Greening the buildings sector: A public-private quest?
The built environment is often highlighted as one of the sectors that could help the world cut emissions by 50% this decade. In the short term, strategies like ramping up the use of sustainable materials and relying more on renewable energy in the industrial process will make the biggest difference. But even more so, in the longer term, creating a built environment that thinks many decades ahead in terms of building resilience, sufficiency and circularity will not only eliminate negative impacts but create positive changes in our climate and natural environment.The good