BUILDING TO COP28

For a Zero Emissions and Resilient Built Environment, Regions & Cities

Let’s work together to build on the successes of COP27

At COP27 the BuildingToCOP Coalition kept the focus on the built environment

 

Operational emissions from the built environment increased by 5% in 2021, compared to 2020 levels, but with more than 200 events and several new climate action initiatives launched at COP27, the sector has shown that it has the climate solutions ready to scale now. The BuildingToCOP Coalition rallied the sector, responsible for almost 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, around flagship events focused on the key themes of: Finance, Decarbonisation, and Adaptation & Resilience. Read the full list of initiatives launched at COP27.

The built environment at COP27

Countdown to COP28, United Arab Emirates

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COP27 BUILT ENVIRONMENT EVENTS

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Green Obsession

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Developing Climate Resilient Cities in Asia: The How’s, Why’s and So What’s

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Unlocking investments for resilient buildings using IFC’s Building Resilience Index

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Unusual Suspects: Innovative Technology Opportunities for City Decarbonization

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Future-proofing the built environment: Unlocking finance for inclusive & resilient housing

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Retrofitting & Resilience: Tackling Real Estate’s Biggest Challenges

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High level services with low resource demand for low-carbon pathways and the SDGs

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Introduction – Green Building Movement – Solutions, Responses and Experiences

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Buildings sector actions – the unprecedented opportunity for climate change commitments

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Decarbonising Buildings: Data, Standards, Policies and Tools to Support a Life-Cycle Approach

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How national and local governments can scale urban climate finance adaptation and resilience

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From Hawaii to the Heartland: Advancing Equitable, Ambitious Solutions to Climate Change in US Cities & Counties

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The future of building: Supporting Passive House training uptake at higher education institutions

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Deploying a Broad Portfolio of Technology Solutions to Advance Energy Transition & Decarbonization

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Re-Thinking Infrastructure – Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment

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Promoting voluntary GHG reduction in building sector by using national building energy database (NBED)

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Paris-compatible sector benchmarks to help in defining national and corporate climate action

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Vulnerability Assessment Lessons from the Culture and Heritage Worlds in Africa

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Positive Energy Buildings & Districts as a Cornerstone of Local Climate Action Pathways to a Net-Zero Future

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Beating the Heat: Accelerating Access to Sustainable Climate Solutions in Cities: Implementation Lab

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Carbon neutral building energy systems for sustainable energy transition in cities

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Aligning clean energy goals and building codes to support a decarbonised future

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China’s Greater Bay Area: How to Decarbonize the Buildings and Construction Sector

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Tackling Climate Change: remedial measures for SMEs, sustainable infrastructure, and land governance

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2030 is Today – how we can act NOW to halve built environment emissions by 2030

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Accelerating Finance for Green Buildings: Successful Examples and New Ideas for Public and Private Sector Engagement

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Bringing nature-based climate action into cities in challenging times

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Introduction to green building rating systems and the adoption of a net-zero model

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The Last Mile Challenge to A&R: Transaction Readiness for Building Resilience

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Leveraging Procurement to Drive Industrial Decarbonization in the Building Sector

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Addressing Extreme Weather Events in Building Codes: Global Building Resilience Guidelines

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Resilient and Resource Efficient Green Buildings: Public-Private Partnerships that Deliver

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Uniting together to harness the greatest resource known to humanity: the sun!

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Why cities, regions and the built environment matter

Buildings are responsible for almost 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions and 50% of all extracted materials.

The building and construction sector’s demand on natural resources accelerates climate change, and inefficient, unhealthy buildings negatively impact human health and wellbeing.

By 2030

  • Efficient buildings will be an investment opportunity worth $24.7 trillion across all emerging market cities. Most of this investment potential – $17.8 trillion – lies in East Asia Pacific and South Asia.
  • Despite this, under $3 of every $100 spent on new construction goes to efficient buildings. Out of the 196 countries that have submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 158 countries mention buildings, of which 118 refer to energy efficiency as a part of their emissions reduction strategy.
  • In 2021, 79 countries had building energy codes which are either mandatory for at least part of the building stock or have a voluntary component. Yet, only 26% of countries had mandatory codes for the entire buildings sector. Most countries do not include full building decarbonisation targets and certain areas such as building materials are under addressed.

