On 9 November 2022, the UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) released the 2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.
UNEP’s own headlines about the the release are available here: “CO2 emissions from buildings and construction hit new high, leaving sector off track to decarbonize by 2050: UN“.
The Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction (Buildings-GSR) is a flagship publication of the UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC). CIB is a member of the GlobalABC and some of its members contributed to the work.
The Buildings-GSR provides an annual snapshot of the progress of the buildings and construction sector on a global scale and reviews the status of policies, finance, technologies, and solutions to monitor whether the sector is aligned with the Paris Agreement goals. It also provides stakeholders with evidence to persuade policymakers and the overall buildings and construction community to take action.
The report is a valuable digest of facts and figures about energy consumption and carbon emissions in the sector at a global level, as well as government policies and investment to reduce emissions. This is the 7th edition of the annual report, the previous six are available here.
What is new in the 2022 edition?
- Buildings and construction: disruptions and challenges facing the buildings sector in 2022
- Global Building Carbon Tracker: Are we on track towards the Paris Agreement Goals?
- Updates on building codes and building decarbonisation in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
- Status of investment in building energy efficiency
- Deep dive on:
- Africa (regional focus)
- Building materials (topical focus)
