"The global built environment sector must think in new, radical ways, and act quickly"
The construction sector, the real estate industry and city planners must give high priority to the same goal – to drastically reduce their climate impacts. Powerful, combined efforts are absolutely crucial for the potential to achieve the UN's sustainability goals. And what’s more – everything has to happen very quickly.These are the cornerstones to the roadmap presented at the Beyond 2020 World Conference.
Today, 55 percent of the world's population lives in cities. By 2050, that figure is estimated to have risen to 68 percent, according to the UN.