By 2050

HOW WE HALVE EMISSIONS BY 2030

Businesses and sub-national governments are urged to join the Race to Zero.

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All countries include full building decarbonisation targets, concrete policies and measures and related implementation mechanisms in their NDCs.

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1,000 cities and at least 20% of the largest built environment businesses by revenue committed to the UN’s Race to Zero.

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The sector’s stakeholders unite behind a single voice and ambition towards shared goals: By 2030, 100% of new buildings must be net-zero carbon in operation and embodied carbon must be reduced by at least 40%, and by 2050, all new and existing assets must be net zero across the whole life cycle (see UNFCCC Human Settlements Pathway).

RACE TO ZERO

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RACE TO RESILIENCE

Winning the Race to Zero means prioritising zero emissions buildings, infrastructure and cities. But we can't win the Race to Zero without also winning the Race to Resilience.

  • Businesses and sub-national governments are urged to join the Race to Zero.

  • Cities are urged to join the Cities Race to Zero, as major policy enablers and owners of real estate who can go further, faster.

  • The Race to Resilience is catalysing a step-change in global ambition for climate resilience, putting people and nature first in pursuit of a resilient world.


We need to run these races together, at the same time — and win them ALL.

The Buildings Breakthrough

The Buildings Breakthrough target – “near-zero emission and resilient buildings are the new normal by 2030” – is co-led by France and the Kingdom of Morocco under the umbrella of the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC). 

 

As of February 2023, 18 countries and 13 initiatives are supporting the Buildings Breakthrough. If your country or initiative is engaged in global sustainable buildings, and ready to support the Buildings Breakthrough target, get in touch with the GlobalABC Secretariat at global.abc@un.org.

Join the next #BuildingToCOP28 Forum

Following the BuildingToCOP Coalition’s successes at COP26 & COP27, we are #BuildingToCOP28.

Convening a powerful coalition of stakeholders, these Forums elevate the built environment as a critical climate solution ahead of COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Thought Leadership

MIPIM’s Road to Zero

The BuildingToCOP Coalition engages with the real estate industry on raising ambition of business, cities and government to achieve a net zero built environment.

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The #BuildingToCOP Coalition are on the ground at
@MIPIMWorld's Road to Zero area — helping real estate accelerate solutions in the transition towards decarbonising their assets.

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#MIPIM2023 #AdvancingNetZero #BuildingToCOP28 #RaceToZero

Did you know ocean ecosystems produce half the oxygen we breathe, represent 95% of the planet’s biosphere & sequester carbon dioxide? @UN member states have agreed to protect our high seas. Read more here: http://bit.ly/3myZPj2

#protectourseas #RaceToZero #BuildingToCOP28

today is my last day as #builtenvironment lead for @hlcchampions - what a ride!

i have learnt, been inspired, convened, listened, challenged, been challenged, laughed and grown - the focus on action by 2030 could not be clearer.

now back to @ArupUK full-time👩‍💻

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We are #BuildingToCOP28

The BuildingToCOP Coalition is a group of sustainability-focused built environment NGOs and organisations working together with the UN High Level Climate Champions, to position the built environment as a critical sector to achieve the needed transition to a resilient and zero emissions future and to highlight existing solutions to accelerate this transition.

 

The Coalition, in coordination with its members, engages in key events and conversations throughout the year to build momentum and consensus among the built environment community and bring that to the annual COP meetings to effect the changes needed.

 

The core partners of the Coalition include: C40 Cities, Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Resilience Rising, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Green Building Council.

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HE Razan Al Mubarak

UN High-Level Climate Action Champion of the UAE at COP28

''As a lifelong champion of environmental action the opportunity to work on this global challenge is an honour"

Her Excellency Ms. Razan Al Mubarak has been announced as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion from the COP28 Presidency. She will be joining Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin who continues in his role as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion from the COP27 Presidency.

HE Ms. Razan Al Mubarak is currently President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the second woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history. She is also the founding director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund which, since its inception, has supported more than 2,500 species conservation projects in over 160 countries.

UN High-Level Climate Action Champion of Egypt at COP27

Regardless of where you live or where you do business, we all need to build resilience to climate change.

The built environment sector has the opportunity to lead the resilience agenda, placing adaptation on par with mitigation through how we design, manage and occupy buildings and infrastructure for the worlds’ people. Regardless of where you live or where you do business, we all need to build resilience to climate change.

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