✨ Esse fim de semana tive o privilégio de participar do 60º Climate Reality...

Climate Reality 1 year ago

✨ Esse fim de semana tive o privilégio de participar do 60º Climate Reality Project Training (@climaterealitybrasil e @climatereality ) no Rio de Janeiro, iniciativa fundada por @algore , ex-vice-presidente dos EUA e Prêmio Nobel da Paz. 🌍 Hoje, a rede integra mais de 100 mil líderes em 174 países, trabalhando juntos por justiça climática e uma transição justa. Foram três dias intensos de palestras, diálogos e formações sobre clima, COP30, justiça climática e fortalecimento de lideranças locais, regionais e internacionais. 🍃 Tivemos falas inspiradoras da ministra Marina Silva (@marinasilvaoficial ), do presidente da COP30 André Corrêa do Lago (@andrecorreadolago ), a deputada federal Célia Xakriabá (@celia.xakriaba ), além de especialistas e lideranças que enriqueceram cada momento. Também pudemos interagir nas feiras com organizações incríveis como Amazônia de Pé (@amazoniadepe ), Talanoa (@institutotalanoa ), Palmares Laboratório-Ação (@palmareslab ), entre tantas outras que estão construindo caminhos de mobilização real. ✊🌱 Falar sobre mudanças climáticas com pesquisadores, lideranças indígenas e representantes da sociedade civil foi o gás que eu precisava para reforçar ainda mais meu compromisso com essa pauta urgente. 💚 Tive a alegria de representar a @empoderaclima ao lado de colegas incríveis (amizades que quero levar para além do ativismo ✨) e também levar um pouco do @wiki_ri para a rede de internacionalistas engajados nessa luta. 🌎🤝 Sigo por aqui trazendo de forma educativa e acessível os debates políticos e ambientais que transformam nosso presente e moldam o futuro. Porque a causa é urgente e só juntos conseguimos avançar. 🌱🔥 #ClimateReality #JustiçaClimática #COP30 #EmpoderaClima #wikiri #observatoriodoclima #relacoesinternacionais #ativismoambiental

layersDaily Sustainability Digest

Published about 2 hours ago



The UK’s retrofit gap remains the defining issue for sustainable construction. The National Retrofit Hub’s call for a stronger national retrofit system exposes persistent weaknesses in standards, skills, finance and policy stability. Treating retrofit as national infrastructure would support whole life carbon reduction, improve building lifecycle performance and strengthen environmental sustainability in construction across the existing building stock.

Nesta’s finding that electricity bills are rising more slowly than gas could sharpen the business case for low carbon design. Heat pumps, electric vehicles and fabric-first upgrades become more attractive when assessed through life cycle cost rather than upfront capital alone. Developers, landlords and retrofit providers can position electrification as a route to energy-efficient buildings, lower exposure to fossil-fuel volatility and progress towards net zero carbon buildings.

Climate adaptation is now a core test of sustainable building design. Planting, shading, passive cooling, urban greening and green infrastructure are becoming essential responses to overheating risk, particularly for lower-income households. Eco-design for buildings must address summer resilience as well as winter efficiency, linking sustainable design with health, comfort and long-term carbon footprint reduction.

Major infrastructure remains the sector’s most difficult contradiction. Renewed uncertainty over Heathrow expansion raises questions about the carbon footprint of construction, embodied carbon in materials and the credibility of net zero whole life carbon policy. Large projects need robust whole life carbon assessment, lifecycle assessment and transparent sustainable material specification, supported by environmental product declarations (EPDs), low embodied carbon materials and circular economy in construction principles. Sustainable construction has the techniques; consistent governance is still missing.

Show More

camera_altFeatured Instagram Posts:

Get your opinion heard:

Whole Life Carbon is a platform for the entire construction industry—both in the UK and internationally. We track the latest publications, debates, and events related to whole life guidance and sustainability. If you have any enquiries or opinions to share, please do get in touch.

Let's chat!
Avatar

WLC Assistant

Ask me about sustainability

Hi! I'm your Whole Life Carbon assistant. I can help you learn about sustainability, carbon assessment, and navigate our resources. How can I help you today?