIB chief executive Don Ward in the first instance. If there is enough interest we hope to invite a member of the GlobalABC secretariat to join a CIB webinar to discuss activities and how CIB, its Commissions and members can best get involved.
