SwitchMed in Tunisia

United Nations 3 years ago

The Tunisian Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan (SCP-NAP) was developed under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development under the EU-funded SwitchMed programme, with advisory services and technical support from the United Nations Environment Programme. The Plan is part of Tunisia’s efforts to achieve Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. The SCPNAP (SDG12.1) addresses two priority sectors Tourism and agri-food and was developed in Tunisia through nationally owned multistakeholder processes. Switch to Circular Economy: Under SwitchMed II, a short document "How Tunisia is switching to a Circular Economy" was prepared to present an overview on how the country is implementing activities/policies/programs on SCP and Circular Economy. In this document you will see 10 success stories inspired by the work of SwitchMed in the Tunisian Republic. They show how what began in workshops developed into plans that created a ripple that flowed out around the country. This short publication shows that opportunities for countries from sustainable consumption and production are rich and varied. The Switch to SCP is off and running. SwitchMed is proud to have supported Tunisia in its work to build a society where people and planet thrive and prosper together Tunisia has already developed integrated plans and a regulatory framework that have SCP at their core. For some time now, it has been building on these, expanding its waste reduction plan, establishing a circular economy, and further developing its work on sustainable water managements and energy solutions. It is clear that SCP is no longer just something discussed in meeting rooms. Now it is happening on the ground, across business and industry, in cities and regions, reducing pollution, improving the air we breathe, and promoting better use of nature’s gifts through resource-efficient and low-carbon consumption and production practices.
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Sustainable construction is moving from policy commitments to measurable delivery, with heat, public assets and skills now defining progress on decarbonising the built environment. Coventry’s planned £1.3m solar thermal farm, designed with nearly 2,000 collectors to serve a manufacturing research centre, highlights the growing importance of low carbon design beyond electricity generation. By targeting heat demand, the scheme addresses a critical barrier to net zero carbon buildings and strengthens the case for whole life carbon assessment across industrial and institutional estates.

Surrey’s new carbon-neutral fire station shows how civic projects can advance sustainable building design through operational efficiency, resilience and staff wellbeing. Public-sector clients are increasingly expected to consider whole life carbon, embodied carbon, lifecycle assessment and life cycle cost rather than headline energy performance alone. Stronger sustainable material specification, low embodied carbon materials and environmental product declarations (EPDs) will be central to proving that carbon neutral construction can deliver both lower emissions and long-term value.

The sector’s wider challenge is capacity. Scotland’s warning that major investment in construction skills is needed to deliver more than £100bn of energy and infrastructure projects has UK-wide relevance. Net zero carbon delivery depends on electricians, retrofit specialists, heat-network engineers and project managers who understand environmental sustainability in construction, circular economy in construction and building lifecycle performance.

The immediate agenda for green construction is clear: decarbonise heat, reduce the carbon footprint of construction, improve embodied carbon in materials, embed circular construction strategies and support end-of-life reuse in construction. Standards such as BREEAM and BREEAM V7 will place growing pressure on clients and design teams to demonstrate net zero whole life carbon, resource efficiency in construction and credible sustainable building practices. Sustainable construction is no longer a design aspiration; it is a delivery test for finance, procurement, materials and workforce planning.

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