Faith for Earth: Achievement Report

United Nations 3 years ago

These annual reports highlight the achievements of the Faith for Earth Initiative and progress made towards the attainment of its three overarching goals: 1) Strengthen Partnership with Faith-Based Organizations’ Leadership for Policy Impact 2) Green Faith-Based Organizations’ Investments, Operations and Assets 3) Establish an Accessible Knowledge-Based Support System These goals were formulated to support the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and are intended to complement the holistic design of the SDGs. FBOs can positively contribute to sustainable development in comprehensive and diverse ways and the Initiative seeks to facilitate and catalyse these processes. This involves both broadly ensuring FBO’s work is aligned to the SDGs, as well as contextual engagement that embraces the particularities of each faith. Given that Faith for Earth is primarily a normative advocacy initiative, much of the work focuses on expanding its network of affiliated FBOs and forging productive partnerships. These diverse partnerships may consist of linking FBOs with other FBOs, actors in the private and business sectors or with bilateral and multilateral institutions. Join us on our journey.
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Sustainable construction is shifting from isolated green building products to tougher questions of delivery, finance and measurement. Climate Week debate on clean industrial policy reinforced the need to link decarbonising the built environment with jobs, energy security and household costs. Low carbon construction materials such as steel and cement will not scale without stable demand, affordable renewable power and procurement rules based on whole life carbon, embodied carbon and whole life carbon assessment.

Britain’s electricity system is emerging as a critical constraint for net zero carbon buildings. Proposals for a “Great British Grid” point to deeper demand shifting, storage, heat pump integration and smarter controls across sustainable building design and facilities management. Rising concern over offshore wind leasing costs highlights the risk that expensive clean power infrastructure could weaken the business case for electrification, low carbon building strategies and net zero whole life carbon targets.

Resilience is becoming central to environmental sustainability in construction. Escalating UK wildfire risk strengthens the case for climate adaptation in planning, sustainable material specification, maintenance and eco-design for buildings, especially at the rural-urban edge. Sustainable design now has to address both carbon footprint reduction and climate durability, proving that energy-efficient buildings must also withstand the conditions they are intended to help stabilise.

The most important progress may come from data and measurement. Cambridge’s new framework for construction productivity, wider use of asset intelligence and stronger lifecycle assessment can improve building lifecycle performance, reduce waste and support resource efficiency in construction. Better sequencing, smarter maintenance and clearer environmental product declarations (EPDs) can lower the carbon footprint of construction, improve life cycle cost outcomes and support circular economy in construction, including end-of-life reuse in construction and circular construction strategies. Standards and benchmarks such as BREEAM and BREEAM v7 will matter most where they drive measurable low carbon design, low embodied carbon materials and practical sustainable building practices rather than superficial green construction claims.

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