đź’Ą Enhancing youth voices at COP30! Marcele Oliveira, a 26-year-old...

UN Climate Change 1 year ago

💥 Enhancing youth voices at COP30! Marcele Oliveira, a 26-year-old communicator and climate activist, was chosen by President @lulaoficial as the COP30 Presidency Youth Champion for the conference, which takes place this November in Belém. 🌎 A Black woman born in Realengo, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Marcele is a cultural producer and co-founder of the “O Clima é de Mudança” coalition, as well as a Youth Climate Negotiator for Rio’s Secretariat of Environment and Climate. ✊🏾 Among other responsibilities, Marcele will elevate the children and youth voices in shaping a space that’s more inclusive and connected to biomes, territories, and communities. 💚 _ 💥 Fortalecendo as vozes da juventude na COP30! Marcele Oliveira, comunicadora e ativista climática de 26 anos, foi escolhida pelo presidente @lulaoficial como Jovem Campeã do Clima da Presidência da COP30, conferência que acontece em novembro, em Belém. 🌎 Mulher negra, nascida em Realengo, bairro da zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro, Marcele é produtora cultural e cofundadora da coalizão “O Clima é de Mudança”, além de Negociadora Jovem do Clima pela Secretaria de Meio Ambiente e Clima do Rio. ✊🏾 Entre outras responsabilidades, Marcele irá amplificar as vozes de crianças e jovens na construção de um espaço mais inclusivo e conectado aos biomas, territórios e comunidades. 💚 _ 💥 ¡Reforzando las voces juveniles en la COP30! Marcele Oliveira, comunicadora y activista climática de 26 años, fue elegida por el presidente @lulaoficial como la Joven Campeona del Clima de la Presidencia de la COP30, conferencia que se celebrará en noviembre en Belém. 🌎 Mujer negra nacida en Realengo, un barrio en la periferia de Rio de Janeiro, Marcele es productora cultural y cofundadora de la coalición “O Clima é de Mudança”, además de Negociadora Juvenil del Clima por la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Clima de Rio. ✊🏾 Entre otras responsabilidades, Marcele se encargará de amplificar las voces de niños, niñas y jóvenes para construir un espacio más inclusivo y conectado con los biomas, territorios y comunidades. 💚 #COP30 #COP30Brasil #RoadToCOP30

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Britain’s long-awaited Circular Economy Growth Plan has become pivotal to sustainable construction across the UK, embedding circular economy principles at the core of national policy. Businesses and environmental organisations warn that without a unified framework for whole life carbon assessment, resource efficiency in construction, and end‑of‑life reuse in construction, progress toward net zero carbon buildings will falter. Scotland’s political agenda confirms the recalibration of built‑environment strategy, where embodied carbon, lifecycle assessment, and low carbon design are merging with planning reform to accelerate decarbonising the built environment. Policy now aligns climate targets with sustainable building design, turning environmental sustainability in construction into an economic advantage rather than a regulatory burden.

Technology is reshaping industry assumptions. Innovative fastening systems and improved quality control for heat‑pump installation demonstrate how life cycle cost and building lifecycle performance depend as much on competence as on materials. Reducing the carbon footprint of construction demands rigorous analysis of embodied carbon in materials, life cycle thinking in construction, and eco‑design for buildings that extend durability and adaptability.

The new UK–US fusion energy collaboration, supported by AECOM, signals the fusion of energy innovation with sustainable building practices and green construction supply chains. The market’s shift toward low embodied carbon materials, renewable building materials, and circular construction strategies reflects an ambition to normalise carbon neutral construction within both public and private sectors. Across the industry, impatience is replacing rhetoric; sustainable design, BREEAM certification, and net zero whole life carbon targets are now baseline expectations.

Efficiency, transparency, and sustainable material specification are becoming the determinants of genuine green infrastructure. Sustainable architecture is evolving from aspiration to standard, advancing sustainability as a measurable, deliverable principle for the global construction sector.

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